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1The little tailor went onwards, always following his own pointed nose. After he had walked for a long time, he came to
2the courtyard of a royal palace, and as he felt weary, he lay down on the grass and fell asleep. Whilst he lay there,
3the people came and inspected him on all sides, and read on his girdle: 'Seven at one stroke.' 'Ah!' said they, 'what
4does the great warrior want here in the midst of peace? He must be a mighty lord.' They went and announced him to the
5king, and gave it as their opinion that if war should break out, this would be a weighty and useful man who ought on no
6account to be allowed to depart. The counsel pleased the king, and he sent one of his courtiers to the little tailor to
7offer him military service when he awoke. The ambassador remained standing by the sleeper, waited until he stretched his
8limbs and opened his eyes, and then conveyed to him this proposal. 'For this very reason have I come here,' the tailor
9replied, 'I am ready to enter the king's service.' He was therefore honourably received, and a special dwelling was
10assigned him. The soldiers, however, were set against the little tailor, and wished him a thousand miles away. 'What is
11to be the end of this?' they said among themselves. 'If we quarrel with him, and he strikes about him, seven of us will
12fall at every blow; not one of us can stand against him.' They came therefore to a decision, betook themselves in a body
13to the king, and begged for their dismissal. 'We are not prepared,' said they, 'to stay with a man who kills seven at
14one stroke.' The king was sorry that for the sake of one he should lose all his faithful servants, wished that he had
15never set eyes on the tailor, and would willingly have been rid of him again. But he did not venture to give him his
16dismissal, for he dreaded lest he should strike him and all his people dead, and place himself on the royal throne. He
17thought about it for a long time, and at last found good counsel. He sent to the little tailor and caused him to be
18informed that as he was a great warrior, he had one request to make to him. In a forest of his country lived two giants,
19who caused great mischief with their robbing, murdering, ravaging, and burning, and no one could approach them without
20putting himself in danger of death. If the tailor conquered and killed these two giants, he would give him his only
21daughter to wife, and half of his kingdom as a dowry, likewise one hundred horsemen should go with him to assist him.
22'That would indeed be a fine thing for a man like me!' thought the little tailor. 'One is not offered a beautiful
23princess and half a kingdom every day of one's life!' 'Oh, yes,' he replied, 'I will soon subdue the giants, and do not
24require the help of the hundred horsemen to do it; he who can hit seven with one blow has no need to be afraid of two.'
25The little tailor went forth, and the hundred horsemen followed him. When he came to the outskirts of the forest, he
26said to his followers: 'Just stay waiting here, I alone will soon finish off the giants.' Then he bounded into the
27forest and looked about right and left. After a while he perceived both giants. They lay sleeping under a tree, and
28snored so that the branches waved up and down. The little tailor, not idle, gathered two pocketsful of stones, and with
29these climbed up the tree. When he was halfway up, he slipped down by a branch, until he sat just above the sleepers,
30and then let one stone after another fall on the breast of one of the giants. For a long time the giant felt nothing,
31but at last he awoke, pushed his comrade, and said: 'Why are you knocking me?' 'You must be dreaming,' said the other,
32'I am not knocking you.' They laid themselves down to sleep again, and then the tailor threw a stone down on the second.
33'What is the meaning of this?' cried the other 'Why are you pelting me?' 'I am not pelting you,' answered the first,
34growling. They disputed about it for a time, but as they were weary they let the matter rest, and their eyes closed once
35more. The little tailor began his game again, picked out the biggest stone, and threw it with all his might on the
36breast of the first giant. 'That is too bad!' cried he, and sprang up like a madman, and pushed his companion against
37the tree until it shook. The other paid him back in the same coin, and they got into such a rage that they tore up trees
38and belaboured each other so long, that at last they both fell down dead on the ground at the same time. Then the little
39tailor leapt down. 'It is a lucky thing,' said he, 'that they did not tear up the tree on which I was sitting, or I
40should have had to sprint on to another like a squirrel; but we tailors are nimble.' He drew out his sword and gave each
41of them a couple of thrusts in the breast, and then went out to the horsemen and said: 'The work is done; I have
42finished both of them off, but it was hard work! They tore up trees in their sore need, and defended themselves with
43them, but all that is to no purpose when a man like myself comes, who can kill seven at one blow.' 'But are you not
44wounded?' asked the horsemen. 'You need not concern yourself about that,' answered the tailor, 'they have not bent one
45hair of mine.' The horsemen would not believe him, and rode into the forest; there they found the giants swimming in
46their blood, and all round about lay the torn-up trees. The little tailor demanded of the king the promised reward; he,
47however, repented of his promise, and again bethought himself how he could get rid of the hero. 'Before you receive my
48daughter, and the half of my kingdom,' said he to him, 'you must perform one more heroic deed. In the forest roams a
49unicorn which does great harm, and you must catch it first.' 'I fear one unicorn still less than two giants. Seven at
50one blow, is my kind of affair.' He took a rope and an axe with him, went forth into the forest, and again bade those
51who were sent with him to wait outside. He had not long to seek. The unicorn soon came towards him, and rushed directly
52on the tailor, as if it would gore him with its horn without more ado. 'Softly, softly; it can't be done as quickly as
53that,' said he, and stood still and waited until the animal was quite close, and then sprang nimbly behind the tree. The
54unicorn ran against the tree with all its strength, and stuck its horn so fast in the trunk that it had not the strength
55enough to draw it out again, and thus it was caught. 'Now, I have got the bird,' said the tailor, and came out from
56behind the tree and put the rope round its neck, and then with his axe he hewed the horn out of the tree, and when all
57was ready he led the beast away and took it to the king.
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