The valiant little tailorC7
As soon as it was midnight the giant got up, took a great staff of iron and beat the bed through with one stroke, and supposed he had made an end of that grasshopper of a tailor.
Very early in the morning the giants went into the wood and forgot all about the little tailor, and when they saw him coming after them alive and merry, they were terribly frightened, and, thinking he was going to kill them, they ran away in all haste.
So the little tailor marched on, always following his nose. And after he had gone a great way he entered the courtyard belonging to a King's palace, and there he felt so overpowered with fatigue that he lay down and fell asleep. In the meanwhile came various people, who looked at him very curiously, and read on his belt, "Seven at one blow!" - "Oh!" said they, "why should this great lord come here in time of peace? what a mighty champion he must be." Then they went and told the King about him, and they thought that if war should break out what a worthy and useful man he would be, and that he ought not to be allowed to depart at any price.
半夜时分，那个巨人以为小裁缝睡熟了，抓起一根大铁钉，照准床上猛地扎了下去，以为把这个小蚱蜢给解决了。
第二天拂晓，巨人们动身到林子里去，把小裁缝忘得一干二净。 小裁缝仍然像往常一样活蹦乱跳，无忧无虑，朝他们走去。 巨人们一见，以为小裁缝要打死他们，个个吓得屁滚尿流，拔腿就跑。 小裁缝呢，继续赶他的路，一直往前走去。
走了很久，小裁缝来到一座王宫的院子里。 这时，他已累得精疲力尽，便倒在地上睡着了。他正躺在那儿睡的时候，不少人过来，看见了他腰带上绣的字："一下子打死七个！""哎呀！"他们心想，"这一定是位了不起的英雄。和平时期他到这里来干什么呢？"他们立即去向国王禀报，说一旦战争爆发，此人大有用场，千万不能放他走呵。
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