The Brave Little Tailor
by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
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A tailor who kills seven flies with one blow outwits the king and earns half his kingdom and his daughter's hand in marriage.Tags
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So a humble tailor kills seven flies that keep trying to get at his slice of bread that has jam on it, and by this deed deems himself to be such a brave dude that he has to go and announce it to the world.
LOL wut. No, I'm not kidding.
However, through a combination of luck and wit, the tailor manages to make his way through the world, even outwitting a band of giants.
It's a decent enough story about being clever. And the tailor did get himself a princess for a wife and half his father-in-law's kingdom.
So a humble tailor kills seven flies that keep trying to get at his slice of bread that has jam on it, and by this deed deems himself to be such a brave dude that he has to go and announce it to the world.
LOL wut. No, I'm not kidding.
However, through a combination of luck and wit, the tailor manages to make his way through the world, even outwitting a band of giants.
It's a decent enough story about being clever. And the tailor did get himself a princess for a wife and half his father-in-law's kingdom.
I have to say that trickster tales where the trickster is full of himself are not very appealing to me. I really started to feel sorry for the big, dumb guy. Of course, the giant turned on him in the end, but after an entire day of being tricked like that, I wouldn't be very happy either.
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Este cuento clásico infantil de los Hermanos Grimm nos recuerda que no hay que guiarse por las apariencias, y que la inteligencia prevalece por sobre la fuerza. El sastrecillo del relato se hace camino en el mundo sin nada en sus bolsillos más que sus propios artilugios, que le permitirán, con el tiempo, convertirse en Rey.
Oct 13, 2018Spanish
Cuento clásico infantil, escrito por Wilhelm Grimm.
Sep 20, 2018Spanish
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Jacob W. Grimm (1785-1863) and his brother Wilhelm K. Grimm (1786-1859) pioneered the study of German philosophy, law, mythology and folklore, but they are best known for their collection of fairy tales. These include such popular stories as Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty and The Frog Prince. Commonly referred to now as Grimm's Fairy Tales, show more their collection was published as Kinder-und-Hausmarchen (Children's and Household Tales, 1812-15). The brothers were born thirteen months apart in the German province of Hesse, and were inseparable from childhood. Throughout their lives they showed a marked lack of sibling rivalry. Most of their works were written together, a practice begun in childhood when they shared a desk and sustained throughout their adult lives. Since their lives and work were so collaborative, it is difficult now to differentiate between them, but of course there were differences.- Jacob, who studied for a time in Paris, was fascinated with variant spellings of older words. He articulated "Grimm's Law," the rules of which are still used today to determine correspondences between the consonants of German and languages in the Indo-European family. Jacob was bolder and more experimental than Wilhelm, and was rumored to be a lively dancer. Throughout his life, Jacob kept rigidly to schedule and could be extremely focused on work that demanded close attention to detail. He never married, but was a loving uncle to Wilhelm's children. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm are buried side by side in Berlin. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Brave Little Tailor
- Original title
- Das tapfere Schneiderlein
- Alternate titles
- Seven at One Blow
- Original publication date
- 1812
- People/Characters
- Brave Little Tailor
- First words
- Early one morning, a tailor was sitting at his window sewing a pair of trousers.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Our land will aleays be safe with the man who killed SEVEN AT ONE BLOW!
- Disambiguation notice
- Also called the "Valient Tailor" and "Seven at One Blow"
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