The valiant little tailorC5
"Willingly," answered the little man; "you take the trunk on your shoulders, I will take the branches with all their foliage, that is much the most difficult." So the giant took the trunk on his shoulders, and the tailor seated himself on a branch, and the giant, who could not see what he was doing, had the whole tree to carry, and the little man on it as well. And the little man was very cheerful and merry, and whistled the tune: "There were three tailors riding by" as if carrying the tree was mere child's play. The giant, when he had struggled on under his heavy load a part of the way, was tired out, and cried, "Look here, I must let go the tree!"
The tailor jumped off quickly, and taking hold of the tree with both arms, as if he were carrying it, said to the giant, "You see you can't carry the tree though you are such a big fellow!"
They went on together a little farther, and presently they came to a cherry-tree, and the giant took hold of the topmost branches, where the ripest fruit hung, and pulling them downwards, gave them to the tailor to hold, bidding him eat. But the little tailor was much too weak to hold the tree, and as the giant let go, the tree sprang back, and the tailor was caught up into the air. And when he dropped down again without any damage, the giant said to him, "How is this? haven't you strength enough to hold such a weak sprig as that?"
好的，"小裁缝说，"你扛树干，我扛树枝，这树枝可是最难弄的呀。"
巨人扛起树干，小裁缝却坐在了一根树枝上面。 巨人没法回头看，不得不整个扛着大树，还扛着坐在树枝上的小裁缝。
小裁缝坐在后面，心旷神怡，快乐地吹着口哨，还唱了几句"三个裁缝骑马出了城"这首歌，抬树对他来说仿佛就是一场游戏而已。
巨人扛着沉重的大树走了一段路程，累得上气不接下气，嚷嚷着说他再也走不动了，必须把树放下来。
小裁缝一下子跳了下来，用两只胳膊抱住树身，做出一副一路上抬着大树的样子，接着对巨人说，"亏你这么个大块头，连棵树也扛不了！"
他们一快儿往前走着，来到一棵樱桃树前，树冠上挂满了熟透的樱桃。 巨人一把抓住树冠，拉低后递给小裁缝，让他吃个够。 可小裁缝哪有这么大的力气抓住樱桃树呢，巨人一松手，树就忽地一下直起了身，小裁缝也随着被弹到了空中。
小裁缝安然落地，巨人嚷嚷道："咳！你连抓住这么一根小树枝的力气也没有啊？"
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