The Tailor’s Jacket - a recycling fable

A poor tailor was once given a bolt of cloth by a rich customer.
“You must use this for yourself,” said the customer. “You deserve a fine coat for the winter.”
The tailor was overjoyed. 

He set to work at once.
He measured and he cut.
He sewed and he sewed,
He sewed and he sewed…
And he made himself a fine new coat!
How the tailor loved that coat!
He wore that coat…
He wore that coat…
He wore that coat…
Until the coat was all worn out.

        

The tailor could see that, even though it was worn in places,
There was still enough material to …
Make a jacket!
So he measured and he cut.
He measured and he cut.
He sewed and he sewed.
He sewed and he sewed…
And he made a jacket!
The tailor was proud of his new jacket.
He wore that jacket everywhere.
He wore that jacket…
He wore that jacket…
He wore that jacket…
Until it was all worn out.
The tailor looked at the ragged jacket
He could see that, even though it was worn in place.
There was still enough material to..
Make a waistcoat!
So he measured and he cut
He measured ad he cut.
He sewed and he sewed …

And he made a waistcoat!

The tailor was proud of his new waistcoat.
He wore that waistcoat…
He wore that waistcoat…
He wore that waistcoat..
Until it was all worn out.

The tailor turned the waistcoat this was and that
He could see that, even though it was worn in places,
There was still enough material to …
Make a cap!

The tailor loved that cap!
He wore that cap everywhere
He wore that cap…
He wore that cap…
He wore that cap…
Until the cap was all worn out.

The tailor turned that cap around and around.
When he looked closely, he could see that, even though it was worn in places,
There was still just enough material left…
To make a button!

So he measured and he cut.
He measured and he cut.
He sewed and he sewed.
He sewed and he sewed…
And he made a button!

The tailor was proud of that button.
He wore that button everywhere.
He wore that button…
He wore that button …
He wore that button…
Until the button was all worn out.

The tailor was just about to throw the button away.
But he looked at it closely and saw…
There was just enough material there…

To make a STORY.

in Earthcare- world folktales to talk about by Margaret Read Macdonald

(image jewishpaintings.net)