Foreign fairy tales

Selected foreign fairy tales 1 brave little tailor

One summer morning, a tailor was sitting at a table by the window. He is very happy and sews clothes carefully. A peasant woman came up from the street and shouted, "sell syrup!" " Sell syrup! "

The voice reached the little tailor's ear. It's very cute. He stuck his head out of the window and shouted, "dear madam, come up." I want to buy your things here. "

Carrying a heavy basket, the woman went up three stairs to the tailor, opened all the cans together and put them in front of him. He read them all carefully, picked them up and smelled them. Finally, he said, "Give me 225 yuan, even if I weigh 320."

The woman had hoped to sell a large part of the goods, but now she can only give him what she wants. She was very angry and walked away.

The little tailor said, "This syrup is good for my health. It will give me strength. " Then he took the bread out of the cupboard, cut a neat piece of bread and coated it with syrup. He said, "The taste must not be bitter, but I won't eat this close-fitting coat until it is ready."

He put the bread aside and continued to sew clothes, because the stitches were getting bigger and bigger because he was happy. At this time, the smell of sweet syrup reached the wall, and there were a lot of flies on the wall. They smelled the smell and flew to the bread in droves. The little tailor shouted, "Hey, who invited you?" So he went to catch those uninvited guests. But flies can't understand German. Instead of retreating, they are increasing. Finally, the tailor got angry and picked up a small piece of cloth and said, "Wait, I'll clean it for you!" " "He played up without mercy.

He picked up the cloth and counted seven dead flies. Their legs were straight. He had to admire his courage and said, "I used to be so capable that the whole city should know."

The tailor cut a ribbon in a hurry, sewed it, and embroidered it with several big characters: kill seven at a time.

He added: "Hey, things in the city should be known to people all over the world!" " "His heart trembled with joy, just like the tail of a lamb.

The tailor tied his belt around his waist and wanted to go outside because he felt that the tailor's shop was too small to give full play to his bravery. Before he left, he looked everywhere in the house to see if there was anything to take away, but he only found an old cheese and hid it in his bag. In front of the gate, he saw a bird that he had caught in the jungle before and put it in a bag with cheese.

He set off at once; Because he is light and agile, he doesn't feel tired all the way. He dropped by a mountain. When he reached the highest peak, there sat a giant, looking around, very leisurely. The little tailor boldly walked up to him and talked with him, saying, "Hello, partner, are you sitting here watching the world?" ? I'm going to try my luck in that block. Have fun together? "

The giant looked at the tailor contemptuously and said, "you rascal!" " Poor thing! "

The little tailor replied, "What words!" He unbuttoned his coat and showed it to the giant. "You can see what kind of person I am."

The giant saw "kill seven at once!" " "A few words, thought that the tailor killed seven people, just a little respect for the young man. But he still wanted to test him, so he picked up a stone and held it tightly, dripping with water. The giant said, "If you have the strength, do as I do. "

The little tailor said, "Is that all?" This is an easy thing for us. "He reached into his pocket, took out soft cheese and squeezed the juice directly. He said, "Isn't this better than what you did? "

The giant has nothing to say, but he doesn't believe that this is what a dwarf can do. The giant lifted a stone and it fell so high that his eyes could hardly see. "Well, you little duck, do as I do."

The tailor said, "It was a good fall, but the stone still fell to the ground." I'm going to throw you one and make it never come back. "He took out a bird in his pocket and spit it out. The bird was glad to be free. It flew high and never came back. The tailor asked, "man, what do you think of this?" "

The giant said, "You can throw things, but it depends on whether you can lift them." He led the little tailor to a fallen oak tree and said, "If you have the strength, help me carry this tree out of the forest."

The dwarf replied, "Yes, you can carry the tree on your shoulder and I'll lift the branches on your back.". This goal is very important. "

The giant put the tree on his shoulder, but the tailor sat on a thick branch. The giant did not dare to look back, so he carried the whole tree and the little tailor on his back. The little tailor was very happy in the back, singing the song "Three tailors rode out", as if it was easy to carry a tree. The giant walked a long way with a heavy burden on his back, but he couldn't walk any further. He cried, "Listen, I'm going to put the tree down." The tailor jumped down quickly, held the tree in his arms like a tree, and said to the giant, "You are a very tall man, but you can't even lift this tree."

They walked past a cherry tree together. The giant grabbed the top of the tree with ripe cherries, bent it down and gave it to the tailor to eat the cherries on it. But the tailor is too strong to catch the tree. As soon as the giant let go, the top of the tree bounced back and the tailor was thrown into the air. He fell to the ground unscathed, and the giant said, "What, you don't have the strength to catch this twig?"

The little tailor replied, "Not without strength. Do you think killing seven people at once is like this? " I jumped over the tree because the hunter was hunting in the jungle below. If you can, jump like me. "

The giant tried, but he couldn't jump over, but hung on a branch, so the tailor beat him again.

The giant said, "If you are such a brave young man, come with me to my cave for the night." The little tailor agreed and followed him to the cave. There are other giants sitting by the fire in the cave, each with a roast sheep to eat. The little tailor looked around and thought, "This place is much bigger than my tailor's shop."

The giant showed him a bed and told him to lie down and sleep. The tailor thought the bed was too big, so he didn't go to bed, but curled up in a corner of the room. In the middle of the night, the giant thought the little tailor was asleep, got up and took a big iron bar, and suddenly interrupted the bed, thinking that the life of the grass bug was over. Early in the morning, the giant went to the forest and completely forgot about the little tailor. The little tailor suddenly became happy and went boldly. The giant was very surprised, because he was afraid that he would kill them all, and they all ran away in a hurry.

The little tailor always goes straight ahead. After traveling for a long time, he came to the courtyard of a palace. He fell asleep on the grass because he felt tired. When he was asleep, people looked at him from all directions and saw the words on the tape: seven people were killed at the same time.

They said, "Ah, hey, what is this great war hero doing here in peacetime?" He must be a very special person. "

They went to tell the king that if there was a war, he would be an important and useful person and would never let him go. The king thought it was good and sent a courtier to see the little tailor. When he woke up, he was asked to do military service. The dispatched man stood beside the sleeping man, and didn't tell him his task until he stretched his limbs and opened his eyes.

The little tailor replied, "that's why I'm here." I am willing to serve the king. " So he received a glorious reception and got a special house.

But other soldiers turned against the little tailor, hoping to send him thousands of miles away. They talked to each other and said, "if we argue with him and he fights, seven people will be killed at once, and none of us can resist." So what should I do? " So they decided to go to the king and resign together.

They said, "We can't cooperate with people who kill seven people at once."

The king was very sad because he would lose all his loyal soldiers for this man. He hopes to see him again and wants to send him away. But I dare not quit him, for fear that he will kill him and all his people and sit on the throne himself. He thought for a long time and finally found a clever plan. He sent someone to see the little tailor and told him to give him a task because he was a very great hero. There are two giants in a forest in his country. They robbed, stole, killed and set fire, causing great damage. People have to risk their lives to get close to them. If he can subdue and kill these two giants, the king will give him his only adopted daughter as his wife and give him half the kingdom as a dowry; In addition, he sent 100 table tennis riders to help him.

The little tailor thought, "People like me deserve these things. A beautiful princess and half a kingdom, which is not for everyone. "

He replied, "oh, well, I must subdue two giants, but this hundred cavalry can be omitted;" Kill seven people at a time, don't be afraid of two! "

The little tailor went out of town, and a hundred cavalry followed him. He walked to the edge of the forest and said to his friends, "You stay here and I will take care of these two giants alone."

Then he jumped into the forest and looked around. After a while, he saw two giants sleeping under the tree. The sound of their noses made the branches shake up and down. The little tailor quickly picked up two bags full of stones and took them under the tree. He climbed the tree, rode on the branch, sat on the sleeping giant, and threw stones at the giant's chest one by one. The giant didn't feel it for a long time, but finally woke up and bumped into his companion and said, "Why did you hit me?"

The other said, "You are dreaming. I didn't hit you. "

They fell asleep again, and the tailor threw a stone at the second giant.

The second one cried, "What's the feeling? Why did you hit me? "

The first answer: "I didn't hit you." His mouth cackled.

They quarreled for a while, because they were tired, so forget it and close their eyes again. The little tailor continued his game, picked up the biggest stone and threw it at the chest of the first giant with all his strength.

The giant shouted, "This is disgusting." So he jumped up like a madman and knocked his companion into the tree, and the tree trembled with him. The other one dealt with him in the same way. They were very angry. They pulled up trees and fought each other for a long time. Finally, both of them fell to the ground and died.

The tailor jumped down and said, "it's a good thing they didn't pull up the tree where I was sitting." Otherwise, I have to jump into other trees like a squirrel. People like me jump very fast! " "He drew his sword, slashed everyone's chest a few times, then went outside the forest and said to the cavalry," Mission accomplished, I killed them both; "This work is very arduous. When they had no choice, they pulled up trees to resist, but I killed seven people and everything was useless. "

The cavalry asked, "Are you hurt?"

The tailor replied, "things went well and I was not hurt at all."

The cavalry didn't believe him and went into the forest, only to find two giants immersed in a pool of blood, surrounded by uprooted trees.

The tailor asked the king for what he promised, but the king regretted his original promise and tried to get rid of the hero again. He said to him, "You must complete a heroic career to get my daughter and half the kingdom. There was a unicorn in the forest, which caused great damage. You should catch it first. "

"A unicorn is not as terrible as two giants: it is only my business to kill seven at a time." He went into the forest with a rope and an axe and told his men to wait outside. He didn't look long before the unicorn appeared and rushed to the tailor, seemingly rude, trying to poke him with a horn. The tailor said, "slow down, slow down, it's not fast." He waited for the beast to approach, and then jumped behind the tree quickly. The unicorn hit the tree with all its strength and poked its horn into it. It was too tight to pull out and move. The tailor said, "Now I have this beast." He came out from behind the tree, tied the rope around the unicorn's neck first, then split the tree with an axe and dug out the horns. After doing everything, he took the beast to see the king.

The king refused to give him the agreed remuneration, and put forward a third condition, saying that the tailor could not get married until he caught a wild boar that caused great damage in the forest, and asked the hunters to help him.

The tailor said, "I'd love to." This is an easy thing. "

He didn't take the hunter into the forest. They are naturally happy because the wild boar has welcomed them many times and they don't want to chase it anymore.

When the wild boar saw the tailor, he foamed at the mouth and gnashed his teeth. He ran towards him and tried to push him to the ground. But the agile hero jumped into a small church nearby and immediately jumped out of the upper window. The wild boar ran after him. He turned around outside the church and closed the door. The beast was locked up. It is too heavy to jump out of the window. The little tailor called the hunters and let them see the captured beasts with their own eyes. The hero went to the king, and whether the king liked it or not, this time he kept his promise and gave him his daughter and half the kingdom. If he knew that the man standing in front of him was not a hero, but a little tailor, he would be even sadder. Anyway, the wedding was extravagant and there was no happy event. The tailor became king.

Not long after, the young queen heard her husband talking in his sleep at night: "disciple, make me a jacket and mend my pants, or I will slap you with a ruler." So she knew the origin of her husband, and the next morning she told the king about her pain and asked the king to save her from the tailor's husband.

The king comforted her and said, "You leave the bedroom door open tonight, and I'll let the servants stand outside. If he falls asleep, they will go in and tie him up, carry him to the boat and send him to a far away place. "

The princess was very happy, but one of the king's guards heard all this. I admired the little tailor, so I told him all the plots.

The little tailor said, "I'll guard against this." In the evening, he and his wife go to bed at their usual bedtime. She thought he was asleep, so she got up to open the door and then lay down again. Pretending to be asleep, the little tailor called in a clear voice, "disciple, make me a jacket and mend my pants, or I will slap your face with a ruler!" " I killed seven at once, two giants, a unicorn and a wild boar. Are you still afraid of people standing outside the door? "

When people at the door heard the tailor say this, they were all surprised and ran away, as if the devil had come with an army. No one dares to look for him.

So the tailor became king all his life.

Selected foreign fairy tales 2 "Rabbit and Hedgehog Race"

Son, this story sounds ridiculous, but it's true. Every time my grandfather tells me, he always says, "Son, this must be true, or no one will tell me." The story goes like this:

In autumn, on a Sunday morning, wheat flowers are in full bloom, the golden sun rises from the horizon, the cool morning wind blows through the stubble, larks sing in the air, bees buzz in the wheat field, and people wear Sunday clothes to go to church. In short, everyone is happy, and so are thorns.

The hedgehog stood at its door, his arms on his chest, watching the morning breeze blowing, humming a little song in his mouth, just like the hedgehog often sings on a beautiful Sunday morning, which is neither good nor bad. When he was singing happily, it suddenly occurred to him that while his wife was washing and dressing the children, he could go around the fields and see how cabbage grew. The cabbage field is near his home, and their whole family likes to eat cabbage, so they regard it as their own thing. Hedgehog closed the gate behind him and walked to the field. It had just arrived not far from home and was trying to bypass a cluster of black thorn plums growing in the ground when it met a rabbit. The rabbit came out to see its Chinese cabbage for the same thing. The hedgehog is very polite when he sees the rabbit. He said, "Good morning!" The rabbit thinks himself a noble gentleman and is very arrogant. Instead of answering the hedgehog's greeting, he put on a dismissive look and asked the hedgehog, "Why are you running around in the field in the early morning?" The hedgehog said, "I'm walking." The rabbit smiled and said, "Take a walk? I think you'd better do something better with your legs. " This sentence stung the hedgehog's heart. He can tolerate anything, but he doesn't want people to talk about his legs, because his legs are naturally bent. So the hedgehog said to the rabbit, "Do you think your legs can do more?" The rabbit said, "I think so." Hedgehog said, "Then let's have a competition. I bet if we race, I will run ahead of you. " The rabbit smiled and said, "You still want to race with your two bent legs. It's a joke!" " However, since you are so interested, I can play along. What do you want to bet? The hedgehog said, "A gold coin and a bottle of soju." . "Well, it's a deal," said the rabbit. Start now! The hedgehog said, "No, don't worry, I'm still hungry." I'll go home and have some breakfast first, and I'll come in half an hour. "The hedgehog turned away, because the rabbit agreed.

On the way, the hedgehog thought: the rabbit relies on its long legs, but I must beat it; He thinks he is a noble gentleman, but in fact he is a fool. He will lose. Hedgehog came home and said to his wife, "Old woman, get dressed quickly and come with me to the field." The wife asked, "What's the matter?" -"I want to race with the rabbit and bet on a gold coin and a bottle of soju. You should also be in front of me. " Hearing this, the hedgehog's wife cried: "Oh, my God! Old man, are you confused? Are you out of your mind? How can you race with the rabbit? " The hedgehog said, "Shut up, it's a woman's opinion! This is my business, you don't have to interrupt this man's business. Come on, get dressed and go. " What can hedgehog's wife do? Whether it likes it or not, it has to follow her husband.

They walked halfway together, and the hedgehog said to his wife, "Now, listen carefully. Look, we are going to race on that long farmland. The rabbit runs in one furrow, I run in another furrow, and we will run from it. " You don't have to do anything, just stand in the furrow below. If the rabbit runs from above, you shout at it,' I'm already here.' "

When he reached the field, the hedgehog pointed out the position to his wife and walked along the furrow. It has reached the top, and the rabbit is already waiting for it. "Can we start now?" Asked the rabbit. "yes." The hedgehog replied. "Then run!" They stood in their furrows. "One, two, three!" After counting the rabbits, they ran down the furrow like a gust of wind. The hedgehog only ran about three steps, then squatted in the furrow and sat there quietly.

When the rabbit ran down at full speed, the hedgehog's wife shouted at it, "I'm already here!" " "The rabbit was shocked and thought it was the hedgehog himself talking to it. As we all know, the hedgehog couple look exactly alike.

The rabbit thought, "This is really a bit strange." It shouted, "Go back and run!" " "Say that finish, just run like a gust of wind, and your ears will fly. Hedgehog's wife stayed where she was and didn't move. The rabbit ran to it, and the hedgehog shouted at it, "I'm already here!" "The rabbit shouted angrily," Go back and run again! " The hedgehog replied, "It doesn't matter. I'll run as many times as you want. " So the rabbit ran seventy-three times, and the hedgehog stayed with it. Whenever the rabbit runs up and down, the hedgehog or his wife says, "I'm already here!" " "

But by the seventy-fourth time, the rabbit didn't run to the finish line. It ran and fell to the ground, bleeding from its neck and dying. Hedgehog picked up the gold coins and soju he won, called his wife from the furrow, and they went home happily. If they hadn't died, they would still be alive.

This is the story of a hedgehog named Rabbit running to death on the grassland in Baxter Hood. Since then, no rabbits dare to race with hedgehogs on the grassland in Baxter Hood.

Two lessons can be drawn from this story: first, no matter how noble a person thinks he is, he should not laugh at a humble person, even if he is just a hedgehog; Second, if a person wants to get married, it's best to marry a wife with similar status and looks. In other words, if he is a hedgehog, he'd better find a wife who is also a hedgehog.