Which two details best supports the shoemaker’s initial problem? A. “Once upon a time there was an honest shoemaker who was very poor.”

B. “He worked as hard as he could, and still he could not earn enough to keep himself and his wife.”

C. “At last there came a day when he had nothing left but one piece of leather, big enough to make one pair of shoes.”

D. “He cut out the shoes, ready to stitch, and left them on the bench; then he said his prayers and went to bed, trusting that he could finish the shoes the next day and sell them.”

E. “There lay a pair of shoes, beautifully made, and the leather was gone!”

F. “The shoemaker and his wife did not know what to make of it.”

Passage: The Elves and the Shoemaker
by Barbara Radner