The Wizard’s Fairy Tale

Grimm's Fairy Tales - The Brave Little Tailor

One sunny morning in summer, a little tailor was sitting at a table by the window, doing his job with all his might. At this moment, a peasant woman walked up the street and yelled, "Buy jam! It's good and cheap!" The little tailor thought the voice was very pleasant, so he stuck his curly-haired head out of the window and shouted:

"Come here, dear lady, your goods are wanted here!"

Carrying the heavy basket in her hand, the peasant woman stepped up the steps to the little tailor, and opened one jar after another according to his instructions. The little tailor examined each carefully, and held the jar up to his nose, sniffed it, and said at last, "Give me four ounces, my dear lady, or half a pound."

The peasant woman thought she had found a good buyer, and after she weighed the little tailor's little jam to him, she walked away muttering angrily.

"Bless God," cried the little tailor, "these jams will give me a good appetite."

He took bread from the cupboard, cut a slice, and spread jam on it. "I know it won't be unpalatable," he said, "but I'll have to finish this vest before I eat it."

So, putting the bread with jam beside him, he continued to sew, feeling flattered, and the stitches got bigger and bigger with each stitch. At this time, the sweet smell of jam attracted a group of flies gathered on the wall, and they settled on the bread one after another, wanting to taste this delicious delicacy.

"Where is your share?" said the little tailor, and drove the flies away. The flies ignored what he said and refused to leave no matter what, so more and more flies landed on the bread. At this moment, the little tailor became furious, grabbed a towel, and slapped down on the flies fiercely, killing seven flies, and some even sent their legs flying.

"You are amazing!" he said, and he couldn't help admiring his bravery. "The whole city should know about your feat." Then, the little tailor cut a belt for himself in a hurry, and when he was finished, A few bold characters were embroidered on it: "Kill seven at once!" "Not only the whole city," he suddenly shouted, "we have to let the whole world know!" Speaking of which, he His heart was beating wildly with excitement, like a lamb's tail.

The little tailor tied his belt around his waist, and was about to go out into the world, for it seemed to him that his valor would be worthless if he remained in the small workshop. Before leaving, he searched around to see if there was anything worth taking with him, but he only found a handful of aged cheese, which he put in his pocket. At the door he found a small bird stumbling in the bushes, and he caught it and put it in the cheese-sack.

Then he set off triumphantly. Because of his short stature, he is as light as a swallow, and he doesn't feel tired at all when he walks. Walking and walking, came to a big mountain. When he got to the top of the mountain, he saw a giant of great strength sitting there, looking around leisurely. The little tailor ventured up to the giant and greeted him:

"Hello, man. You sit here looking out at the world, don't you? I'm going out into the world. How about it? Do you want to come with me?"

The giant cast a contemptuous glance at him, and said at the top of his voice, "You poor wretch! Weak little bastard!"

"Aha, you think so little of me, don't you? Look here again!" replied the little tailor. As he spoke, he unbuttoned his jacket, revealing his belt for the giant to see. "You'll know who I am just by reading it."

The giant read: "Kill seven at once." Thinking that the tailor had killed seven people at once, he couldn't help feeling a little respect for the little tailor. However, he was determined to try his skills with the little tailor first, so he picked up a quick stone and squeezed it hard with his hands, until water dripped out of the stone.

"If you are strong enough," said the giant, "do this too."

"That's it?" said the little tailor. "For me, it's like a game." As he spoke, he reached into his pocket and took out the soft cheese.

With a light pinch, the ** popped out.

The giant looked at it and didn't know what to say, but wondered if such a little man really had such great strength. Then he picked up a handful of stones and flung them into the air so high they were almost invisible to the naked eye.

"Here," said the Giant, "poor little dwarf, come too."

"Indeed, it was quite high," replied the little tailor, "but the stone you threw fell back to the ground. I will show you how to throw it, and it will not fall back again."

After all, he grabbed the little bird out of his pocket and threw it into the air. The free bird flew away joyfully, and disappeared without a trace without looking back. "Well, man, is that all right?" asked the little tailor.

"I don't deny that you can throw things well," replied the giant. "Now I'll see if you can lift heavy things."

He led the little tailor to a great oak tree which had been felled to the ground. "If you have the strength, help me carry this tree out of the woods."

"Very well," said the little tailor, "you will carry the trunk, and I will carry the branches, which are the most difficult to get."

The giant lifted up the trunk, but the little tailor sat on a branch. The giant couldn't look back, so he had to carry the whole tree and the tailor sitting on a branch.

The little tailor sat in the back, happy and happy, whistling happily, and sang a few words of the song "Three Tailors Riding Out of Town". To him, tree-lifting seemed to be just a game.

The Giant carried the heavy tree some distance, and was out of breath with exhaustion, and cried that he could go no further, and that the tree must be brought down.

The little tailor jumped down and put his arms around the tree, pretending to be carrying the big tree along the way, and said to the giant, "You are so big, you can't even carry a tree!"

They walked on quickly, and came to a cherry tree, the crown of which was covered with ripe cherries. The giant grabbed the top of the tree, pulled it down, and handed it to the little tailor, so that he could eat as much as he could. But how could the little tailor have such strength to hold onto the cherry tree? As soon as the giant let go, the tree suddenly straightened up, and the little tailor was also thrown into the air.

The little tailor landed safely, and the giant cried out, "Ah! You don't even have the strength to hold onto such a twig?"

"What has strength to do with it!" replied the little tailor. "I can kill seven at once. Do you think I can't even catch a twig? There is a hunter in the woods who wants to shoot me. Hurry across the top of the tree. Jump for me if you can."

The giant tried, but failed to jump over, and was hung among the branches. In this way, the little tailor again gained the upper hand.

So the giant said: "You are a great little warrior, please go to my cave to spend the night."

The little tailor was very willing, so he followed him. When they came to the cave, they saw some giants sitting around the fire, each holding a roasted lamb in his hand, and eating it like bread. The little tailor thought: "This is much better than my workshop." The giant pointed him to a bed and told him to lie down and rest. But the bed was too big for the little tailor, and instead of lying in the middle of the bed, he crawled into a corner. In the middle of the night, the giant thought the little tailor was fast asleep, so he grabbed a big iron nail, pointed it at the bed, and stabbed it down, thinking that the little grasshopper would be dealt with.

At dawn the next day the giants set off into the wood, forgetting all about the tailor. The little tailor was still brisk and carefree as usual, and walked towards them. When the giants saw it, they thought that the little tailor was going to kill them, and they all ran away in fright. As for the little tailor, he continued on his way, going straight on.

After walking for a long time, the little tailor came to the courtyard of a royal palace. At this time, he was so exhausted that he fell to the ground and fell asleep. While he was lying there sleeping, many people came over and saw the words embroidered on his belt: "Kill seven at once!" "Oh!" they thought, "This must be a great hero. Peace What was he doing here during that time?" They immediately went to report to the king, saying that if war broke out, this man would be of great use and they must not let him go.

The king liked this idea very much, and sent a minister to the little tailor, who was to be hired in the army as soon as he woke up. The messenger stood aside, watching the sleeping tailor, and waited until the tailor stretched and slowly opened his eyes before making a request to him.

"That's why I have come," replied the little tailor, "and I would like to be at the king's service."

He was received with great ceremony and given a fancy lodging. But the other officers were very jealous, wishing that he would leave here earlier and far away. "If we fight him," they said, "he'll kill seven of us at once, and what's the matter? We're all defeated." Then they resolved to go to the king at once, and propose Collective resignation. "Our size," they explained to the king, "can't work with a great hero who kills seven men at once."

The king was very sorry to lose all his faithful officers for one man, and wished he had never seen the little tailor, and wished he could be sent away. However, the king didn't have the guts to drive him away. He was worried that the little tailor would kill him and his subjects and take the throne by himself. He racked his brains, thought hard, and finally came up with an idea. He sent to tell the little tailor that he was a great and valiant hero, and therefore wished to make the following proposals to him:

In his territory, there is a big forest. There are two giants living in the forest. They burn, kill and rob all kinds of crimes, causing great harm, but so far no one has dared to risk their lives to compete with them. If the little tailor could subdue and kill the two giants, the king promised to give him his only daughter in marriage, and give him half the kingdom, and he was going to send him a hundred knights to help him.

"What an encouragement for a man like you," thought the little tailor, "a beautiful princess, and half a kingdom, what a rare opportunity."

So, he replied: "Of course, I will subdue those two giants. I don't need a hundred knights. I am such a hero, and I can kill seven at once. How can those two go?" It's my opponent."

The little tailor set off, followed by a hundred knights. Before they came to the forest, he said to the knights: "You stay here, and I will deal with those two guys alone." After that, he ran into the forest alone, looking around as he walked. Not long after, the two giants were spotted. The two of them were sleeping under a big tree, snoring so loudly that the branches were almost shaken off. The little tailor was busy filling two pockets with stones, and climbed up the tree. In the middle of the climb, he quietly climbed up a branch, under which were the heads of the two sleeping giants. Then he hurls one stone after another into the chest of a giant. The big guy didn't move for a while, then finally woke up, pushed his companion hard, and asked, "Why did you hit me?"

"You are dreaming," replied the other, "who beat you?"

After speaking, they both lay down and fell asleep again. This time the little tailor threw a stone at the second giant.

"What?" cried the second. "Why are you throwing stones at me?"

"I didn't wow," replied the first with a snarl.

They quarreled for a few words, but because they felt sleepy, they closed their eyes and fell asleep again. As for the little tailor, he repeated his old trick, chose the largest stone, and threw it at the first giant with all his might.

"This is outrageous!" roared the first giant. He sprang up from the ground like a madman, and threw his companion into the tree so violently that it shook. The second did not give an inch, and fought back with fire, and the two fell so furious that they uprooted trees and threw them at each other until they both fell to the ground dead.

The little tailor immediately jumped down from the tree. "It's a good thing," he said, "that they didn't pull down the tree I just climbed."

After all, he drew his sword and stabbed each giant in the chest, and then he walked up to the knights and said, "It's over, I've dealt with those two giants, it's really a thrilling battle!" Seeing that the situation is not good, they uprooted the big tree and fought stubbornly. Of course, it is futile to face a hero like me who can kill seven at once."

The knights rode into the forest and saw the two giants lying in a pool of blood, surrounded by uprooted trees, and believed the little tailor's words.

After returning, the little tailor asked the king to give him the reward he had promised, but the king regretted it and thought about how to send the little tailor away.

"Before you have my daughter and half the kingdom," he said, "you must perform one more deed. In that forest there is a very dangerous unicorn, which you must catch."

"I'm not afraid of two giants, but what's so scary about a unicorn," boasted the little tailor.

The little tailor took a rope and an ax and set out for the forest, telling his followers to wait outside the forest. It didn't take him long to find the unicorn right in front of him, charging straight at him.

He stood motionless until the unicorn approached, and jumped swiftly behind a tree. The unicorn ran towards the big tree like crazy, stuck its horn firmly into the trunk, and couldn't pull it out, so it was caught.

"I've got you this time, man," said the little tailor, turning from behind the tree. He bound the unicorn's neck with the rope, then split the trunk with his axe, loosed the horns, and led the unicorn back to the king.

Unexpectedly, the king still refused to give him the reward promised to the little tailor, and put forward a third condition. He must go to the forest again and catch a wild boar that is very dangerous, and then the wedding will be held.

"I'd be glad to go," answered the little tailor; "it's a game to catch a boar."

When the wild boar saw the little tailor, he rushed at him, foaming at his mouth, and gnashing his teeth, trying to knock him down. Unexpectedly, the brave little tailor quickly jumped into a nearby chapel, and jumped out of the window in the blink of an eye. The wild boar chased into the church, and the little tailor ran a few steps from the back of the church and shut the door. The aggressive wild boar was too heavy and clumsy to jump out of the window, so he was caught.

Then the brave little tailor went to the king, and told him, whether he wanted to or not, that this time he must keep his word and give him his daughter and half his kingdom.

Their wedding was celebrated with great fanfare and little laughter. Still, the little tailor was king.

Soon, the young queen heard her husband talking in her sleep one night. The little tailor yelled loudly in his dream: "My apprentice, hurry up and sew this vest, and mend these trousers, or I will let your head taste the power of the ruler." In this way, She then found out what was the origin of her prince and husband. Early the next morning she complained to her father, complaining that the husband the king had chosen for her was nothing more than a cheap tailor.

The king comforted her and said: "Tonight, you open the door of the dressing room, and I will send an attendant to watch outside. When he falls asleep, my attendant will go in quietly and tie him up, and then put him on a boat. Send it to the ends of the earth."

A servant of the king's little tailor heard what the old king said, and reported the plot to his master.

In the evening, the little tailor went to bed at his usual time, lying beside his wife. She thought he had fallen asleep, so she got up from the bed, opened the door of the dressing room, and lay down on the bed again. The little tailor was only pretending to be asleep, when he began to cry out in a high voice, "My apprentice, sew up this waistcoat, and mend these trousers, or I'll make your head taste the power of the ruler." Killed seven at once, killed two giants, caught a unicorn, and caught a huge wild boar, and am I afraid that any one in the dressing room will fail?" Hearing the little tailor's words After saying these words, the people who planned to tie him up were all scared to death, and ran away. From then on, no one dared to touch a hair on him. And so the brave little tailor continued to be his king until his death.

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