Seven at one Blow (short version)

Once there lived a tailor. One day, he was sewing some new clothes when a bunch of flies started troubling
him. He shooed them away, but they still continued to trouble him. The tailor then took a fly swatter and
killed seven flies with one swat. “I have killed seven in a single blow!” shouted the tailor.

At this very moment, two ladies were standing outside his shop and talking about a fearsome giant. This
giant was killing the people of the kingdom and eating them up. When they heard what the tailor said, the
ladies thought that he was very brave and that he had killed seven giants in one blow! They ran to the king
and told him about the brave tailor. “Bring him to me!” ordered the king. The tailor tried to explain that he
had only killed seven flies but in vain. “Go, kill the giant!” the king ordered the tailor. The poor man had no
choice but obey.

The tailor reached the giant’s house. “What a mighty man! I can’t kill him,” he thought. Then the clever
tailor had an idea. At night, while the giant was sleeping, he sewed the giant’s mouth together! Now the
giant could not eat anything. When he woke up, he begged the tailor to undo the stitches on his mouth. The
tailor agreed to do so on one condition and said, “I will reopen your mouth only if you promise not to eat any
more men from our kingdom!”

The giant agreed and the tailor undid the stitches. The giant left the kingdom and the tailor got a handsome
reward from the king. Everyone lived happily ever after.

Hansel and Gretel

A poor woodcutter and his wife had two children named Hansel and Gretel. Their mother died when they
were young. Hansel and Gretel were very sad. Soon their father remarried but their stepmother was very
cruel. One day, she took the children deep into the forest and left them there. Clever Hansel had some
breadcrumbs in his pocket and had dropped them on the way so that they could find their way back home.
Alas! The birds ate all the crumbs and they couldn’t find the path that led back home.

Hansel and Gretel went deeper and deeper into the forest. They were hungry and tired. Finally, after walking
for a long time, they saw a cottage made of chocolate, candies, and cake. “Look, Hansel! A chocolate brick!”
Gretel in delight and both ate it hungrily.

Now, a wicked witch lived there. When she saw Hansel and Gretel, she wanted to eat them. She grabbed the
children and locked them in a cage. The witch decided to make a soup out of Hansel and eat him first. She
began boiling a huge pot of water for the soup. Just then, Gretel crept out of her cage. She gave the wicked
witch a mighty push from behind and the witch fell into the boiling water. She howled in pain and died
instantly. Hansel and Gretel found treasure lying around the cottage. They carried it home with them. Their
stepmother had died and their father welcomed them back with tears of joy. They never went hungry again!

King Lear
Once upon a time there lived an old king of Britain. His name was Lear. He had three daughters: Goneril,
Regan and Cordelia. One day King Lear wanted to retire ; so, hecalled his daughters and said to them: "lam
very old and tired. I cannot be the king of Britain any more. I want to divide the country into three parts and
give one part to each of you. Each of you will be the queen of her part of the country. But first you must tell
me how much you love me. Then I shall know which of you must get the better part."Goneril and Regan
were not good daughters. They did not love their father. But they were very greedy. They wanted to become
queens very much. They were glad to hear that their father wanted to divide his country. They only thought
how to get the larger and better part of the kingdom. So Goneril said: "Dear Father, I love you very much. I
love you more than my eyes, more than my beauty, more than my life. No child loves his father more than I
love you."Regan said the same, but in different words. King Lear was very glad. Then he asked his youngest
daughter Cordelia to speak. She was his favourite daughter. Cordelia knew that her sisters were bad
daughters. She loved her father very much, but she did not want to repeat the words of her sisters. So she
said nothing. Only when King Lear told her angrily that she must speak, she said:"I don`t understand why
my sisters say that they love you more than anything else. They are married, Don`t they love their
husbands? You are my father, and of course I love you. But when I marry, I shall love my husband,
too."King Lear did not like Cordelia`s words. He shouted at her and said that he did not want to have such a
daughter. He divided the country between Goneril and Regan and gave Cordelia nothing. Cordelia went to
France and married the French king, who loved her very much. Old King Lear had nothing now. He wanted
to rest. So he went to Goneril`s castle to stay there. But he did not stay long there. As we know, Goneril did
not really love her father, and soon he understood it. Goneril did not speak with him and was not kind to
him. At last she said she was tired of him. So King Lear decided to leave his eldest daughter`s castle and go
to his other daughter, Regan. He wanted to tell her how bad her sister was, and to stay in her castle. But
Regan was no better than Goneril. King Lear and his followers had to stand at the gates of the castle and wait
for a long time. At last he saw Regan, but she was not glad to meet her father. She asked him to return to
Goneril. The old king did not know what to do. He just stayed at the gates of the castle. Soon Goneril came
to Regan`s castle, and the king saw his two elder daughters again. He tried to speak to them, but they did not
let him speak, they laughed at him and called him an old fool. Nearly all his knights and his servants left
him. Lear felt very sad. He could not stay there anymore. He was homeless now. One night there was a
terrible storm. The rain beat in the old man`s face. A strong wind was blowing. It was dark and cold, and
Lear had no roof over his poor old head. He was all wet and cold. Sad and unhappy, cold and wet, Lear went
mad. A brave knight Kent remained true to the old king and was with him. Kent sent a man to France with a
letter for Cordelia. In the letter he told her everything. When Cordelia read the letter, she quickly gathered an
army and went to Britain to fight her sisters` armies and make Lear king of Britain again.

The Old Man and the Sea

Once upon a time there was an old fisherman. His name was Santiago. He hasn’t caught a fish for 84 days. He was an
unlucky man. He had a friend, Manolin. He was young boy. His family wanted him to learn about fishing. Santiago
was an experienced fisherman. That’s why, Manolin’s parents sent him at first to work with Santiago. Day after day,
Santiago goes fishing in the morning and returns home at night empty handed. He could not catch even a single fish.
People told him to stop fishing, but he did not listen to them. Santiago wanted to catch a big fish but he has never
caught one so far. He kept telling people that one day he will catch a big fish. So, people started to make fun of him.
They started to call him salao, or “the worst form of unlucky,” they even called him crazy. After forty days catching
nothing, Manolin’s parents forced him to leave old man Santiago and go fish with another successful fisherman.
Manolin got very angry because he loved old fisherman.

Now, Santiago was alone. One day, he went sailing on a rough sea. He went far out into the sea. He spent cold rough
days in the storm. Suddenly he felt that he caught something. He pulled his fishing rod with all his strength, but
something big, very big was pulling back. ‘’ This is Marlin ‘’ Santiago shouted. Marlin is a huge swordfish . He always
dreamed to catch that big fish. He pulled the fishing line but the fish was very strong. The fish started to swim away
and pulled the boat even deeper into the sea. After great effort he succeed to catch a fish but he saw sharks coming
closer to his fish. He had to fight with them. He was very brave. Finally he brought the fish to the seashore. He was
very tired. Sharks bit the fish a lot but old man was alive and happy to catch a big wounded fish. When the people
saw the fish, they were very surprised. It was the biggest fish they have ever seen. From that day on, all people
respected the old man. His story became a legend!
The Emperor's New Clothes
Once upon a time there was an emperor whose only interest in life was to dress up in fashionable clothes. He
kept changing his clothes so that people could admire him.

Once, two thieves decided to teach him a lesson.

They told the emperor that they were very fine tailors and could sew a lovely new suit for him. It would be
so light and fine that it would seem invisible. Only those who were stupid could not see it. The emperor was
very excited and ordered the new tailors to begin their work.

One day, the king asked the prime minister to go and see how much work the two tailors had done. He saw
the two men moving scissors in the air but he could see no cloth! He kept quiet for fear of being called
stupid and ignorant. Instead, he praised the fabric and said it was marvellous.

Finally, the emperor’s new dress was ready. He could see nothing but he too did not want to appear stupid.
He admired the dress and thanked the tailors. He was asked to parade down the street for all to see the new
clothes. The emperor paraded down the main street. The people could only see a naked emperor but no one
admitted it for fear of being thought stupid.

They foolishly praised the invisible fabric and the colours. The emperor was very happy.

At last, a child cried out, “The emperor is naked!”

Soon everyone began to murmur the same thing and very soon all shouted, “The emperor is not wearing
anything!”

The emperor realised the truth but preferred to believe that his people were stupid

Cure for the King.

Cure for the King :

Once there was a very lazy king. He hardly did any physical activity. As a result he started staying ill.

He called the royal doctor and said, "Give medicine to get well. If you don't cure me, I will kill you."

The doctor knew laziness was the main cause of the king's illness. Next day the doctor gave the big
dumbbells to him and said, "Your Majesty, you must swing these magic balls in your hands every morning
and evening for an hour. Do these till your arms start sweating and you will start getting cured."

The king did this everyday not knowing that it was an exercise. Within a few weeks his body became fit and
he felt alert and energetic. He thanked the doctor and asked the cure's secret.

The royal doctor said, "Your Majesty, the magic of this cure will keep you fit till you keep swinging these
dumbbells. The day you stop you will became ill again."

The doctor had taught the king to keep fit without offending him.
 Self-Help
Self-Help :

Once, a rich merchant left his city to go to another country for trade. He went aboard a large ship. He was
carrying trunks full of gold coins and precious gems.

One day a storm began. Huge waves rose in the sea waters. They rocked the ship from side to side. People
started screaming with fright.

The captain and the crew were trying their best not to let the ship drown. A few hours later, the storm
stopped but the ship had a hole in its bottom.

Water started seeping into the ship. People took the lifeboats and got off the drowning ship. Some jumped
into the sea to swim ashore. While others held on to pieces of wood to stay afloat. The merchant started
praying, "God please save my life. If I stay alive I will offer a lot of gold to you."

A man went to the merchant and said, "Don't pray to God. Try to jump out and swim ashore. Remember God
helps those who help themselves."

But the merchant did not listen. He stayed on the ship and kept praying. Soon the ship drowned and the
merchant went down with it.

The clever Merchant.

The Clever Merchant :

One rainy night, two men entered a guest house to rent rooms. There was only one vacant room. So, both of
them had to settle to share it.

Actually one of them was a thief and the other was a rich diamond merchant. The thief had been following
the merchant for sometime. The merchant was carrying a lot of cash and precious diamonds with him.

When the guest house owner gave the same room to both of them, the thief’s heart filled with joy.

Both of them kept their luggage in the room. A few minutes later, the merchant went out for dinner. The
thief searched through the merchant's luggage, but he did not find any diamonds. Soon the merchant returned
and both of them went to sleep.

Next morning the thief asked the merchant, "Sir, I am a thief. I was trying to steal your diamonds. But I did
not find them in your bag."

The merchant smiled and said, "The diamonds are kept in your bag. I knew that you would never search
there."
 Evil has an evil end.
Evil has an evil end. :

Once, there was a poor and old hermit. The villagers used to give him alms everyday. The hermit had the
habit of sharing his food with the beggars or needy people.

Once he reached an old woman's house. She was a cruel woman and a miser. On asking for alms, she gave
some leftover food to the hermit.

The next day the hermit went to her house for food once again. She gave it with a heavy heart. On seeing the
hermit on the third day the old woman got irritated. She mixed poison in rice and gave it to him.

The hermit reached his hut and was about to eat. Just then a young man came and said, "I am hungry. Can
you feed me something?"

The hermit gave all the rice to him. The young man ate the poisoned rice and to the hermit's surprise he died
instantly. The young man was the old woman's son and had returned after a long journey of many days.

So the evil woman's plan resulted in loss of her only son.

Red Hen

Red hen lived in a house next to a wood. In the wood lived a fox. The fox
longed to cook Red Hen for dinner.
It was chilly morning and Red Hen was out collecting sticks.
The fox had hidden in the trees and was waiting for her. As Red Hen
collected some sticks, the fox ran out from the trees flung his sack around
Red Hen, and quickly tied up the top.
Red Hen was trapped!
As she bumped along in the sack, Red Hen shouted, “I will be a much
better dinner if you add some carrots and garlic.”
“Mmm! That sounds good,” said the fox, licking his lips, and ran off to get
some.
Snip, snip, went Red Hen, until there was room for her to squeeze out of
the sack. She found a big rock, hid it in the sack, and mended the cut.
Then she ran quickly back to her house.
The fox had found some carrots and garlic. He ran back, grabbed the
sack and took it to his house.
He started boiling a big pot, chopped up the carrots and the garlic, and
then tried to add Red Hen.
SPLASH! The rock fell into the pot.
The fox was shocked and angry. He shouted, “I will get you, Red Hen,
just you wait!”
 The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg

A man and his wife owned a very special goose. Every day the goose
would lay a golden egg, which made the couple very rich.

"Just think," said the man's wife, "If we could have all the golden eggs that
are inside the goose, we could be richer much faster."
"You're right," said her husband, "We wouldn't have to wait for the goose
to lay her egg every day."
So, the couple killed the goose and cut her open, only to find that she was
just like every other goose. She had no golden eggs inside of her at all,
and they had no more golden eggs.
 The Bear and the Bees    

   

   A bear came across a log where a swarm of bees had nested to make
their honey. As he snooped around, a single little bee flew out of the log
to protect the swarm. Knowing that the bear would eat all the honey, the
little bee stung him sharply on the nose and flew back into the log.
     This flew the bear into an angry rage. He swatted at the log with his
big claws, determined to destroy the nest of bees inside. This only alerted
the bees and quick as a wink, the entire swarm of bees flew out of the log
and began to sting the bear from head to heel. The bear saved himself by
running to and diving into the nearest pond.

The City Mouse and the Country Mouse 

       A country mouse invited his cousin who lived in the city to come visit
him. The city mouse was so disappointed with the sparse meal which was
nothing more than a few kernels of corn and a couple of dried berries. 

     "My poor cousin," said the city mouse, "you hardly have anything to
eat! I do believe that an ant could eat better! Please do come to the city
and visit me, and I will show you such rich feasts, readily available for the
taking." 

     So the country mouse left with his city cousin who brought him to a
splendid feast in the city's alley. The country mouse could not believe his
eyes. He had never seen so much food in one place. There was bread,
cheese, fruit, cereals, and grains of all sorts scattered about in a warm
cozy portion of the alley. 

     The two mice settled down to eat their wonderful dinner, but before
they barely took their first bites, a cat approached their dining area. The
two mice scampered away and hid in a small uncomfortable hole until the
cat left. Finally, it was quiet, and the unwelcome visitor went to prowl
somewhere else. The two mice ventured out of the hole and resumed
their abundant feast. Before they could get a proper taste in their mouth,
another visitor intruded on their dinner, and the two little mice had to
scuttle away quickly. 

     "Goodbye," said the country mouse, "You do, indeed, live in a plentiful
city, but I am going home where I can enjoy my dinner in peace."

The Ant and The Grasshopper

In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping
and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with
great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest.

"Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of

toiling and moiling in that way?"

"I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend
you to do the same."

"Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; "we have got plenty of

food at present."

But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil.

When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself
dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and
grain from the stores they had collected in the summer.

Then the Grasshopper knew: It is best to prepare for the days of

necessity.

Two Men and the Bear

 
      Two men were strolling down a forest path when they came across a
bear. One man scampered up a tree and escaped the bear's claws. The
other man knew there was nothing he could do, so he dropped to the
ground and played dead.
       The bear went up to the man and sniffed about his ears. He pawed at
him a few times. Thinking the man was dead, the bear walked away.
     After the bear left, his friend came down from the tree. 
     "What did the bear say to you, friend, when he whispered in your ear?"
asked his friend.
      "Oh," answered his friend, "He just told me that I should consider
about traveling with friends who run out on their friends in times of
trouble."

The Oak and The Reeds

A Giant Oak stood near a brook in which grew some slender Reeds.
When the wind blew, the great Oak stood proudly upright with its hundred
arms uplifted to the sky. But the Reeds bowed low in the wind and sang a
sad and mournful song.
“You have reason to complain,” said the Oak. “The slightest breeze that
ruffles the surface of the water makes you bow your heads, while I, the
mighty Oak, stand upright and firm before the howling tempest.”
“Do not worry about us,” replied the Reeds. “The winds do not harm us.
We bow before them and so we do not break. You, in all your pride and
strength, have so far resisted their blows. But the end is coming.”
As the Reeds spoke a great hurricane rushed out of the north. The Oak
stood proudly and fought against the storm, while the yielding Reeds
bowed low. The wind redoubled in fury, and all at once the great tree fell,
torn up by the roots, and lay among the pitying Reeds.

Seven at one Blow

Proofread by Claire Deakin. Read by Natasha. Story by the Brothers Grimm. Duration 16.48.
One summer’s morning a little tailor was sitting on his table by the window. He was in good spirits, and
sewed with all his might. Then came a peasant woman down the street crying, "Good jams, cheap! Good
jams, cheap!" This rang pleasantly in the tailor’s ears. He stretched his delicate head out of the window, and
called, "Come up here, dear woman; here you will get rid of your goods." The woman came up the three
steps to the tailor with her heavy basket, and he made her unpack all the pots for him. He inspected each one,
lifted it up, put his nose to it, and at length said, "The jam seems to me to be good. I’ll buy a jar." The
woman, who had hoped to sell far more jam, gave him what he wanted, but went away grumbling.

"Now, this jam shall be blessed by God," cried the little tailor, "and give me health and strength," so he
brought the bread out of the cupboard, cut himself a piece right across the loaf and spread the jam over it.
"This won’t taste bitter," said he, "but I will just finish the jacket before I take a bite." He laid the bread near
him, sewed on, and in his joy, made bigger and bigger stitches. In the meantime the smell of the sweet jam
rose to where the flies were sitting in great numbers, and they were attracted and descended on it in hosts.
"Hey! Who invited you?" Said the little tailor, and drove the unbidden guests away. The flies, however,
understood no German, and came back again in ever increasing companies. The little tailor at last lost all
patience, and drew a piece of cloth from the hole under his work table, and saying, "Wait, and I will give it
to you," struck it mercilessly on them. When he drew it away and counted, there lay before him no fewer
than seven flies, dead and with legs stretched out.

The tailor looked at the flies that he had killed, and could not help admiring his own bravery. "The whole
town shall know of this!" The little tailor hastened to cut himself a belt, stitched it, and embroidered on it in
large letters, "Seven dead at one stroke!" "What, the town? The whole world shall hear of it!" He exclaimed.
and his heart wagged with joy like a lamb’s tail. The tailor put on the girdle, and resolved to go forth into the
world, because he thought his workshop was too small for his valour. Before he went away, he looked
around the house to see if there was anything which he could take with him; however, he found nothing but
an old cheese, and that he put in his pocket. In front of the door he observed a bird which had caught itself in
the thicket. It had to go into his pocket with the cheese. Now he took to the road boldly, and as he was light
and nimble, he felt no tiredness. The road led him up a mountain, and when he had reached the highest point
of it, there sat a powerful giant looking peacefully about him. The little tailor went bravely up, spoke to him,
and said, "Good day, comrade. So you are sitting there overlooking the widespread world! I am just on my
way there, and want to try my luck. How about you come with me?" The giant looked contemptuously at the
tailor, and said, "You wretch! You miserable creature!"

"Oh, indeed?" Answered the little tailor, and unbuttoned his coat, showing the giant the belt. "There may you
read what kind of a man I am!" The giant read, "Seven dead at one stroke," and thought that they had been
men whom the tailor had killed, and began to feel a little respect for the tiny fellow. Nevertheless, he wished
to try him first, and took a stone in his hand and squeezed it together so that water dropped out of it. "Do
that," said the giant, "if you have strength."

"Is that all?" Said the tailor. "That is child’s play!" He put his hand into his pocket, brought out the soft
cheese, and pressed it until the liquid ran out of it. The giant did not know what to say, and could not believe
it of the little man. Then the giant picked up a stone and threw it so high that the eye could scarcely follow it.
"Now, little mite of a man, do that,"

"Well thrown," said the tailor, "but after all the stone came down to earth again. I will throw you one which
shall never come back at all," and he put his hand into his pocket, took out the bird, and threw it into the air.
The bird, delighted with its liberty, rose, flew away and did not come back. "How does that shot please you,
comrade?" Asked the tailor. "You can certainly throw," said the giant, "but now we will see if you are able to
carry anything properly." He took the little tailor to a mighty oak tree which lay there felled on the ground,
and said, "If you are strong enough, help me to carry the tree out of the forest."

"Readily," answered the little man, "take you the trunk on your shoulders, and I will raise up the branches
and twigs; after all, they are the heaviest." The giant took the trunk on his shoulder, but the tailor seated
himself on a branch, and the giant, who could not look round, had to carry away the whole tree, and the little
tailor into the bargain: he behind, was quite merry and happy, and whistled the song, "Three tailors rode
forth from the gate," as if carrying the tree were child’s play. The giant, after he had dragged the heavy
burden part of the way, could go no further, and cried, "Now I shall have to let the tree fall!" The tailor
sprang nimbly down, seized the tree with both arms as if he had been carrying it, and said to the giant, "You
are such a great fellow, and yet cannot even carry the tree!"

The giant said, "If you are such a brave fellow, come with me into our cave and spend the night with us."
The little tailor was willing, and followed him. When they went into the cave, other giants were sitting there
by the fire, and each of them had a roasted sheep in his hand and was eating it. The little tailor looked around
and thought, "It is much more spacious here than in my workshop." The giant showed him a bed, and said he
was to lie down in it and sleep. The bed, however, was too big for the little tailor so he did not lie down in it,
but crept into a corner. When it was midnight, and the giant thought that the little tailor was lying in a sound
sleep, he got up, took a great iron bar, cut through the bed with one blow, and thought he had finished off the
grasshopper of a man for good. With the earliest dawn the giants went into the forest, and had quite forgotten
the little tailor, when all at once he walked up to them quite merrily and boldly. The giants were terrified,
they were afraid that he would strike them all dead, and ran away in a great hurry.

The little tailor went onward, always following his own pointed nose. After he had walked for a long time,
he came to the courtyard of a royal palace, and as he felt weary, he lay down on the grass and fell asleep.
Whilst he lay there, the people came and inspected him on all sides. They read on his belt, "Seven dead with
one stroke."
"Ah!" Said they. "What does the great warrior want here in the midst of peace? He must be a mighty lord."
Soon the tailor was brought before the king who had a request to make of him.

“In the forest roams a magical horse with one horn – a unicorn, which does great harm attacking people all
around. If you can can rid me of this unicorn, you shall have the hand of my daughter in marriage and half
my kingdom.” The tailor thought to himself, “It is not every day that I receive an offer such as that,” and he
replied, "I do not fear one unicorn. Seven at one blow, is my kind of affair."

He took a rope and an axe with him, went forth into the forest. The unicorn soon came towards him, and
rushed directly on the tailor, as if it would gore him with its horn without more ado. "Softly, softly; it can’t
be done as quickly as that," said he, and stood still and waited until the animal was quite close, and then
sprang nimbly behind the tree. The unicorn ran against the tree with all its strength, and stuck its horn so fast
in the trunk that it had not the strength enough to draw it out again - and thus it was caught. "Now, I have got
it," said the tailor, and came out from behind the tree and put the rope round its neck, and then with his axe
he hewed the horn out of the tree, and when all was ready he led the beast away and took it to the king. But
the king was sorry that he had promised his daughter to the little man, and made another demand. Before the
wedding the tailor was to catch him a wild boar that made great havoc in the forest. And so the taylor went
into the forest where the boar was roaming.

When the boar saw the tailor, it ran on him with foaming mouth and sharp tusks, and was about to throw him
to the ground, but the hero fled and sprang into a chapel which was near and up to the window at once, and
in one bound, out again. The boar ran after him, but the tailor ran around outside and shut the door behind it.
The raging beast, which was much too heavy and awkward to leap out of the window, was caught. The hero
went to the king, who was now, whether he liked it or not, obliged to keep his promise, and gave his
daughter and the half of his kingdom. The wedding was held with great magnificence and small joy, and out
of a tailor a king was made.

After some time the young queen heard her husband say in his dreams at night, "Boy, make me the jacket,
and patch the trousers." The next morning complained of her wrongs to her father, and begged him to help
her get rid of her husband, who was nothing else but a tailor. The king comforted her and said, "Leave your
bedroom door open this night, and my servants shall stand outside, and when he has fallen asleep shall go in,
bind him, and take him on board a ship which shall carry him into the wide world." The woman was satisfied
with this; but the king’s armour-bearer, who had heard all, was friendly with the young lord, and informed
him of the whole plot. "I’ll put a screw into that business," said the little tailor. At night he went to bed with
his wife at the usual time, and when she thought that he had fallen asleep, she got up, opened the door, and
then lay down again. The little tailor, who was only pretending to be asleep, began to cry out in a clear voice,
"Boy, make me the jacket, and patch the trousers... I smote seven at one blow, I killed two giants, I brought
away one unicorn, and caught a wild boar, and am I to fear those who are standing outside the room?" When
these men heard the tailor speaking thus, they were overcome by a great fear, and ran as if the wild huntsman
were behind them, and none of them would venture anything further against him. So the little tailor remained
a king to the end of his life.