The valiant little tailorC16

At night he lay down as usual in bed, and when his wife thought that he was asleep, she got up, opened the door and lay down again. The little tailor, who only made believe to be asleep, began to murmur plainly, "Now, boy, make me that waistcoat and patch me those breeches, or I will lay my yard measure about your shoulders! I have slain seven at one blow, killed two giants, caught a unicorn, and taken a wild boar, and shall I be afraid of those who are standing outside my room door?" And when they heard the tailor say this, a great fear seized them; they fled away as if they had been wild hares, and none of them would venture to attack him. And so the little tailor all his lifetime remained a king.

到了晚上，小裁缝像往常一样按时上床就寝，躺在妻子身边。 她以为他已经入睡，就从床上爬起来，打开了化妆室的门，然后又躺在床上。 小裁缝只是在装睡，这时便开始尖着嗓子喊叫起来："徒弟，把这件背心缝好，再把这条裤子补一补，不然我就让你的脑袋尝尝尺子的厉害。我一下子打死了七个，杀死了两个巨人，捉住了一头独角兽，还逮住了一头大野猪，难道我还怕化妆室里的哪一个不成？"听到了小裁缝的这一番话，打算把他捆绑起来的那几个人，个个吓得要死，拔腿就逃走啦。 从此，再没有谁敢碰他一根毫毛。 就这样，勇敢的小裁缝继续当他的国王，一直当到离开人世。