One summer’s morning a little tailor was sitting on his table by the window; he was in good spirits, and sewed with all his might. Then came a peasant woman down the street crying: ‘Good jams, cheap! Good jams, cheap!’ This rang pleasantly in the tailor’s ears; he stretched his delicate head out of the window, and called: ‘Come up here, dear woman; here you will get rid of your goods.’ The woman came up the three steps to the tailor with her heavy basket, and he made her unpack all the pots for him. He inspected each one, lifted it up, put his nose to it, and at length said: ‘The jam seems to me to be good, so weigh me out four ounces, dear woman, and if it is a quarter of a pound that is of no consequence.’ The woman who had hoped to find a good sale, gave him what he desired, but went away quite angry and grumbling. ‘Now, this jam shall be blessed by God,’ cried the little tailor, ‘and give me health and strength’; so he brought the bread out of the cupboard, cut himself a piece right across the loaf and spread the jam over it. ‘This won’t taste bitter,’ said he, ‘but I will just finish the jacket before I take a bite.’ He laid the bread near him, sewed on, and in his joy, made bigger and bigger stitches. In the meantime the smell of the sweet jam rose to where the flies were sitting in great numbers, and they were attracted and descended on it in hosts. ‘Hi! who invited you?’ said the little tailor, and drove the unbidden guests away. The flies, however, who understood no German, would not be turned away, but came back again in ever-increasing companies. The little tailor at last lost all patience, and drew a piece of cloth from the hole under his work-table, and saying: ‘Wait, and I will give it to you,’ struck it mercilessly on them. When he drew it away and counted, there lay before him no fewer than seven, dead and with legs stretched out. ‘Are you a fellow of that sort?’ said he, and could not help admiring his own bravery. ‘The whole town shall know of this!’ And the little tailor hastened to cut himself a girdle, stitched it, and embroidered on it in large letters: ‘Seven at one stroke!’ ‘What, the town!’ he continued, ‘the whole world shall hear of it!’ and his heart wagged with joy like a lamb’s tail. The tailor put on the girdle, and resolved to go forth into the world, because he thought his workshop was too small for his valour. Before he went away, he sought about in the house to see if there was anything which he could take with him; however, he found nothing but an old cheese, and that he put in his pocket. In front of the door he observed a bird which had caught itself in the thicket. It had to go into his pocket with the cheese. Now he took to the road boldly, and as he was light and nimble, he felt no fatigue. The road led him up a mountain, and when he had reached the highest point of it, there sat a powerful giant looking peacefully about him. The little tailor went bravely up, spoke to him, and said: ‘Good day, comrade, so you are sitting there overlooking the wide-spread world! I am just on my way thither, and want to try my luck. Have you any inclination to go with me?’ The giant looked contemptuously at the tailor, and said: ‘You ragamuffin! You miserable creature!’
一个夏天的早晨，一个小裁缝坐在窗边的桌旁，心情愉快，正全神贯注地缝着衣服。这时，一个农妇沿街叫卖：‘好果酱，便宜啦！好果酱，便宜啦！’这声音听在小裁缝耳中格外悦耳。他伸出纤细的脑袋，朝窗外喊道：‘上来吧，亲爱的女士，这儿能把你手里的货卖个好价钱。’女人提着沉重的篮子走上三步台阶来到裁缝铺前，裁缝让她把罐子一个个打开。他仔细检查每个罐子，拿起闻了又闻，最后说道：‘这果酱看起来不错，给我称四盎司吧，亲爱的女士，就算是一磅也无妨。’那女人本指望能大赚一笔，便照他的要求给了他，却气呼呼地嘟囔着走了。‘现在，让上帝保佑这果酱，’小裁缝喊道，‘它定能让我健康有力！’于是他从柜子里拿出面包，从中间切下一片，把果酱厚厚地涂在上面。‘这不会发苦，’他说，‘不过我得先把这件背心缝完再吃一口。’他把面包放在身旁，继续缝制，因心情愉悦，针脚越做越大。与此同时，甜果酱的香气飘向停在附近的大量苍蝇，它们被吸引而来，成群结队地落在那片面包上。‘嘿！谁请你们来的？’小裁缝喊道，挥手驱赶这些不速之客。然而，那些不懂德语的苍蝇并不理会，反而一波接一波地飞回来。小裁缝终于失去了耐心，从工作台下的洞里扯出一块布，说道：‘等着吧，我这就给你们点厉害！’然后毫不留情地朝它们砸去。当他移开布片清点时，发现地上躺着七只苍蝇，都已死去，腿直挺挺地伸着。‘原来你是这种货色！’他说，忍不住对自己的勇敢感到自豪。‘全城的人都要知道这件事！’于是小裁缝急忙剪下一条腰带，缝好，并用大字绣上：‘一棒打七个！’‘什么？全城！’他接着说，‘整个世界都要知道！’他的心像羔羊的尾巴一样欢快地摇摆。裁缝系上腰带，决心闯荡世界，因为他觉得自己的作坊太小，容不下他的英勇。出发前，他在屋里四处寻找可以带走的物品，结果只找到一块旧奶酪，便塞进口袋。在门口，他看见一只鸟被灌木丛缠住，只好连同奶酪一起放进口袋。随后，他勇敢地踏上旅途，因身轻体健，不觉疲倦。道路将他引上一座高山，当他登上山顶时，看见一个强大的巨人正安详地环顾四周。小裁缝勇敢地走上前去，对他说：‘你好，老兄，你坐在这儿俯瞰广阔的世界吗？我正要去那里，想碰碰运气。你愿意跟我一起去吗？’巨人轻蔑地看着裁缝，说道：‘你这流浪汉！你这可怜虫！’
‘Oh, indeed?’ answered the little tailor, and unbuttoned his coat, and showed the giant the girdle, ‘there may you read what kind of a man I am!’ The giant read: ‘Seven at one stroke,’ and thought that they had been men whom the tailor had killed, and began to feel a little respect for the tiny fellow. Nevertheless, he wished to try him first, and took a stone in his hand and squeezed it together so that water dropped out of it. ‘Do that likewise,’ said the giant, ‘if you have strength.’ ‘Is that all?’ said the tailor, ‘that is child’s play with us!’ and put his hand into his pocket, brought out the soft cheese, and pressed it until the liquid ran out of it. ‘Faith,’ said he, ‘that was a little better, wasn’t it?’ The giant did not know what to say, and could not believe it of the little man. Then the giant picked up a stone and threw it so high that the eye could scarcely follow it. ‘Now, little mite of a man, do that likewise,’ ‘Well thrown,’ said the tailor, ‘but after all the stone came down to earth again; I will throw you one which shall never come back at all,’ and he put his hand into his pocket, took out the bird, and threw it into the air. The bird, delighted with its liberty, rose, flew away and did not come back. ‘How does that shot please you, comrade?’ asked the tailor. ‘You can certainly throw,’ said the giant, ‘but now we will see if you are able to carry anything properly.’ He took the little tailor to a mighty oak tree which lay there felled on the ground, and said: ‘If you are strong enough, help me to carry the tree out of the forest.’ ‘Readily,’ answered the little man; ‘take you the trunk on your shoulders, and I will raise up the branches and twigs; after all, they are the heaviest.’ The giant took the trunk on his shoulder, but the tailor seated himself on a branch, and the giant, who could not look round, had to carry away the whole tree, and the little tailor into the bargain: he behind, was quite merry and happy, and whistled the song: ‘Three tailors rode forth from the gate,’ as if carrying the tree were child’s play. The giant, after he had dragged the heavy burden part of the way, could go no further, and cried: ‘Hark you, I shall have to let the tree fall!’ The tailor sprang nimbly down, seized the tree with both arms as if he had been carrying it, and said to the giant: ‘You are such a great fellow, and yet cannot even carry the tree!’
‘哦，是吗？’小裁缝答道，解开外套纽扣，向巨人展示腰带，‘你可以从中看出我是何等人物！’巨人读道：‘一棒打七个’，以为裁缝杀死了七个人，开始对这小个子产生一丝敬意。尽管如此，他还是想先试探他，便从地上捡起一块石头，用力挤压，直到水从石缝中滴出。‘你也来试试，’巨人说，‘如果你有力量的话。’‘就这吗？’小裁缝笑道，‘这对我们来说不过是小儿科！’说着把手伸进口袋，掏出那块软奶酪，用力一挤，汁液便流了出来。‘瞧，’他说，‘这比刚才那招还厉害些，不是吗？’巨人不知该如何回应，简直不敢相信眼前这个小个子竟有如此神力。接着，巨人捡起一块石头，用力掷向高空，眼睛几乎追不上它的轨迹。‘现在，小不点，你也来试试！’‘扔得不错，’小裁缝说，‘不过那石头终究会落回地面；我要扔一个永远不再回来的！’说着他把手伸进口袋，取出那只鸟，朝空中一抛。鸟儿重获自由，欣喜地飞走，再未归来。‘老兄，这一招你觉得如何？’小裁缝问道。‘你确实能扔，’巨人说，‘但现在我们来看看你是否真有力气搬东西。’他带小裁缝来到一棵倒在地上、巨大的橡树旁，说道：‘如果你够强壮，就帮我把它从森林里抬出去。’‘没问题，’小个子答道，‘你把树干扛在肩上，我来托起树枝和细枝；毕竟那些才是最重的。’巨人将树干扛在肩上，而小裁缝却坐在树枝上。巨人无法回头，只好连树带人一起扛走——那小裁缝在后面，心情愉快，还吹着歌：‘三个裁缝出门去……’仿佛扛树不过是儿戏。巨人拖着重物走了一段路后，再也撑不住，喊道：‘听着，我得把树放下了！’小裁缝敏捷地跳下来，双手抱住树干，仿佛自己一直在扛着它，对巨人说：‘你这么大个子，却连棵树都扛不动！’
They went on together, and as they passed a cherry-tree, the giant laid hold of the top of the tree where the ripest fruit was hanging, bent it down, gave it into the tailor’s hand, and bade him eat. But the little tailor was much too weak to hold the tree, and when the giant let it go, it sprang back again, and the tailor was tossed into the air with it. When he had fallen down again without injury, the giant said: ‘What is this? Have you not strength enough to hold the weak twig?’ ‘There is no lack of strength,’ answered the little tailor. ‘Do you think that could be anything to a man who has struck down seven at one blow? I leapt over the tree because the huntsmen are shooting down there in the thicket. Jump as I did, if you can do it.’ The giant made the attempt but he could not get over the tree, and remained hanging in the branches, so that in this also the tailor kept the upper hand.
他们继续同行，路过一棵樱桃树时，巨人抓住树顶最熟果实的枝条，将其弯下，递到裁缝手中，让他吃。但小裁缝力气太小，无法稳住树枝；当巨人松手时，树枝猛地弹回，将裁缝抛向空中。他落地后毫发无损，巨人便说：‘这是什么？你连一根细枝都抓不住吗？’‘力气倒是不缺，’小裁缝回答，‘你以为这对一个能一棒打倒七个的人算得了什么？我跳过树是因为下面灌木丛里有猎人正在射击。你能像我那样跳过去吗？’巨人试着跳，却没能越过树，反而挂在树枝上动弹不得。因此，在这件事上，裁缝再次占了上风。
The giant said: ‘If you are such a valiant fellow, come with me into our cavern and spend the night with us.’ The little tailor was willing, and followed him. When they went into the cave, other giants were sitting there by the fire, and each of them had a roasted sheep in his hand and was eating it. The little tailor looked round and thought: ‘It is much more spacious here than in my workshop.’ The giant showed him a bed, and said he was to lie down in it and sleep. The bed, however, was too big for the little tailor; he did not lie down in it, but crept into a corner. When it was midnight, and the giant thought that the little tailor was lying in a sound sleep, he got up, took a great iron bar, cut through the bed with one blow, and thought he had finished off the grasshopper for good. With the earliest dawn the giants went into the forest, and had quite forgotten the little tailor, when all at once he walked up to them quite merrily and boldly. The giants were terrified, they were afraid that he would strike them all dead, and ran away in a great hurry.
巨人说：‘既然你如此英勇，就跟我去我们的洞穴过夜吧。’小裁缝欣然同意，随他前往。进入洞穴后，其他巨人正围坐在火边，每人手中都拿着一只烤羊在吃。小裁缝环顾四周，心想：‘这里比我的作坊宽敞多了。’巨人指给他一张床，让他躺下睡觉。然而，那张床对小裁缝来说太大了；他没有躺进去，而是悄悄爬进角落。午夜时分，巨人以为小裁缝已熟睡，便起身拿起一根粗大的铁棍，一棒将床劈开，以为自己彻底解决了这只‘蚂蚱’。天刚蒙蒙亮，巨人们走进森林，完全忘记了小裁缝。突然，他精神抖擞、大胆地出现在他们面前。巨人们惊恐万分，生怕被他一棒打死，慌忙四散奔逃。
The little tailor went onwards, always following his own pointed nose. After he had walked for a long time, he came to the courtyard of a royal palace, and as he felt weary, he lay down on the grass and fell asleep. Whilst he lay there, the people came and inspected him on all sides, and read on his girdle: ‘Seven at one stroke.’ ‘Ah!’ said they, ‘what does the great warrior want here in the midst of peace? He must be a mighty lord.’ They went and announced him to the king, and gave it as their opinion that if war should break out, this would be a weighty and useful man who ought on no account to be allowed to depart. The counsel pleased the king, and he sent one of his courtiers to the little tailor to offer him military service when he awoke. The ambassador remained standing by the sleeper, waited until he stretched his limbs and opened his eyes, and then conveyed to him this proposal. ‘For this very reason have I come here,’ the tailor replied, ‘I am ready to enter the king’s service.’ He was therefore honourably received, and a special dwelling was assigned him.
小裁缝继续前行，始终跟着自己的鼻子走。走了很久之后，他来到一座皇家宫殿的庭院里，因为感到疲倦，便躺在草地上睡着了。当他躺在那里时，人们过来从四面八方打量他，并读到他腰带上的字：‘一棒打死七个。’他们说：‘啊！这位伟大的勇士在和平时期来这里做什么？他一定是一位显赫的领主。’他们去禀告国王，并一致认为如果爆发战争，这将是一个重要且有用的人，绝不能让他离开。国王的顾问们赞同这个意见，于是派了一位宫廷侍臣去叫醒小裁缝，邀请他入伍服役。使者站在熟睡者身旁，等到他伸懒腰、睁开眼睛后，便向他传达了这一提议。‘我正是为此而来，’裁缝答道，‘我已准备好为国王效力。’因此，他受到了隆重的接待，并被分配了一处专门的住所。
The soldiers, however, were set against the little tailor, and wished him a thousand miles away. ‘What is to be the end of this?’ they said among themselves. ‘If we quarrel with him, and he strikes about him, seven of us will fall at every blow; not one of us can stand against him.’ They came therefore to a decision, betook themselves in a body to the king, and begged for their dismissal. ‘We are not prepared,’ said they, ‘to stay with a man who kills seven at one stroke.’ The king was sorry that for the sake of one he should lose all his faithful servants, wished that he had never set eyes on the tailor, and would willingly have been rid of him again. But he did not venture to give him his dismissal, for he dreaded lest he should strike him and all his people dead, and place himself on the royal throne. He thought about it for a long time, and at last found good counsel. He sent to the little tailor and caused him to be informed that as he was a great warrior, he had one request to make to him. In a forest of his country lived two giants, who caused great mischief with their robbing, murdering, ravaging, and burning, and no one could approach them without putting himself in danger of death. If the tailor conquered and killed these two giants, he would give him his only daughter to wife, and half of his kingdom as a dowry, likewise one hundred horsemen should go with him to assist him. ‘That would indeed be a fine thing for a man like me!’ thought the little tailor. ‘One is not offered a beautiful princess and half a kingdom every day of one’s life!’ ‘Oh, yes,’ he replied, ‘I will soon subdue the giants, and do not require 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.’
然而，士兵们却对小裁缝心存敌意，巴不得他离得远远的。‘这到底会怎样收场？’他们私下议论道，‘如果我们和他发生争执，他一挥棒就能打死我们七个人；我们谁也抵挡不住他。’于是他们达成一致，集体去见国王，请求解除他们的职务。‘我们不愿与一个能一棒打死七个的人共事，’他们说，‘无法与他同行。’国王为了一人而失去所有忠心的仆人感到惋惜，后悔从未见过那个裁缝，并希望能再次摆脱他。但他不敢直接解雇他，因为害怕裁缝会把他和所有臣民一棒打死，自己则登上王位。他为此沉思良久，最终想出了一个好主意。他派人去叫小裁缝，告知他作为一位伟大的勇士，国王有一个请求：在他的国家有一片森林，住着两个巨人，他们四处抢劫、杀人、破坏和纵火，无人敢靠近而不面临生命危险。如果小裁缝能战胜并杀死这两个巨人，国王就将独生女嫁给他，并赠予王国的一半作为嫁妆，同时还会派一百名骑兵随他同行以助他一臂之力。‘这对像我这样的人来说真是再好不过了！’小裁缝心想，‘一生中哪有天天都能遇到美丽公主和半壁江山的好事！’‘哦，是的，’他回答道，‘我很快就能制服那两个巨人，不需要那一百名骑兵的帮助；能一棒打死七个的人，何必害怕两个呢？’
The little tailor went forth, and the hundred horsemen followed him. When he came to the outskirts of the forest, he said to his followers: ‘Just stay waiting here, I alone will soon finish off the giants.’ Then he bounded into the forest and looked about right and left. After a while he perceived both giants. They lay sleeping under a tree, and snored so that the branches waved up and down. The little tailor, not idle, gathered two pocketsful of stones, and with these climbed up the tree. When he was halfway up, he slipped down by a branch, until he sat just above the sleepers, and then let one stone after another fall on the breast of one of the giants. For a long time the giant felt nothing, but at last he awoke, pushed his comrade, and said: ‘Why are you knocking me?’ ‘You must be dreaming,’ said the other, ‘I am not knocking you.’ They laid themselves down to sleep again, and then the tailor threw a stone down on the second. ‘What is the meaning of this?’ cried the other ‘Why are you pelting me?’ ‘I am not pelting you,’ answered the first, growling. They disputed about it for a time, but as they were weary they let the matter rest, and their eyes closed once more. The little tailor began his game again, picked out the biggest stone, and threw it with all his might on the breast of the first giant. ‘That is too bad!’ cried he, and sprang up like a madman, and pushed his companion against the 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 and belaboured each other so long, that at last they both fell down dead on the ground at the same time. Then the little tailor leapt down. ‘It is a lucky thing,’ said he, ‘that they did not tear up the tree on which I was sitting, or I should have had to sprint on to another like a squirrel; but we tailors are nimble.’ He drew out his sword and gave each of them a couple of thrusts in the breast, and then went out to the horsemen and said: ‘The work is done; I have finished both of them off, but it was hard work! They tore up trees in their sore need, and defended themselves with them, but all that is to no purpose when a man like myself comes, who can kill seven at one blow.’ ‘But are you not wounded?’ asked the horsemen. ‘You need not concern yourself about that,’ answered the tailor, ‘they have not bent one hair of mine.’ The horsemen would not believe him, and rode into the forest; there they found the giants swimming in their blood, and all round about lay the torn-up trees.
小裁缝出发前往森林，一百名骑兵紧随其后。当他来到森林边缘时，对随从们说：‘你们就在这里等着，我一个人很快就会解决掉那些巨人。’随后他跃入森林，左右张望。过了一会儿，他发现了那两个巨人。他们正躺在一棵树下睡觉，鼾声震天，连树枝都被震得上下摇晃。小裁缝没有闲着，便收集了两口袋石头，然后爬上树。爬到一半时，他顺着树枝滑下，直到坐在两个睡者正上方，接着便一块接一块地将石头砸向其中一个巨人的胸口。巨人起初毫无知觉，但最后终于醒来，推了推同伴问道：‘你为什么打我？’另一个回答说：‘你一定是做梦了，我可没打你。’他们又躺下准备继续睡觉，这时裁缝又把一块石头扔到了第二个巨人身上。‘这是什么意思？’另一个喊道，‘你为什么砸我？’第一个 growling 地回答：‘我没砸你。’他们为此争论了一会儿，但因疲惫不堪，便不再追究，眼睛再次闭上。小裁缝故技重施，挑了一块最大的石头，用尽全力砸向第一个巨人的胸口。‘这太不像话了！’他大喊一声，像疯子一样跳起来，把同伴推向树干，震得大树摇晃。另一个巨人也以牙还牙，两人怒不可遏，拔起树木互相猛击，直到最后双双倒地身亡。小裁缝随即跳了下来。‘真幸运，’他说，‘他们没把我坐的那棵树连根拔起，否则我就得像松鼠一样跳到另一棵树上；不过我们裁缝可是身手敏捷的。’他拔出剑，在每具尸体上又刺了几下，然后走到骑兵面前说：‘活儿干完了，两个都解决了，但这可不容易！他们在危急时刻拔树自卫，但像我这样能一棒打死七个的人来了，这一切都无济于事。’‘难道你没受伤吗？’骑兵问道。‘你不必担心这个，’裁缝回答，‘他们连我的一根头发都没碰着。’骑兵不信，骑马进入森林；在那里，他们发现巨人正浸泡在血泊中，四周散落着被连根拔起的树木。
The little tailor demanded of the king the promised reward; he, however, repented of his promise, and again bethought himself how he could get rid of the hero. ‘Before you receive my daughter, and the half of my kingdom,’ said he to him, ‘you must perform one more heroic deed. In the forest roams a unicorn which does great harm, and you must catch it first.’ ‘I fear one unicorn still less than two giants. Seven at one blow, is my kind of affair.’ He took a rope and an axe with him, went forth into the forest, and again bade those who were sent with him to wait outside. He had not long to seek. The unicorn soon came towards him, and rushed directly on the tailor, as if it would gore him with its horn without more ado. ‘Softly, softly; it can’t be done as quickly as that,’ said he, and stood still and waited until the animal was quite close, and then sprang nimbly behind the tree. The unicorn ran against the tree with all its strength, and stuck its horn so fast in the trunk that it had not the strength enough to draw it out again, and thus it was caught. ‘Now, I have got the bird,’ said the tailor, and came out from behind 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 was ready he led the beast away and took it to the king.
小裁缝向国王索要 promised 的奖赏；然而，国王却后悔了之前的承诺，再次思索如何摆脱这位英雄。‘在你迎娶我的女儿并得到王国的一半之前，’他对裁缝说，‘你必须再完成一件英勇的壮举。森林里游荡着一只独角兽，它造成了巨大的危害，你必须先把它抓住。’‘我连一只独角兽都不怕，更不用说两个巨人了。一棒打死七个，这才是我的拿手好戏。’他带上一根绳子和一把斧头，走进森林，再次让随行的人在外面等候。他没费多久便找到了目标。独角兽很快向他走来，径直朝裁缝冲来，仿佛要直接用角把他顶死。‘慢点，慢点；事情不能这么快解决，’他说着，站定不动，等到动物靠近时，敏捷地闪到树后。独角兽全力撞向树干，角深深卡进木头里，再也拔不出来，就这样被抓住了。‘现在，我抓到这只鸟了，’裁缝说道，从树后走出来，用绳子套住它的脖子，然后用斧头将角从树干中砍下。一切准备就绪后，他牵着野兽离开，把它带给了国王。
The king still would not give him the promised reward, and made a third demand. Before the wedding the tailor was to catch him a wild boar that made great havoc in the forest, and the huntsmen should give him their help. ‘Willingly,’ said the tailor, ‘that is child’s play!’ He did not take the huntsmen with him into the forest, and they were well pleased that he did not, for the wild boar had several times received them in such a manner that they had no inclination to lie in wait for him. When the boar perceived the tailor, it ran on him with foaming mouth and whetted tusks, and was about to throw him to the ground, but the hero fled and sprang into a chapel which was near and up to the window at once, and in one bound out again. The boar ran after him, but the tailor ran round outside and shut the door behind it, and then the raging beast, which was much too heavy and awkward to leap out of the window, was caught. The little tailor called the huntsmen thither that they might see the prisoner with their own eyes. The hero, however, went to the king, who was now, whether he liked it or not, obliged to keep his promise, and gave his daughter and the half of his kingdom. Had he known that it was no warlike hero, but a little tailor who was standing before him, it would have gone to his heart still more than it did. The wedding was held with great magnificence and small joy, and out of a tailor a king was made.
国王仍不肯兑现他许下的奖赏，又提出了第三个要求。在婚礼之前，裁缝必须去森林里捉住一头造成巨大破坏的野猪，猎人们将协助他。‘乐意之至，’裁缝说，‘这简直是小儿科！’他没有带猎人们进森林，他们对此也暗自高兴，因为那头野猪曾多次把他们撞得狼狈不堪，让他们再也不想埋伏等它了。当野猪发现裁缝时，便口吐白沫、獠牙外露地冲向他，眼看就要把他扑倒，但这位英雄转身逃跑，一跃跳进了附近的一座小教堂，随即又翻窗而出。野猪紧追不舍，裁缝却绕到外面，在它身后关上了门。那头狂怒的野兽因太过笨重，无法跃出窗外，就这样被擒获了。裁缝叫来猎人们，让他们亲眼看看这个俘虏。然而，这位英雄随后去见国王，国王如今无论愿不愿意，都不得不履行诺言，将女儿和王国的一半赐给了他。如果他早知道站在他面前的并非什么英勇的战士，而只是一个小小的裁缝，那他的心恐怕会更加难受。婚礼办得极尽奢华，却毫无喜悦可言，一个裁缝就这样成了国王。
After some time the young queen heard her husband say in his dreams at night: ‘Boy, make me the doublet, and patch the pantaloons, or else I will rap the yard-measure over your ears.’ Then she discovered in what state of life the young lord had been born, and next morning complained of her wrongs to her father, and begged him to help her to get rid of her husband, who was nothing else but a tailor. The king comforted her and said: ‘Leave your bedroom door open this night, and my servants shall stand outside, and when he has fallen asleep shall go in, bind him, and take him on board a ship which shall carry him into the wide world.’ The woman was satisfied with this; but the king’s armour-bearer, who had heard all, was friendly with the young lord, and informed him of the whole plot. ‘I’ll put a screw into that business,’ said the little tailor. At night he went to bed with his wife at the usual time, and when she thought that he had fallen asleep, she got up, opened the door, and then lay down again. The little tailor, who was only pretending to be asleep, began to cry out in a clear voice: ‘Boy, make me the doublet and patch me the pantaloons, or I will rap the yard-measure over your ears. I smote seven at one blow. I killed two giants, I brought away one unicorn, and caught a wild boar, and am I to fear those who are standing outside the room.’ When these men heard the tailor speaking thus, they were overcome by a great dread, and ran as if the wild huntsman were behind them, and none of them would venture anything further against him. So the little tailor was and remained a king to the end of his life.
过了些时候，年轻的王后在夜里听到丈夫在梦中说道：‘孩子，给我做件紧身衣，把裤子补一补，否则我就用码尺敲你的耳朵。’于是她得知这位年轻领主出身于何种阶层，次日清晨便向父亲哭诉自己的委屈，请求他帮忙除掉这个丈夫，因为他不过是个裁缝。国王安慰她说：‘今晚把你的卧室门开着，我的仆人们会站在门外，等他睡着后便进去，把他绑起来，送上船，让他漂向远方世界。’王后对这个计划很满意；但国王的盔甲侍从听到了全部经过，他与这位年轻领主交好，便将整个阴谋告知了他。‘我要给这出戏加点料，’小裁缝说道。当晚，他和妻子像往常一样上床睡觉，当他妻子以为他已经睡着时，便起身打开门，然后又躺下。其实小裁缝只是在假装入睡，他立刻用清晰的声音大声喊道：‘孩子，给我做件紧身衣，把裤子补一补，否则我就用码尺敲你的耳朵。我一拳就击倒了七个敌人，我杀死了两个巨人，我带回来一只独角兽，还捉住了一头野猪，难道我还怕那些站在门外的人吗？’当那些人听到裁缝如此说话时，顿时被巨大的恐惧压倒，仿佛有森林猎人追在身后一般，仓皇逃窜，再也不敢对他做任何不利之事。于是，小裁缝直到生命尽头都一直是国王。