The Brave Tailor - The Brave Tailor

Japanese: 勇敢な仕立屋 - ゆうかんなしたてや（英語表記）Das tapfere Schneiderlein

Grimm's Fairy Tales No. 20. A little tailor kills seven flies by swatting them off a loaf of bread, so he makes a sash with "one strike, seven kills" written on it and heads to town. He meets an o-nyūdō (monk) and defeats him by tricking him into a test of strength. While he is sleeping in the palace garden, the king, who sees his sash and takes him in, hires him. However, the generals become jealous and he is ordered to slay giants in the forest, but he uses his wits to defeat them by killing them in a mutual kill. He is next ordered to slay a unicorn in the forest, and thirdly, a boar, and he uses his wits to succeed. The king is forced to marry the princess as promised, but the tailor nearly reveals his true identity when he says in his sleep that he should mend his trousers.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

《グリム童話》20番の話。ちびの仕立屋がパンに群がるハエを布でたたくと7匹殺せたので，一打7匹と書いた帯をつくって町に向かう。大入道と出会い，力試しをし，だまして勝つ。宮殿の庭で寝ていると，一打7匹の帯を見た王に召し抱えられる。しかし武将たちにねたまれ，森の巨人退治を命じられるが，知恵で巨人たちを相打ちさせて倒す。次に森の一角獣を倒すこと，第3に猪を倒すことを命じられて，知恵で成功する。王はやむなく約束どおり王女と結婚させるが，仕立屋が寝言でズボンをつくろえなどと言うので，正体が暴露されそうになる。

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