. Stories for the household . herself in herown exalted person to perform her business, for thus she knows that itis well done. They were telling each other where they had been that day. Themessenger of Fortune had only transacted a few unimportant affairs, as,for instance, she had preserved a new bonnet from a shower of rain, hadprocured an honest man a bow from a titled Nobody, and so on; butwhat she had still to relate was something quite extraordinary. I can likewise tell, said she, that to-day is my birthday; and inhonour of it a pair of goloshes has been entrusted to me, which I am to Th
. Stories for the household . herself in herown exalted person to perform her business, for thus she knows that itis well done. They were telling each other where they had been that day. Themessenger of Fortune had only transacted a few unimportant affairs, as,for instance, she had preserved a new bonnet from a shower of rain, hadprocured an honest man a bow from a titled Nobody, and so on; butwhat she had still to relate was something quite extraordinary. I can likewise tell, said she, that to-day is my birthday; and inhonour of it a pair of goloshes has been entrusted to me, which I am to The Goloshes of Fortune. 65 bring to the human race. These goloshes have the property that everyone who puts them on is at once transported to the time and place inwhich he likes best to be—every wish in reference to time, place, andcircumstance is at once fulfilled ; and so for once man can be happy herebelow ! Believe me, said Care, he will be very unhappy, and will blessthe moment when he can get rid of the goloshes THE GOLOSHE3 LEFT AT THE BOOK. What are you thinking of ? retorted the other. Now I shallput them at the door. Somebody will take them by mistake, andbecome the happy one ! Tou see, that was the dialogue they held. II. What happened to the Councillor. It was late. Councillor Knap, lost in contemplation of the times ofKing Hans, wished to get home ; and fate willed that instead of his owngoloshes he should put on those of Fortune, and thus went out intoEast Street. But by the power of the goloshes he had been put backthree hundred years—into the days of King Hans ; and therefore heput his foot into mud and mire in the street, because in those daysthere was not any pavement. 66 Stories for the Household. Why, this is horrible—how dirty it is here! said the councillor. The good pavement is gone, and all the lamps are put out. The moon did not yet stand high enough to give much light, and theair was tolerably thick, so that all objects seemed to melt toge
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