blue fairy tale book

Chapter 34 The Brave Little Tailor
One summer day, the little tailor was sitting briskly at his needlework at a table by the window, when a peasant woman came down the street calling out, "Look, look, there's good jam, good jam Lah." The cry was so enticing that the little tailor couldn't help sticking his head out of the window, and shouted to her, "Come here, you've found the right customer." Go up the stairs and come to the little tailor's house.The little tailor asked her to put all the jam jars in a row in front of him, and then lifted them up one by one, looked at them, sniffed them, and finally said: "This jar of jam looks good, give me four ounces, four cents more I don't want a pound." The peasant woman also wanted to sell more, so she gave him four ounces of jam, and complained angrily as she left. "Well, well, God should have given me such good jam," cried the little tailor, "it will give me more strength." So saying, he took some bread from the cupboard and cut it into pieces. The next slice, spread with jam.

"It must taste very good," said he, "but I'll finish this waistcoat before I eat it." So he put the slices of bread aside, and went on to his sewing.Just thinking about it like this, the stitches are getting bigger and bigger.At this time, the sweet smell of jam floated to the ceiling, and a large group of flies was nesting there.The smell of jam attracted them, and they swarmed towards the bread. "Hey! Who told you to come here?" shouted the little tailor, driving away the group of uninvited guests.Of course the flies could not understand what he said, so they ignored the little tailor's warning, and more flies rushed towards the slice of bread.The little tailor could bear it no longer, so he ran to the corner of the stove to get the duster, and shouted, "Just wait and see if I don't give you a duster!" Fly corpses, no less than seven dead flies were found lying on all fours in front of them. "I'm amazing!" He was proud of his bravery. "The whole town should know about this." So he hurriedly cut a belt, sealed the edges, and embroidered a few Big characters: kill seven at once. "What did I say, the whole town? No, the whole world should know!" he said to himself, his heart pounding like a lamb wagging its tail.

The little tailor put on his belt, and was about to go out into the world, because he felt that he was already a warrior, and the small workshop could not let him show his skills.Before he set off, he looked around to see if there was anything in the house that he could take on the road, but he found only a piece of old cheese, and he took it with him.When he got to the house, he found that the bushes had caught a bird, and he pocketed it beside the cheese, and walked on happily.He is as light as a swallow, and he doesn't feel tired at all when he walks.

As he walked, he came to a small mountain, and saw an extremely powerful giant sitting on the top of the mountain, calmly observing the movement around him.The little tailor walked up to him and greeted him warmly: "Hello, friend, you are sitting here and looking at the world leisurely. I am going there to venture there. Would you like to go with me?" Glancing at him contemptuously, he said, "What a poor little thing!" "Look here, you'll know who I am when you read it." The giant read, "I killed seven people at once." I thought that the little tailor killed seven people, so I couldn't help feeling a little respect for him.But he wanted to try the little tailor's skills first, so he picked up a stone and squeezed it with his hands, so that water dripped from the stone. "If you really want me to believe that you have strength, you can do it too." "Is that the only thing?" said the little tailor, "it's just a child's work," he put his hand into his pocket, and took out the old cheese , Gently squeeze, the milk came out. "It's easier for me than for you," said the little tailor.

The giant didn't know what to say for a while, he didn't believe that this little guy could have such great energy.To try him again, the giant picked up a stone, and threw it into the sky, so high that it could not be seen. "Let me see you too, little man." "You did throw it very high," said the little tailor, "but it fell at last. I threw one too, but it never came back." He reached into his pocket again, grabbed the bird, and threw it into the air.The freed bird rushed to the sky in ecstasy and never came back.

"Well, my friend, what do you think of this hand?" asked the little tailor. "You are good at throwing things," said the giant, "but you have to show me if you can carry heavy things." Then he led the little tailor to a big oak tree that had fallen on the ground. , said to him, "If you are strong enough, help me carry this tree out of the wood." "It will be all right," said the little tailor, "you carry the trunk, and I will take the branches. This is the hardest thing to do." The giant lifted up the trunk, while the little tailor sat on the branch comfortably.The giant couldn't look back to see what happened behind him, so he had to carry the whole tree on his shoulders, and he took the tailor with him.At this moment, the little tailor was sitting happily in the back, blowing a little tune with great vigor, as if the matter were so effortless.After walking for a while with the heavy tree on his back, the giant couldn't go any more, and he cried out:

"Hey! I have to take down this tree." The little tailor jumped down nimbly from the tree, grabbed the branches with both hands, and said to the giant as if he had been carrying the tree: "Thanks for being so big, you can't even carry a tree!"

They went on together, and as they passed a cherry tree, the giant seized the top of the tree with the ripest and ripest fruit, and, passing the twigs into the little tailor's hand, ordered him to eat the fruit.But how could the little tailor hold on to the branch with so much strength? As soon as the giant let go, the tree and the little tailor bounced back together.When the little tailor landed safe and sound, the giant said, "What's the matter! You don't even have the strength to grab a twig, do you?"

"What does that have to do with strength?" replied the little tailor. "I can kill seven at once. Do you think I'm not even capable of that? I jumped because a hunter shot up a tree nearby." A gun. Jump for me too, if you have the guts." The giant tried, but instead of jumping, he got caught in a branch, and so again the little tailor had the upper hand.

"Well, you are a great fellow," said the Giant, "come and spend the night with me in our cave." The little tailor accepted his invitation gladly, and followed him into the cave.There were also several giants sitting around the campfire in the cave, each holding a roasted lamb in his hand and gnawing on it.The little tailor looked around and thought:

"Ha, this place is much more spacious than my workshop." The giant pointed him to a bed and told him to lie down and rest.But the bed was too big, so instead of lying in the middle of the bed, he crawled into a corner.In the middle of the night, the giant guessed that the little tailor was fast asleep, so he got up and picked up the big iron stick, and split the bed in half with one stick, thinking that the little grasshopper would be fruited.

At dawn the next day, the giants set out for the woods, forgetting about the little tailor, until he suddenly appeared before them alive and kicking.The giants were terrified by this "ghost", for fear that he was going to kill them, they all ran away in fright.The little tailor continued on his way.After walking for a long time, he came to the courtyard of a royal palace.At this time, he was exhausted and fell asleep on the grass.People walked by him and saw the words "Kill seven at once!" "Alas!" they said, "what is this veteran hero doing in our peaceful country? He must be a great warrior." So they ran to the king and told the king that this man would be of great use if war broke out, and that it was best to keep him at all costs.The King assented to this proposal, and sent a minister to the little tailor, and, as soon as he woke up, he was invited to serve in the army.

The messenger stood beside the sleeping tailor until he stretched himself and opened his eyes before making the request.

"That is why I have come," he answered, "and I am willing to serve the King." So he was received with great ceremony, and given a fine residence.

However, the other officers were very jealous of the little tailor's success in one fell swoop, and wished that he would get away with it.They reckoned, "If we confront him, he will kill seven of us in one fell swoop, and we will be finished soon." So they decided to go to the king together and offer their collective resignation.They explained to the king: "We are such a people that we cannot serve with a great hero who kills seven men at once." I have never seen this little tailor before, and I wish I could send him away.However, the king didn't have the courage to drive him away, because he was afraid that the little tailor would kill him and his subjects and take the throne himself.He racked his brains and finally came up with an idea.He sent to the little tailor and said that, as he was a great and valiant hero, he wanted him to do one thing for the king: In his domain there was a great forest, and in the forest lived two giants. Burning, killing and looting are all kinds of crimes, but so far no one dares to risk their lives to compete with them.If the little tailor could subdue and get rid of the two giants, the king promised to give him his only daughter in marriage, and give him half the kingdom.If he agreed, the king could send him a hundred knights to help him out.What a job, thought the little tailor, for a man like me: a pretty princess, and half a kingdom.So he replied:
"I promise you, I'll kill those two giants in no time."

The little tailor set off, followed by a hundred knights.When he was outside the forest, he said to the knights, "Stay here, and I alone can deal with them." Then he entered the forest alone, looking around vigilantly as he walked.After a while, he found the two giants. At that time, they were lying under a big tree, snoring so loudly that the tree trunk almost bent over.The little tailor hurriedly filled his pockets with stones, and climbed up the tree.Halfway through the climb, he quietly climbed up a branch, under which were the two sleeping giants.At this time, he threw stones one after another at the giant closest to him.The giant didn't feel anything for a while, but at last he woke up, pushed his companion hard, and asked, "Why did you hit me?" The other replied, "I didn't hit you, you were dreaming." !” After speaking, the two of them lay down and fell asleep again.This time the little tailor threw stones at the second giant. "What are you doing?" The second giant jumped up, "Why did you hit me with something?" "I didn't hit you!" roared the first one.

They quarreled a few words, but both of them got sleepy, settled the quarrel, and went back to sleep.So the little tailor repeated his old trick, picked the largest stone in his pocket, and threw it with all his strength at the first giant, hitting him in the chest. "Too much!" roared the first giant.With a frenzied leap he threw his companion up the tree so violently that he shivered, and the second retaliated in the same manner.The two guys were so angry that they pulled up big trees and swung at each other. In the end, both of them were injured and fell to the ground and died.The little tailor jumped down from the tree, "It's a good thing," he said, "they didn't pull up the tree I was hiding in just now, otherwise I would have to jump from one tree to another like a squirrel, even if the reaction No matter how fast you jump, it's not easy to jump like that." Then, he drew his sword and stabbed each giant in the chest, and then walked up to the knights and said, "It's over, both giants I got rid of it, I dare to assure you, it was not an easy task, they even uprooted a big tree to defend themselves during the fight, but this move can kill seven people at once for my number For a hero, it doesn't work at all." "Are you uninjured?" asked the knights. "Of course not," replied the little tailor, "they haven't even touched a hair on me." They didn't believe it, so they rode into the woods to check, and saw two giants lying in a pool of blood, with uprooted roots all around them. Only then did he believe his words.

The little tailor who returned in triumph asked the king to honor the promise he had made, but the king regretted it.Once again he racked his brains to figure out how to get rid of the little tailor. "Before I have my daughter and half the kingdom,"

He said to the little tailor, "One more feat must be accomplished: in that forest, there is a unicorn that does all kinds of evil, you have to catch it first." The little tailor replied, "I am not afraid of two giants, A unicorn is nothing to be afraid of. I am a hero who can kill seven at once." So he took a rope and an ax and set off for the forest, leaving his followers to wait outside.He didn't look long before he came upon the unicorn, for it was passing there.The unicorn spotted him too, and charged straight at him, looking to tear him to pieces. "Be gentle, be gentle," said the little tailor, "don't worry, my friend." The little tailor stood there quite still, and when the unicorn approached he jumped behind the tree with a little hop .The unicorn slammed into the big tree with all its strength, and the horn was firmly stuck in the tree trunk, and it couldn't be pulled out no matter what.In this way, the little tailor managed to catch the unicorn.He turned from behind the tree and said, "Little guy, this time I've got you." He tied the unicorn's neck with a rope, and then he split the tree trunk with an ax and let the horn loose.

When everything was ready, he led the unicorn back to the king.

Unexpectedly, the king still refused to fulfill his promise, and put forward a third condition: he must go to the forest to catch a wild boar which is very harmful. This time, he can bring a group of hunters to help him out. "I'd love to go," answered the little tailor, "it's not as easy as a child's play." However, he didn't let the hunters go into the forest with him, and they were happy to stay out of the wood, because it would The wild boar had given them such a headache before, and they wanted nothing to do with it anymore.When the wild boar saw the little tailor, he foamed, and rushed towards him with his mouth open, showing his bright teeth, trying to knock him down.Unexpectedly, the brave little tailor quickly jumped into a small church next to him, and then jumped out of the window.The wild boar rushed him into the church, but the little tailor jumped behind the door and shut it behind him.The wild boar was too clumsy and heavy to jump out of the window, and the raging beast was caught in this way.

The little tailor called the hunters together, and let them see his booty for themselves, and then went alone to the king.The little tailor told him, whether he wanted to or not, this time he must keep his promise and give him his daughter and half the kingdom.In this way, despite the displeasure of many people, their wedding was solemnly held, and the little tailor became king.

Soon, the young queen heard her husband talking in her sleep one night: "Man, sew up this vest and mend these trousers, or I will slap you a few times." What kind of origin is it.The next day, she complained to her father and begged him to help her get rid of her husband who was a mere tailor.The old king comforted her and said: "Tonight, you open the door of the bedroom, and I will send servants outside. When your husband is fast asleep, the servants will go in quietly, tie him up firmly, and put him on a boat. Send it into the sea." The Queen was pleased with the idea.Unexpectedly, a loyal follower of the little tailor heard this and reported the whole plot to him. "I'll get this over with at once," said the little tailor.

When evening came, the little tailor and his wife went to bed as usual.When he was supposed to be asleep, she got up from the bed, opened the bedroom door, and then lay back on the bed.At this time, the little tailor pretending to be asleep yelled clearly: "Boy, sew up this vest and mend these trousers, or I will slap you a few times. I killed seven of them at once. After killing two giants and capturing a unicorn and a wild boar, are you still afraid of those guys standing at the door of the bedroom?" Hearing what the little tailor said, the people at the door ran away in fright, just like being caught. It was as if a wild animal had chased him away, and he didn't dare to provoke the little tailor anymore.In this way, the little tailor continued to be king until he died.

(End of this chapter)