The Tale of Cross-eyed Lefty from Tula and the Steel Flea

The Tale of the Crosseyed Lefthander from Tula and the Steel Flea story by Nikolai Leskov. Styled as a folk tale, it tells a story of a left-handed arms craftsman from Tula (traditionally a center of the Russian armaments industry) who outperformed his English colleagues who have produced a steel clockwork flea.