The Little Red Boot

"Jimmy wishes for a pair of red boots, and one day he finds a single boot in the road…"

So starts Ruth Dixon's 1966 "educationally sound" children's tale. But how did it get there? And how did it end?

Back in the real world - well, my world at least - I'd like to know how can someone lose just one red boot? And what will happen to this little one I spotted perched on the wall on my way home this evening?