The valiant little tailorC2
All the while the scent of the sweet jelly was spreading throughout the room, where there were quantities of flies, who were attracted by it and flew to partake. "Now then, who asked you to come?" said the tailor, and drove the unbidden guests away. But the flies, not understanding his language, were not to be got rid of like that, and returned in larger numbers than before. Then the tailor, not being able to stand it any longer, took from his chimney-corner a ragged cloth, and saying, "Now, I'll let you have it!" beat it among them unmercifully. When he ceased, and counted the slain, he found seven lying dead before him. "This is indeed somewhat," he said, wondering at his own gallantry; "the whole town shall know this." So he hastened to cut out a belt, and he stitched it and put on it in large capitals "Seven at one blow!"
"The town, did I say!" said the little tailor; "the whole world shall know it!" And his heart quivered with joy, like a lamb's tail. The tailor fastened the belt round him, and began to think of going out into the world, for his workshop seemed too small for his worship. So he looked about in all the house for something that it would be useful to take with him, but he found nothing but an old cheese, which he put in his pocket. Outside the door he noticed that a bird had got caught in the bushes, so he took that and put it in his pocket with the cheese. Then he set out gallantly on his way, and as he was light and active he felt no fatigue.
这时，果酱香甜的气味招引来了一群聚在墙上的苍蝇，它们纷纷落在面包上，要品尝一下这美味佳肴。
"哪有你们的份啊？"小裁缝说着把苍蝇赶跑了。 苍蝇才不理睬他说了什么，怎么也不肯走，于是落在面包上的苍蝇越来越多了。 这下子，小裁缝火冒三丈，随手抓起一条毛巾，朝着苍蝇狠命地打了下去，打死了整整七只苍蝇，有的连腿都给打飞了。
"你可真了不起！"他说道，不禁对自己的勇敢大加赞赏，"全城的人都应该知道你的壮举。"说罢，小裁缝风风火火地为自己裁剪了一条腰带，缝好后，在上面绣了几个醒目的大字："一下子打死七个！""不仅仅是全城，"他突然喊了起来，"还得让全世界的人都知道！"说到这儿，他的心激动得欢蹦乱跳，活像一只小羊羔的尾巴。
小裁缝把腰带系在腰间，打算出去闯世界，因为在他看来，凭着他的英勇无畏精神，再留在小小的作坊里，就大材小用啦。 动身前，他四下里搜寻了一番，看看有没有值得带上的东西，却只发现了一快陈干酪，就随手装进口袋里。 在门前，他发现灌木丛中绊住了一只小鸟，便捉来放进装干酪的口袋里。
随后，他得意洋洋地上了路。 由于个子矮小，他身轻如燕，走起来一点儿也不感到累。
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