A little tailor sat whistling by his window one bright morning, stitching away. Down the street came a woman calling, "Yummy jam for sale! Sweet jam!" The tailor liked jam, so he called her up and bought a little pot. He spread it on a slice of bread, but before he could take a bite, ZZZZZZ! Flies buzzed all around.

"Shoo, flies!" he said. But they didn't listen. Annoyed, the tailor grabbed a cloth. WHACK! He smacked the table. When he lifted the cloth, he counted. One, two, three... seven! Seven flies, all gone with one hit!

"Wow!" thought the tailor. "Seven at one blow! I must be incredibly strong and brave!" He was so proud, he stitched himself a fancy belt. On it, in big letters, it said: SEVEN AT ONE BLOW.

He decided the town was too small for someone so mighty. "The world must know about me!" he declared. He packed a small piece of cheese in his pocket (just in case he got hungry) and found a little bird trapped in a bush, which he gently put in his other pocket. Then, off he went.

He walked and walked until he reached some tall mountains where he met a huge Giant! The Giant scoffed, "A tiny thing like you? What does that belt mean?"

"SEVEN AT ONE BLOW!" said the tailor proudly.

The Giant didn't believe him. "Let's see," boomed the Giant, picking up a stone. He squeezed it so hard, water dripped out. "You try!"

The tailor reached into his pocket, pulled out the soft cheese, and squeezed. Whey dripped out like water. The Giant was surprised.

"Hmm. Now, throw this stone high," said the Giant, tossing a rock so high it almost disappeared.

The tailor reached into his other pocket. "Watch this!" He threw the little bird up into the air. The bird, happy to be free, flew higher and higher and didn't come back down. "Even better!" said the tailor.

The Giant was impressed but still suspicious. "Help me carry this tree," he grunted, pointing to a giant oak.

"Okay," said the clever tailor. "You carry the heavy trunk, and I'll carry the branches, they're much lighter." The Giant agreed, lifted the trunk, and started walking. The tailor hopped onto a big branch and rode along, whistling, while the Giant did all the work!

That night, the Giant invited the tailor to his cave. He showed the tailor a big bed. But the bed looked too big and maybe dangerous. So, the clever tailor curled up in a safe corner instead. In the middle of the night, the Giant took a huge iron bar and SMASH! He hit the bed right where he thought the tailor was sleeping. "Got him!" he chuckled.

But the next morning, the tailor walked out cheerfully. "Good morning!" he said. The Giant was so scared he ran away and never came back.

The tailor continued his journey and arrived at a kingdom. The King was very worried. "Two terrible giants are causing trouble in the forest!" he announced. "Anyone who can defeat them can marry my daughter, the Princess, and have half my kingdom!"

"Seven at one blow?" thought the tailor. "Giants should be easy!" He bravely went into the forest. He found the two giants sleeping under a tree. Very quietly, the tailor filled his pockets with small stones. He climbed the tree and dropped a stone on one giant's head.

"Ouch! Why did you hit me?" grumbled the giant.
"I didn't touch you!" said the other. They went back to sleep.

The tailor dropped a stone on the second giant.
"Hey! Stop hitting me!" yelled the second giant.
"You hit me first!" shouted the first. They started arguing, then fighting, hitting each other with trees until they both fell down, defeated!

The tailor went back to the King. The King was amazed but didn't really want a little tailor as a son-in-law. So he gave him another task: "Catch the dangerous unicorn in the forest!"

The tailor went back to the forest. When the unicorn charged at him, horn lowered, the tailor quickly jumped behind a big tree. CRASH! The unicorn's horn got stuck fast in the tree trunk. The tailor tied it up.

Still, the King wasn't satisfied. "One more thing! Catch the wild boar that roams the woods!"

The tailor found the boar. When it charged, snorting fiercely, the tailor ran towards an old, empty chapel nearby. He darted inside and quickly jumped out of a window on the other side, slamming the heavy door shut behind him. The angry boar ran straight into the chapel, and THUD! The tailor locked the door. The boar was trapped!

Now the King had no more excuses. The tailor married the beautiful Princess and got half the kingdom. He was very happy.

But one night, the Princess heard him talking in his sleep. "Must finish this coat... snip snip... thread the needle..." She realized he wasn't a mighty warrior, just a tailor! She told her father, the King, "We must get rid of him!"

The King agreed. He told his guards to sneak into the tailor's room that night and capture him. But a loyal servant warned the tailor. That night, when the guards crept near the door, the tailor pretended to be talking loudly in his sleep.

"Yes! I smacked SEVEN AT ONE BLOW!" he shouted. "I defeated giants! I caught the unicorn AND the wild boar! Am I supposed to be afraid of these fellows standing outside my door?"

Hearing this, the guards got terrified. They thought he knew they were there and would defeat them easily. They ran away as fast as they could and never dared to bother the brave little tailor again.

And so, the clever tailor lived happily and peacefully with the Princess for the rest of his days.

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