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The shoemaker lives in a small cottage with his large family. Every day he toils away, making boots so his family can eat. The shoemaker's sickly youngest son, Aron, often sits beside him. The doctor has warned the shoemaker that little Aron might not live long enough to see next summer.
The shoemaker longs to make more shoes to feed his family, but the cottage gets so dark, he must stop working before the sun goes down. One day the shoemaker and Aron spot something at the market—a beautiful oil lamp! Can the splendid lamp help the shoemaker—and save little Aron?
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Köyhän suutarin perheessä eletään pitkää talvea. Isä ahkeroi ikkunan ääressä tekemässä saappaita markkinoille myytäväksi. Hänen vierellään istuu kuopus Arvi, joka ei kovan yskänsä takia pääse ulos.
Suuressa perheessä rahat riittävät hädin tuskin ruokaan, mutta isällä ja pojalla on unelma: tuvan kattoon on saatava kirkas lamppu. Markkinatorilta löytyykin niin upea lamppu, että naapuritalon isäntä tahtoisi ostaa sen omakseen. Suutari ei kuitenkaan halua luovuttaa, sillä yhä sairaammaksi käyvä Arvi tarvitsee lampun valoa jaksaakseen kesään.
Raskaan talven jälkeen isä ja poika pääsevät jälleen yhdessä ongelle auringonpaisteeseen.
A propos de l'auteur
Tuula Pere (b. 1958) holds a Ph.D. in Law and is an award-winning children's author from Helsinki, Finland. Her doctoral dissertation, published in 2015, examines the limits of freedom of speech in the Finnish mass media amidst the social and cultural shifts of the 1960s and 1970s. Prior to her doctoral research, Tuula Pere had a career spanning over two decades as a lawyer and held various expert and executive positions in large industrial companies.Since 2010, Tuula Pere has published over sixty children's books, many of which have been translated into multiple languages. She has also authored poetry and aphorisms for children, as well as short stories and non-fiction for adults. Tuula Pere is an avid music and sports enthusiast and a keen baker. She is married and the mother of three.
