The Legend of the Wooden Shoe: A Tale of Craft and Fortune from the Netherlands
In a quiet Dutch village surrounded by windmills, tulip fields, and glistening canals, there once lived a poor carpenter named Hendrik. His small wooden cottage stood near the edge of the forest, where tall pines and oaks met the open farmlands. Though Hendrik worked hard, his earnings were meager. Still, his heart was rich with patience and pride in his