What the dev– er, deuce did you do that for? It hurt! ”“ Good, ” said the angel. “I was afraid these new shoes would not be sturdy enough.

Anne Gracie
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The story is about a girl named Mandy who is giving her shoes a good shine. They are new and she is proud of them. However, the shoe polish does not go on smoothly. It appears to be coming up in big chunks and leaving streaks of black on the bottom of the shoes.

When she complains about the problem to the angel, he tells her that it's good that it hurts. She is complaining that her shoes hurt because it means they are strong enough to withstand the friction of walking and rubbing against other shoes and they will last longer. He is saying that if she was afraid that her shoes would not be strong enough to withstand all of the friction caused by walking down the street, then she shouldn't have bought them in the first place.

Source: The Perfect Rake

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