To learn to rub up cocoa nuts , and to polish glass floors , and to be taught cooking by guinea pigs ! He stood there thinking , till at last his father asked him : ` Is there anything I can do for you , young gentleman ? Shall I make you a pair of slippers , or perhaps ' with a smile -- ' a case for your nose ? ' ` What have you to do with my nose ? ' asked Jem . ` And why should I want a case for it ? ' ` Well , everyone to his taste , ' replied the cobbler ; ` but I must say if I had such a nose I would have a nice red leather cover made for it . Here is a nice piece ; and think what a protection it would be to you . As it is , you must be constantly knocking up against things . ' The lad was dumb with fright . He felt his nose . It was thick , and quite two hands long . So , then , the old woman had changed his shape , and that was why his own mother did not know him , and called him a horrid dwarf ! ` Master , ' said he , ` have you got a glass that I could see myself in ? ' ` Young gentleman , ' was the answer , ` your appearance is hardly one to be vain of , and there is no need to waste your time looking in a glass . Besides , I have none here , and if you must have one you had better ask Urban the barber , who lives over the way , to lend you his . Good morning . ' So saying , he gently pushed Jem into the street , shut the door , and went back to his work . Jem stepped across to the barber , whom he had known in old days . ` Good morning , Urban , ' said he ; ` may I look at myself in your glass for a moment ? '
` With pleasure , ' said the barber , laughing , and all the people in his shop fell XXXXX laughing also .
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