Baylor the tailor and his two button day

the long version

A young boy whose pants are falling down approaches Mr. Baylor the grouchy greedy tailor in a desperate state, needing two buttons to hold up his pants. Mr. Baylor reluctantly agrees and sews on two mismatched buttons and sends the boy on his way. When all the townspeople see the mismatched buttons, they think it's a fine trend and line up the very next day outside the tailor's shop to get buttons of their own. Mr. Baylor finds that he actually enjoys the task and ends up doing it for free.