This story is about a smith who wants to be the best.

One day, their Lord came up to his door and

showed off to the smith what he could do. The Lord took a horse and cut off the foreleg of the

horse, put the foreleg of the horse in the forge and made it glowing hot, sharpened the calks and

nails and drove them home and put the leg perfectly back on. And then the smith's mother came,

and the Lord took the old woman to the forge and changed her to a beautiful young girl. Then the

smith tried to out matched the Lord and copied what the Lord did and cut off the leg of the horse

but end up making the horse bleed and dead. And then he took an old lady but it went no good

either.

Then the Lord gave him three wishes and the smith wished, that whenever he tells someone to

climb up into the pear tree outside the smithy wall he would have to stay there till he tell him to

go down again, the second wish is that when he beg anyone to sit in the armchair in the

workroom he will have stay there until he, himself begs him to get up again, and the last is that

whenever he someone to creep into the steel mesh purse he have in his pocket, he will have to

stay there till he give him leave to creep out again.

One day the devil made a deal to the smith and then the smith kept fooling the devil in his own

ways by the use of his wishes. Then the devil gave up and then he had nowhere to go.

The smith couldn't even go to heaven or hell. The weird thing about this story is that the Devil

was kind enough to wait for the smith and didn't even bother to argue with him. Isn't it weird that

someone from hell would be so soft and patient? This story is funny because of the smith didn't

even get into heaven nor hell. This story says that everything have its reasons and that, no one

could be perfect at anything.

After reading the story, answer the following:

1. What seems to be the purpose of the author in writing the story?

The purpose of the author in the story is to let us realize that each and one of us is unique and
different in our own possible ways.
2. Does he succeed in his or her purpose? Justify your answer?

Yes, because the way the story was told is appealing.

3. Would you like to read another novel by the same author? Justify your answer

Yes, because by reading his story it made me realize and brighten me up of many things.

. 4. What have you learned in the story?

I have learned that whatever we do in our life is something that tells who we really are. That we

are not perfect we create mistakes and those mistakes makes us a better person that leads us to a

better life.