Dumbledore on the Dursleys in OotP (LONG)

[mandorino222]

No: HPFGUIDX 151511

Magpie:
They're I think based on
brownies who help around the house but get offended and leave if you
try to pay them. 

Nick now:

Haven't you guys read "The Shoemaker and the Elves"?  Essentially 
there's a poor shoemaker who goes to sleep with enough leather for 
one pair of shoes.  When he wakes up the next morning, they've been 
made into a perfect pair of shoes, which sell immediately.  He then 
buys enough leather for two pairs of shoes, and when he gets up the 
next morning, there are two pairs of shoes pre made, both of which 
sell immediately.  This goes on for awhile, unitl the shoemaker stays 
up at night to see who's making the shoes and he sees that they're 
elves that sneak into his window and work all night with big smiles 
on their faces.  He notices that they haven't got any clothes, so he 
makes them some clothing.  When he wakes up the next morning the 
clothes are gone, but the elves didn't make any more shoes.  He never 
sees them again...