Jacob Grimm was born in 1785, while Wilhelm in 1786, in Hanau, Germany. Each of the two brothers wrote separate works, but they achieved success for the volumes signed together. Over several years, they collected old folk tales which they published in 1812 under the title Tales for Children and Parents. They were republished so that, in 1857, they reached the final form we know today as the Grimm Brothers’ Tales. The Brave Tailor was published in 1812 in the volume entitled “Kinder- und Hausmärchen” (Children’s Stories).
There was a tailor who, while sewing a colorful vest, heard a woman selling jam. Because he was very hungry, he bought half a kilo from her and spread a slice of bread. While he was sewing, around the slice gathered a lot of flies craving for the sweetness, and the tailor hit 7 of them. This made him feel strong and brave, so he sewed the following message: SEVEN IN JUST ONE STRIKE and set out to discover the big world.
The boy reached the top of a mountain where he saw a Giant who challenged him to several competitions in which the tailor always came out victorious: to collect a stone until water drips from it, to throw a stone to the sky, to carry a very heavy tree. Through cleverness, the tailor managed to trick the giant. Happy, the king promised him that if he helps him to get rid of an evil unicorn, he will give him the princess as his wife and half of the kingdom. Through a great plan, the tailor managed to catch the unicorn and became king.
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