A gentle retelling for listeners ages 3–5 of the Brothers Grimm tale “The Valiant Little Tailor”: a little tailor swats seven flies at one stroke, stitches it on his belt, and outwits giants, a unicorn, and a wild boar to become a king.
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One summer morning, a little tailor sat stitching by his window. “Good jams, cheap!” called a woman in the street. Up she came. He sniffed every pot, then bought one tiny spoonful. Off she stomped, grumbling.
He spread the jam on bread. “I’ll finish this jacket first,” he said. But the sweet smell drifted up, and down buzzed the flies. “Hey! Who invited you?” Back they came, more and more. WHACK! went a scrap of cloth.
The tailor counted. Seven flies! “Seven at one stroke!” he cried. Quickly he cut a belt and stitched the words across it. “The whole world shall hear of it!” His heart wagged with joy like a lamb’s tail.
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