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"Hill and vale do not meet, but the children of men do, good and bad. In this way a shoemaker and a tailor once met on their travels. The tailor was a handsome little fellow who was always merry and full of enjoyment. He saw the shoemaker coming towards him from the other side, and as he observed by his bag what kind of a trade he plied, he sang a little mocking song to him, sew me the seam, draw me the thread, spread it over with pitch, knock the nail on the head.",
"The shoemaker, however, could not bear a joke, he pulled a face as if he had drunk vinegar, and made a gesture as if he were about to seize the tailor by the throat. But the little fellow began to laugh, reached him his bottle, and said, \"No harm was meant, take a drink, and swallow your anger down.\" The shoemaker took a very hearty drink, and the storm on his face began to clear away. He gave the bottle back to the tailor, and said, \"I took a hearty gulp, they say it comes from much drinking, but not from great thirst. Shall we travel together?\" \"All right,\" answered the tailor, \"if only it suits you to go into a big town where there is no lack of work.\" \"That is just where I want to go,\" answered the shoemaker. \"In a small hamlet there is nothing to earn, and in the country, people like to go barefoot.\" They traveled therefore onwards together, and always set one foot before the other like a weasel in the snow.",
"Both of them had time enough, but little to bite and to break. When they reached a town they went about and paid their respects to the tradesmen, and because the tailor looked so lively and merry, and had such fine red cheeks, every one gave him work willingly, and when luck was good the master's daughters gave him a kiss beneath the porch, as well. When he again fell in with the shoemaker, the tailor had always the most in his bundle. The ill-tempered shoemaker made a wry face, and thought, the greater the rascal the more the luck. But the tailor began to laugh and to sing, and shared all he got with his comrade. If a couple of pence jingled in his pockets, he ordered good cheer, and thumped the table in his joy till the glasses danced and it was lightly come, lightly go, with him.",
"When they had traveled for some time, they came to a great forest through which passed the road to the capital. Two foot-paths, however, led through it, one of which was a seven days, journey and the other only two, but neither of the travelers knew which way was the short one. They seated themselves beneath an oak-tree, and took counsel together how they should forecast, and for how many days they should provide themselves with bread.",
"The shoemaker said, \"One must look before one leaps, I will take with me bread for a week.\" \"What,\" said the tailor, \"drag bread for seven days on one's back like a beast of burden and not be able to look about? I shall trust in God, and not trouble myself about anything. The money I have in my pocket is as good in summer as in winter, but in hot weather bread gets dry, and moldy into the bargain, even my coat does not last as far as it might. Besides, why should we not find the right way? Bread for two days, and that's enough.\" Each, therefore, bought his own bread, and then they tried their luck in the forest.",
"It was as quiet there as in a church. No wind stirred, no brook murmured, no bird sang, and through the thickly-leaved branches no sunbeam forced its way. The shoemaker spoke never a word, the bread weighed so heavily on his back that the sweat streamed down his cross and gloomy face. The tailor, however, was quite merry, he jumped about, whistled on a leaf, or sang a song, and thought to himself, God in heaven must be pleased to see me so happy.",
"This lasted two days, but on the third the forest would not come to an end, and the tailor had eaten up all his bread, so after all his heart sank down a yard deeper. Nevertheless, he did not lose courage, but relied on God and on his luck. On the evening of the third day he lay down hungry under a tree, and rose again next morning hungry still, so also passed the fourth day, and when the shoemaker seated himself on a fallen tree and devoured his dinner the tailor was only a spectator. If he begged for a little piece of bread, the other laughed mockingly, and said, \"You have always been so merry, now you can see for once what it is to be sad, the birds which sing too early in the morning are struck by the hawk in the evening.\" In short, he was pitiless. But on the fifth morning the poor tailor could no longer stand up, and was hardly able to utter one word for weakness, his cheeks were white, and his eyes were red. Then the shoemaker said to him, \"I will give you a bit of bread to-day, but in return for it, I will put out your right eye.\" The unhappy tailor who still wished to save his life, had to submit, he wept once more with both eyes, and then held them out, and the shoemaker, who had a heart of stone, put out his right eye with a sharp knife. The tailor called to remembrance what his mother had formerly said to him when he had been eating secretly in the pantry. Eat what one can, and suffer what one must. When he had consumed his dearly-bought bread, he got on his legs again, forgot his misery and comforted himself with the thought that he could always see enough with one eye.",
"But on the sixth day, hunger made itself felt again and gnawed him almost to the heart. In the evening he fell down by a tree, and on the seventh morning he could not raise himself up for faintness, and death was close at hand. Then said the shoemaker, \"I will show mercy and give you bread once more, but you shall not have it for nothing, I shall put out your other eye for it.\"",
"And now the tailor felt how thoughtless his life had been, prayed to God for forgiveness, and said, \"Do what you will, I will bear what I must, but remember that our Lord God does not always look on passively, and that an hour will come when the evil deed which you have done to me, and which I have not deserved of you, will be requited. When times were good with me, I shared what I had with you. My trade is of that kind that each stitch must always be exactly like the other. If I no longer have my eyes and can sew no more I must go a-begging. At any rate do not leave me here alone when I am blind, or I shall die of hunger.\" The shoemaker, however, who had driven God out of his heart, took the knife and put out his left eye. Then he gave him a bit of bread to eat, held out a stick to him, and drew him on behind him.",
"When the sun went down, they got out of the forest, and before them in the open country stood the gallows. Thither the shoemaker guided the blind tailor, and then left him alone and went his way. Weariness, pain, and hunger made the wretched man fall asleep, and he slept the whole night. When day dawned he awoke, but knew not where he lay. Two poor sinners were hanging on the gallows, and a crow sat on the head of each of them. Then one of the men who had been hanged began to speak, and said, \"Brother, are you awake?\" \"Yes, I am awake,\" answered the second. \"Then I will tell you something,\" said the first, \"the dew which this night has fallen down over us from the gallows, gives every one who washes himself with it his eyes again. If blind people did but know this, how many would regain their sight who do not believe that to be possible.\"",
"When the tailor heard that, he took his pocket-handkerchief, pressed it on the grass, and when it was moist with dew, washed the sockets of his eyes with it. Immediately was fulfilled what the man on the gallows had said, and a couple of healthy new eyes filled the sockets. It was not long before the tailor saw the sun rise behind the mountains, in the plain before him lay the great royal city with its magnificent gates and hundred towers, and the golden balls and crosses which were on the spires began to shine. He could distinguish every leaf on the trees, saw the birds which flew past, and the midges which danced in the air. He took a needle out of his pocket, and as he could thread it as well as ever he had done, his heart danced with delight. He threw himself on his knees, thanked God for the mercy he had shown him, and said his morning prayer. Nor did he forget to pray for the poor sinners who were hanging there swinging against each other in the wind like the pendulums of clocks. Then he took his bundle on his back and soon forgot the pain of heart he had endured, and went on his way singing and whistling.",
"The first thing he met was a brown foal running about the fields at large. He caught it by the mane, and wanted to spring on it and ride into the town. The foal, however, begged to be set free. \"I am still too young,\" it said, \"even a light tailor such as you are would break my back in two - let me go till I have grown strong. A time may perhaps come when I may reward you for it.\" \"Run off,\" said the tailor, \"I see you are still a giddy thing.\" He gave it a touch with a switch over its back, whereupon it kicked up its hind legs for joy, leapt over hedges and ditches, and galloped away into the open country.",
"But the little tailor had eaten nothing since the day before. The sun to be sure fills my eyes, said he, but the bread does not fill my mouth. The first thing that comes my way and is even half edible will have to suffer for it. In the meantime a stork stepped solemnly over the meadow towards him. \"Halt, halt,\" cried the tailor, and seized him by the leg. \"I don't know if you are good to eat or not, but my hunger leaves me no great choice. I must cut your head off, and roast you.\" \"Don't do that,\" replied the stork, \"I am a sacred bird which brings mankind great profit, and no one does me an injury. Leave me my life, and I may do you good in some other way.\" \"Well, be off, cousin longlegs,\" said the tailor. The stork rose up, let its long legs hang down, and flew gently away.",
"\"What's to be the end of this,\" said the tailor to himself at last, \"my hunger grows greater and greater, and my stomach more and more empty. Whatsoever comes in my way now is lost.\" At this point he saw a couple of young ducks which were on a pond come swimming towards him. \"You come just at the right moment,\" said he, and laid hold of one of them and was about to wring its neck. On this an old duck which was hidden among the reeds, began to scream loudly, and swam to him with open beak, and begged him urgently to spare her dear children. \"Can you not imagine,\" said she, \"how your mother would mourn if any one wanted to carry you off, and give you your finishing stroke.\" \"Just be quiet,\" said the good-tempered tailor, \"you shall keep your children,\" and put the prisoner back into the water.",
"When he turned round, he was standing in front of an old tree which was partly hollow, and saw some wild bees flying in and out of it. \"There I shall at once find the reward of my good deed,\" said the tailor, \"the honey will refresh me.\" But the queen-bee came out, threatened him and said, \"If you touch my people and destroy my nest, our stings shall pierce your skin like ten thousand red-hot needles. But if you leave us in peace and go your way, we will do you a service for it another time.\"",
"The little tailor saw that here also nothing was to be done. Three dishes empty and nothing on the fourth is a bad dinner. He dragged himself therefore with his starved-out stomach into the town, and as it was just striking twelve, all was ready-cooked for him in the inn, and he was able to sit down at once to dinner. When he was satisfied he said, \"Now I will get to work.\" He went round the town, sought a master, and soon found a good situation. And as he had thoroughly learnt his trade, it was not long before he became famous, and every one wanted to have his new coat made by the little tailor, whose importance increased daily. \"I can go no further in skill,\" said he, \"and yet things improve every day.\" At last the king appointed him court-tailor.",
"But what odd things do happen in the world. On the very same day his former comrade the shoemaker also became court-shoemaker. When the latter caught sight of the tailor, and saw that he had once more two healthy eyes, his conscience troubled him. \"Before he takes revenge on me,\" thought he to himself, \"I must dig a pit for him.\" He, however, who digs a pit for another, falls into it himself. In the evening when work was over and it had grown dusk, he stole to the king and said, \"Lord king, the tailor is an arrogant fellow and has boasted that he will get the golden crown back again which was lost in ancient times.\" \"That would please me very much,\" said the king, and he caused the tailor to be brought before him next morning, and ordered him to get the crown back again, or to leave the town for ever. \"Oho,\" thought the tailor, \"a rogue gives more than he has got. If the surly king wants me to do what can be done by no one, I will not wait till morning, but will go out of the town at once, to-day.\"",
"He packed up his bundle, therefore, but when he was without the gate he could not help being sorry to give up his good fortune, and turn his back on the town in which all had gone so well with him. He came to the pond where he had made the acquaintance of the ducks, at that very moment the old one whose young ones he had spared, was sitting there by the shore, pluming herself with her beak. She knew him again instantly, and asked why he was hanging his head so. \"You will not be surprised when you hear what has befallen me,\" replied the tailor, and told her his fate. \"If that be all,\" said the duck, \"we can help you. The crown fell into the water, and it lies down below at the bottom, we will soon bring it up again for you. In the meantime just spread out your handkerchief on the bank.\" She dived down with her twelve young ones, and in five minutes she was up again and sat with the crown resting on her wings, and the twelve young ones were swimming round about and had put their beaks under it, and were helping to carry it. They swam to the shore and put the crown on the handkerchief. No one can imagine how magnificent the crown was, when the sun shone on it, it gleamed like a hundred thousand carbuncles. The tailor tied his handkerchief together by the four corners, and carried it to the king, who was full of joy, and put a gold chain round the tailor's neck.",
"When the shoemaker saw that one blow had failed, he contrived a second, and went to the king and said, \"Lord king, the tailor has become insolent again, he boasts that he will copy in wax the whole of the royal palace, with everything that pertains to it, loose or fast, inside and out.\" The king sent for the tailor and ordered him to copy in wax the whole of the royal palace, with everything that pertained to it, movable or immovable, within and without, and if he did not succeed in doing this, or if so much as one nail on the wall were wanting, he should be imprisoned for his whole life underground.",
"The tailor thought, \"It gets worse and worse. No one can endure that,\" and threw his bundle on his back, and went forth. When he came to the hollow tree, he sat down and hung his head. The bees came flying out, and the queen-bee asked him if he had a stiff neck, since he hung his head so. \"Alas, no,\" answered the tailor, \"something quite different weighs me down,\" and he told her what the king had demanded of him. The bees began to buzz and hum amongst themselves, and the queen-bee said, \"Just go home again, but come back to-morrow at this time, and bring a large sheet with you, and then all will be well.\" So he turned back again, but the bees flew to the royal palace and straight into it through the open windows, crept round about into every corner, and inspected everything most carefully. Then they hurried back and modelled the palace in wax with such rapidity that any one looking on would have thought it was growing before his eyes. By the evening all was ready, and when the tailor came next morning, the whole of the splendid building was there, and not one nail in the wall or tile of the roof was wanting, and it was delicate withal, and white as snow, and smelt sweet as honey. The tailor wrapped it carefully in his cloth and took it to the king, who could not admire it enough, placed it in his largest hall, and in return for it presented the tailor with a large stone house.",
"The shoemaker, however, did not give up, but went for the third time to the king and said, \"Lord king, it has come to the tailor's ears that no water will spring up in the court-yard of the castle and he has boasted that it shall rise up in the midst of the court-yard to a man's height and be clear as crystal.\" Then the king ordered the tailor to be brought before him and said, \"If a stream of water does not rise in my court-yard by to-morrow as you have promised, the executioner shall in that very place make you shorter by a head.\" The poor tailor did not take long to think about it, but hurried out to the gate, and because this time it was a matter of life and death to him, tears rolled down his face.",
"While he was thus going forth full of sorrow, the foal to which he had formerly given its liberty, and which had now become a beautiful chestnut horse, came leaping towards him. \"The time has come,\" it said to the tailor, \"when I can repay you for your good deed. I know already what is needful to you, but you shall soon have help, get on me, my back can carry two such as you.\" The tailor's courage came back to him, he jumped up in one bound, and the horse went full speed into the town, and right up to the court-yard of the castle. It galloped as quick as lightning thrice round it, and at the third time it fell violently down. At the same instant, however, there was a terrific clap of thunder, a fragment of earth in the middle of the court-yard sprang like a cannon-ball into the air, and over the castle, and directly after it a jet of water rose as high as a man on horseback, and the water was as pure as crystal, and the sunbeams began to dance on it. When the king saw this, he arose in amazement, and went and embraced the tailor in the sight of all men.",
"But good fortune did not last long. The king had daughters in plenty, one still prettier than the other, but he had no son. So the malicious shoemaker betook himself for the fourth time to the king, and said, \"Lord king, the tailor has not given up his arrogance. He has now boasted that if he liked, he could cause a son to be brought to the lord king through the air.\" The king commanded the tailor to be summoned, and said, \"If you cause a son to be brought to me within nine days, you shall have my eldest daughter to wife.\" \"The reward is indeed great,\" thought the little tailor, \"one would willingly do something for it, but the cherries grow too high for me, if I climb for them, the bough will break beneath me, and I shall fall.\"",
"He went home, seated himself cross-legged on his work-table, and thought over what was to be done. \"It can't be managed,\" cried he at last, \"I will go away, after all, I can't live in peace here.\" He tied up his bundle and hurried away to the gate. When he got to the meadow, he perceived his old friend the stork, who was walking backwards and forwards like a philosopher. Sometimes he stood still, took a frog into close consideration, and at length swallowed it down. The stork came to him and greeted him. \"I see,\" he began, \"that you have your pack on your back. Why are you leaving the town?\" The tailor told him what the king had required of him, and how he could not perform it, and lamented his misfortune. \"Don't let that turn your hair grey,\" said the stork, \"I will help you out of your difficulty. For a long time now, I have carried the children in swaddling-clothes into the town, so for once in a way, I can fetch a little prince out of the well. Go home and be easy. In nine days from this time repair to the royal palace, and there will I come.\" The little tailor went home, and at the appointed time was at the castle. It was not long before the stork came flying thither and tapped at the window. The tailor opened it, and cousin longlegs came carefully in, and walked with solemn steps over the smooth marble pavement. He had, moreover, a baby in his beak that was as lovely as an angel, and stretched out its little hands to the queen. The stork laid it in her lap, and she caressed it and kissed it, and was beside herself with delight. Before the stork flew away, he took his traveling bag off his back and handed it over to the queen. In it there were little paper parcels with colored sweetmeats, and they were divided amongst the little princesses. The eldest, however, received none of them, but instead got the merry tailor for a husband. \"It seems to me,\" said he, \"just as if I had won the highest prize. My mother was if right after all, she always said that whoever trusts in God and only has good luck, can never fail.\"",
"The shoemaker had to make the shoes in which the little tailor danced at the wedding festival, after which he was commanded to quit the town for ever. The road to the forest led him to the gallows. Worn out with anger, rage, and the heat of the day, he threw himself down. When he had closed his eyes and was about to sleep, the two crows flew down from the heads of the men who were hanging there, and pecked his eyes out. In his madness he ran into the forest and must have died there of hunger, for no one has ever either seen him or heard of him again."
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"body_text": "Hill and vale do not meet, but the children of men do, good and bad. In this way a shoemaker and a tailor once met on their travels. The tailor was a handsome little fellow who was always merry and full of enjoyment. He saw the shoemaker coming towards him from the other side, and as he observed by his bag what kind of a trade he plied, he sang a little mocking song to him, sew me the seam, draw me the thread, spread it over with pitch, knock the nail on the head.\n\nThe shoemaker, however, could not bear a joke, he pulled a face as if he had drunk vinegar, and made a gesture as if he were about to seize the tailor by the throat. But the little fellow began to laugh, reached him his bottle, and said, \"No harm was meant, take a drink, and swallow your anger down.\" The shoemaker took a very hearty drink, and the storm on his face began to clear away. He gave the bottle back to the tailor, and said, \"I took a hearty gulp, they say it comes from much drinking, but not from great thirst. Shall we travel together?\" \"All right,\" answered the tailor, \"if only it suits you to go into a big town where there is no lack of work.\" \"That is just where I want to go,\" answered the shoemaker. \"In a small hamlet there is nothing to earn, and in the country, people like to go barefoot.\" They traveled therefore onwards together, and always set one foot before the other like a weasel in the snow.\n\nBoth of them had time enough, but little to bite and to break. When they reached a town they went about and paid their respects to the tradesmen, and because the tailor looked so lively and merry, and had such fine red cheeks, every one gave him work willingly, and when luck was good the master's daughters gave him a kiss beneath the porch, as well. When he again fell in with the shoemaker, the tailor had always the most in his bundle. The ill-tempered shoemaker made a wry face, and thought, the greater the rascal the more the luck. But the tailor began to laugh and to sing, and shared all he got with his comrade. If a couple of pence jingled in his pockets, he ordered good cheer, and thumped the table in his joy till the glasses danced and it was lightly come, lightly go, with him.\n\nWhen they had traveled for some time, they came to a great forest through which passed the road to the capital. Two foot-paths, however, led through it, one of which was a seven days, journey and the other only two, but neither of the travelers knew which way was the short one. They seated themselves beneath an oak-tree, and took counsel together how they should forecast, and for how many days they should provide themselves with bread.\n\nThe shoemaker said, \"One must look before one leaps, I will take with me bread for a week.\" \"What,\" said the tailor, \"drag bread for seven days on one's back like a beast of burden and not be able to look about? I shall trust in God, and not trouble myself about anything. The money I have in my pocket is as good in summer as in winter, but in hot weather bread gets dry, and moldy into the bargain, even my coat does not last as far as it might. Besides, why should we not find the right way? Bread for two days, and that's enough.\" Each, therefore, bought his own bread, and then they tried their luck in the forest.\n\nIt was as quiet there as in a church. No wind stirred, no brook murmured, no bird sang, and through the thickly-leaved branches no sunbeam forced its way. The shoemaker spoke never a word, the bread weighed so heavily on his back that the sweat streamed down his cross and gloomy face. The tailor, however, was quite merry, he jumped about, whistled on a leaf, or sang a song, and thought to himself, God in heaven must be pleased to see me so happy.\n\nThis lasted two days, but on the third the forest would not come to an end, and the tailor had eaten up all his bread, so after all his heart sank down a yard deeper. Nevertheless, he did not lose courage, but relied on God and on his luck. On the evening of the third day he lay down hungry under a tree, and rose again next morning hungry still, so also passed the fourth day, and when the shoemaker seated himself on a fallen tree and devoured his dinner the tailor was only a spectator. If he begged for a little piece of bread, the other laughed mockingly, and said, \"You have always been so merry, now you can see for once what it is to be sad, the birds which sing too early in the morning are struck by the hawk in the evening.\" In short, he was pitiless. But on the fifth morning the poor tailor could no longer stand up, and was hardly able to utter one word for weakness, his cheeks were white, and his eyes were red. Then the shoemaker said to him, \"I will give you a bit of bread to-day, but in return for it, I will put out your right eye.\" The unhappy tailor who still wished to save his life, had to submit, he wept once more with both eyes, and then held them out, and the shoemaker, who had a heart of stone, put out his right eye with a sharp knife. The tailor called to remembrance what his mother had formerly said to him when he had been eating secretly in the pantry. Eat what one can, and suffer what one must. When he had consumed his dearly-bought bread, he got on his legs again, forgot his misery and comforted himself with the thought that he could always see enough with one eye.\n\nBut on the sixth day, hunger made itself felt again and gnawed him almost to the heart. In the evening he fell down by a tree, and on the seventh morning he could not raise himself up for faintness, and death was close at hand. Then said the shoemaker, \"I will show mercy and give you bread once more, but you shall not have it for nothing, I shall put out your other eye for it.\"\n\nAnd now the tailor felt how thoughtless his life had been, prayed to God for forgiveness, and said, \"Do what you will, I will bear what I must, but remember that our Lord God does not always look on passively, and that an hour will come when the evil deed which you have done to me, and which I have not deserved of you, will be requited. When times were good with me, I shared what I had with you. My trade is of that kind that each stitch must always be exactly like the other. If I no longer have my eyes and can sew no more I must go a-begging. At any rate do not leave me here alone when I am blind, or I shall die of hunger.\" The shoemaker, however, who had driven God out of his heart, took the knife and put out his left eye. Then he gave him a bit of bread to eat, held out a stick to him, and drew him on behind him.\n\nWhen the sun went down, they got out of the forest, and before them in the open country stood the gallows. Thither the shoemaker guided the blind tailor, and then left him alone and went his way. Weariness, pain, and hunger made the wretched man fall asleep, and he slept the whole night. When day dawned he awoke, but knew not where he lay. Two poor sinners were hanging on the gallows, and a crow sat on the head of each of them. Then one of the men who had been hanged began to speak, and said, \"Brother, are you awake?\" \"Yes, I am awake,\" answered the second. \"Then I will tell you something,\" said the first, \"the dew which this night has fallen down over us from the gallows, gives every one who washes himself with it his eyes again. If blind people did but know this, how many would regain their sight who do not believe that to be possible.\"\n\nWhen the tailor heard that, he took his pocket-handkerchief, pressed it on the grass, and when it was moist with dew, washed the sockets of his eyes with it. Immediately was fulfilled what the man on the gallows had said, and a couple of healthy new eyes filled the sockets. It was not long before the tailor saw the sun rise behind the mountains, in the plain before him lay the great royal city with its magnificent gates and hundred towers, and the golden balls and crosses which were on the spires began to shine. He could distinguish every leaf on the trees, saw the birds which flew past, and the midges which danced in the air. He took a needle out of his pocket, and as he could thread it as well as ever he had done, his heart danced with delight. He threw himself on his knees, thanked God for the mercy he had shown him, and said his morning prayer. Nor did he forget to pray for the poor sinners who were hanging there swinging against each other in the wind like the pendulums of clocks. Then he took his bundle on his back and soon forgot the pain of heart he had endured, and went on his way singing and whistling.\n\nThe first thing he met was a brown foal running about the fields at large. He caught it by the mane, and wanted to spring on it and ride into the town. The foal, however, begged to be set free. \"I am still too young,\" it said, \"even a light tailor such as you are would break my back in two - let me go till I have grown strong. A time may perhaps come when I may reward you for it.\" \"Run off,\" said the tailor, \"I see you are still a giddy thing.\" He gave it a touch with a switch over its back, whereupon it kicked up its hind legs for joy, leapt over hedges and ditches, and galloped away into the open country.\n\nBut the little tailor had eaten nothing since the day before. The sun to be sure fills my eyes, said he, but the bread does not fill my mouth. The first thing that comes my way and is even half edible will have to suffer for it. In the meantime a stork stepped solemnly over the meadow towards him. \"Halt, halt,\" cried the tailor, and seized him by the leg. \"I don't know if you are good to eat or not, but my hunger leaves me no great choice. I must cut your head off, and roast you.\" \"Don't do that,\" replied the stork, \"I am a sacred bird which brings mankind great profit, and no one does me an injury. Leave me my life, and I may do you good in some other way.\" \"Well, be off, cousin longlegs,\" said the tailor. The stork rose up, let its long legs hang down, and flew gently away.\n\n\"What's to be the end of this,\" said the tailor to himself at last, \"my hunger grows greater and greater, and my stomach more and more empty. Whatsoever comes in my way now is lost.\" At this point he saw a couple of young ducks which were on a pond come swimming towards him. \"You come just at the right moment,\" said he, and laid hold of one of them and was about to wring its neck. On this an old duck which was hidden among the reeds, began to scream loudly, and swam to him with open beak, and begged him urgently to spare her dear children. \"Can you not imagine,\" said she, \"how your mother would mourn if any one wanted to carry you off, and give you your finishing stroke.\" \"Just be quiet,\" said the good-tempered tailor, \"you shall keep your children,\" and put the prisoner back into the water.\n\nWhen he turned round, he was standing in front of an old tree which was partly hollow, and saw some wild bees flying in and out of it. \"There I shall at once find the reward of my good deed,\" said the tailor, \"the honey will refresh me.\" But the queen-bee came out, threatened him and said, \"If you touch my people and destroy my nest, our stings shall pierce your skin like ten thousand red-hot needles. But if you leave us in peace and go your way, we will do you a service for it another time.\"\n\nThe little tailor saw that here also nothing was to be done. Three dishes empty and nothing on the fourth is a bad dinner. He dragged himself therefore with his starved-out stomach into the town, and as it was just striking twelve, all was ready-cooked for him in the inn, and he was able to sit down at once to dinner. When he was satisfied he said, \"Now I will get to work.\" He went round the town, sought a master, and soon found a good situation. And as he had thoroughly learnt his trade, it was not long before he became famous, and every one wanted to have his new coat made by the little tailor, whose importance increased daily. \"I can go no further in skill,\" said he, \"and yet things improve every day.\" At last the king appointed him court-tailor.\n\nBut what odd things do happen in the world. On the very same day his former comrade the shoemaker also became court-shoemaker. When the latter caught sight of the tailor, and saw that he had once more two healthy eyes, his conscience troubled him. \"Before he takes revenge on me,\" thought he to himself, \"I must dig a pit for him.\" He, however, who digs a pit for another, falls into it himself. In the evening when work was over and it had grown dusk, he stole to the king and said, \"Lord king, the tailor is an arrogant fellow and has boasted that he will get the golden crown back again which was lost in ancient times.\" \"That would please me very much,\" said the king, and he caused the tailor to be brought before him next morning, and ordered him to get the crown back again, or to leave the town for ever. \"Oho,\" thought the tailor, \"a rogue gives more than he has got. If the surly king wants me to do what can be done by no one, I will not wait till morning, but will go out of the town at once, to-day.\"\n\nHe packed up his bundle, therefore, but when he was without the gate he could not help being sorry to give up his good fortune, and turn his back on the town in which all had gone so well with him. He came to the pond where he had made the acquaintance of the ducks, at that very moment the old one whose young ones he had spared, was sitting there by the shore, pluming herself with her beak. She knew him again instantly, and asked why he was hanging his head so. \"You will not be surprised when you hear what has befallen me,\" replied the tailor, and told her his fate. \"If that be all,\" said the duck, \"we can help you. The crown fell into the water, and it lies down below at the bottom, we will soon bring it up again for you. In the meantime just spread out your handkerchief on the bank.\" She dived down with her twelve young ones, and in five minutes she was up again and sat with the crown resting on her wings, and the twelve young ones were swimming round about and had put their beaks under it, and were helping to carry it. They swam to the shore and put the crown on the handkerchief. No one can imagine how magnificent the crown was, when the sun shone on it, it gleamed like a hundred thousand carbuncles. The tailor tied his handkerchief together by the four corners, and carried it to the king, who was full of joy, and put a gold chain round the tailor's neck.\n\nWhen the shoemaker saw that one blow had failed, he contrived a second, and went to the king and said, \"Lord king, the tailor has become insolent again, he boasts that he will copy in wax the whole of the royal palace, with everything that pertains to it, loose or fast, inside and out.\" The king sent for the tailor and ordered him to copy in wax the whole of the royal palace, with everything that pertained to it, movable or immovable, within and without, and if he did not succeed in doing this, or if so much as one nail on the wall were wanting, he should be imprisoned for his whole life underground.\n\nThe tailor thought, \"It gets worse and worse. No one can endure that,\" and threw his bundle on his back, and went forth. When he came to the hollow tree, he sat down and hung his head. The bees came flying out, and the queen-bee asked him if he had a stiff neck, since he hung his head so. \"Alas, no,\" answered the tailor, \"something quite different weighs me down,\" and he told her what the king had demanded of him. The bees began to buzz and hum amongst themselves, and the queen-bee said, \"Just go home again, but come back to-morrow at this time, and bring a large sheet with you, and then all will be well.\" So he turned back again, but the bees flew to the royal palace and straight into it through the open windows, crept round about into every corner, and inspected everything most carefully. Then they hurried back and modelled the palace in wax with such rapidity that any one looking on would have thought it was growing before his eyes. By the evening all was ready, and when the tailor came next morning, the whole of the splendid building was there, and not one nail in the wall or tile of the roof was wanting, and it was delicate withal, and white as snow, and smelt sweet as honey. The tailor wrapped it carefully in his cloth and took it to the king, who could not admire it enough, placed it in his largest hall, and in return for it presented the tailor with a large stone house.\n\nThe shoemaker, however, did not give up, but went for the third time to the king and said, \"Lord king, it has come to the tailor's ears that no water will spring up in the court-yard of the castle and he has boasted that it shall rise up in the midst of the court-yard to a man's height and be clear as crystal.\" Then the king ordered the tailor to be brought before him and said, \"If a stream of water does not rise in my court-yard by to-morrow as you have promised, the executioner shall in that very place make you shorter by a head.\" The poor tailor did not take long to think about it, but hurried out to the gate, and because this time it was a matter of life and death to him, tears rolled down his face.\n\nWhile he was thus going forth full of sorrow, the foal to which he had formerly given its liberty, and which had now become a beautiful chestnut horse, came leaping towards him. \"The time has come,\" it said to the tailor, \"when I can repay you for your good deed. I know already what is needful to you, but you shall soon have help, get on me, my back can carry two such as you.\" The tailor's courage came back to him, he jumped up in one bound, and the horse went full speed into the town, and right up to the court-yard of the castle. It galloped as quick as lightning thrice round it, and at the third time it fell violently down. At the same instant, however, there was a terrific clap of thunder, a fragment of earth in the middle of the court-yard sprang like a cannon-ball into the air, and over the castle, and directly after it a jet of water rose as high as a man on horseback, and the water was as pure as crystal, and the sunbeams began to dance on it. When the king saw this, he arose in amazement, and went and embraced the tailor in the sight of all men.\n\nBut good fortune did not last long. The king had daughters in plenty, one still prettier than the other, but he had no son. So the malicious shoemaker betook himself for the fourth time to the king, and said, \"Lord king, the tailor has not given up his arrogance. He has now boasted that if he liked, he could cause a son to be brought to the lord king through the air.\" The king commanded the tailor to be summoned, and said, \"If you cause a son to be brought to me within nine days, you shall have my eldest daughter to wife.\" \"The reward is indeed great,\" thought the little tailor, \"one would willingly do something for it, but the cherries grow too high for me, if I climb for them, the bough will break beneath me, and I shall fall.\"\n\nHe went home, seated himself cross-legged on his work-table, and thought over what was to be done. \"It can't be managed,\" cried he at last, \"I will go away, after all, I can't live in peace here.\" He tied up his bundle and hurried away to the gate. When he got to the meadow, he perceived his old friend the stork, who was walking backwards and forwards like a philosopher. Sometimes he stood still, took a frog into close consideration, and at length swallowed it down. The stork came to him and greeted him. \"I see,\" he began, \"that you have your pack on your back. Why are you leaving the town?\" The tailor told him what the king had required of him, and how he could not perform it, and lamented his misfortune. \"Don't let that turn your hair grey,\" said the stork, \"I will help you out of your difficulty. For a long time now, I have carried the children in swaddling-clothes into the town, so for once in a way, I can fetch a little prince out of the well. Go home and be easy. In nine days from this time repair to the royal palace, and there will I come.\" The little tailor went home, and at the appointed time was at the castle. It was not long before the stork came flying thither and tapped at the window. The tailor opened it, and cousin longlegs came carefully in, and walked with solemn steps over the smooth marble pavement. He had, moreover, a baby in his beak that was as lovely as an angel, and stretched out its little hands to the queen. The stork laid it in her lap, and she caressed it and kissed it, and was beside herself with delight. Before the stork flew away, he took his traveling bag off his back and handed it over to the queen. In it there were little paper parcels with colored sweetmeats, and they were divided amongst the little princesses. The eldest, however, received none of them, but instead got the merry tailor for a husband. \"It seems to me,\" said he, \"just as if I had won the highest prize. My mother was if right after all, she always said that whoever trusts in God and only has good luck, can never fail.\"\n\nThe shoemaker had to make the shoes in which the little tailor danced at the wedding festival, after which he was commanded to quit the town for ever. The road to the forest led him to the gallows. Worn out with anger, rage, and the heat of the day, he threw himself down. When he had closed his eyes and was about to sleep, the two crows flew down from the heads of the men who were hanging there, and pecked his eyes out. In his madness he ran into the forest and must have died there of hunger, for no one has ever either seen him or heard of him again.",
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"Hill and vale do not meet, but the children of men do, good and bad. In this way a shoemaker and a tailor once met on their travels. The tailor was a handsome little fellow who was always merry and full of enjoyment. He saw the shoemaker coming towards him from the other side, and as he observed by his bag what kind of a trade he plied, he sang a little mocking song to him, sew me the seam, draw me the thread, spread it over with pitch, knock the nail on the head.",
"The shoemaker, however, could not bear a joke, he pulled a face as if he had drunk vinegar, and made a gesture as if he were about to seize the tailor by the throat. But the little fellow began to laugh, reached him his bottle, and said, \"No harm was meant, take a drink, and swallow your anger down.\" The shoemaker took a very hearty drink, and the storm on his face began to clear away. He gave the bottle back to the tailor, and said, \"I took a hearty gulp, they say it comes from much drinking, but not from great thirst. Shall we travel together?\" \"All right,\" answered the tailor, \"if only it suits you to go into a big town where there is no lack of work.\" \"That is just where I want to go,\" answered the shoemaker. \"In a small hamlet there is nothing to earn, and in the country, people like to go barefoot.\" They traveled therefore onwards together, and always set one foot before the other like a weasel in the snow.",
"Both of them had time enough, but little to bite and to break. When they reached a town they went about and paid their respects to the tradesmen, and because the tailor looked so lively and merry, and had such fine red cheeks, every one gave him work willingly, and when luck was good the master's daughters gave him a kiss beneath the porch, as well. When he again fell in with the shoemaker, the tailor had always the most in his bundle. The ill-tempered shoemaker made a wry face, and thought, the greater the rascal the more the luck. But the tailor began to laugh and to sing, and shared all he got with his comrade. If a couple of pence jingled in his pockets, he ordered good cheer, and thumped the table in his joy till the glasses danced and it was lightly come, lightly go, with him.",
"When they had traveled for some time, they came to a great forest through which passed the road to the capital. Two foot-paths, however, led through it, one of which was a seven days, journey and the other only two, but neither of the travelers knew which way was the short one. They seated themselves beneath an oak-tree, and took counsel together how they should forecast, and for how many days they should provide themselves with bread.",
"The shoemaker said, \"One must look before one leaps, I will take with me bread for a week.\" \"What,\" said the tailor, \"drag bread for seven days on one's back like a beast of burden and not be able to look about? I shall trust in God, and not trouble myself about anything. The money I have in my pocket is as good in summer as in winter, but in hot weather bread gets dry, and moldy into the bargain, even my coat does not last as far as it might. Besides, why should we not find the right way? Bread for two days, and that's enough.\" Each, therefore, bought his own bread, and then they tried their luck in the forest.",
"It was as quiet there as in a church. No wind stirred, no brook murmured, no bird sang, and through the thickly-leaved branches no sunbeam forced its way. The shoemaker spoke never a word, the bread weighed so heavily on his back that the sweat streamed down his cross and gloomy face. The tailor, however, was quite merry, he jumped about, whistled on a leaf, or sang a song, and thought to himself, God in heaven must be pleased to see me so happy.",
"This lasted two days, but on the third the forest would not come to an end, and the tailor had eaten up all his bread, so after all his heart sank down a yard deeper. Nevertheless, he did not lose courage, but relied on God and on his luck. On the evening of the third day he lay down hungry under a tree, and rose again next morning hungry still, so also passed the fourth day, and when the shoemaker seated himself on a fallen tree and devoured his dinner the tailor was only a spectator. If he begged for a little piece of bread, the other laughed mockingly, and said, \"You have always been so merry, now you can see for once what it is to be sad, the birds which sing too early in the morning are struck by the hawk in the evening.\" In short, he was pitiless. But on the fifth morning the poor tailor could no longer stand up, and was hardly able to utter one word for weakness, his cheeks were white, and his eyes were red. Then the shoemaker said to him, \"I will give you a bit of bread to-day, but in return for it, I will put out your right eye.\" The unhappy tailor who still wished to save his life, had to submit, he wept once more with both eyes, and then held them out, and the shoemaker, who had a heart of stone, put out his right eye with a sharp knife. The tailor called to remembrance what his mother had formerly said to him when he had been eating secretly in the pantry. Eat what one can, and suffer what one must. When he had consumed his dearly-bought bread, he got on his legs again, forgot his misery and comforted himself with the thought that he could always see enough with one eye.",
"But on the sixth day, hunger made itself felt again and gnawed him almost to the heart. In the evening he fell down by a tree, and on the seventh morning he could not raise himself up for faintness, and death was close at hand. Then said the shoemaker, \"I will show mercy and give you bread once more, but you shall not have it for nothing, I shall put out your other eye for it.\"",
"And now the tailor felt how thoughtless his life had been, prayed to God for forgiveness, and said, \"Do what you will, I will bear what I must, but remember that our Lord God does not always look on passively, and that an hour will come when the evil deed which you have done to me, and which I have not deserved of you, will be requited. When times were good with me, I shared what I had with you. My trade is of that kind that each stitch must always be exactly like the other. If I no longer have my eyes and can sew no more I must go a-begging. At any rate do not leave me here alone when I am blind, or I shall die of hunger.\" The shoemaker, however, who had driven God out of his heart, took the knife and put out his left eye. Then he gave him a bit of bread to eat, held out a stick to him, and drew him on behind him.",
"When the sun went down, they got out of the forest, and before them in the open country stood the gallows. Thither the shoemaker guided the blind tailor, and then left him alone and went his way. Weariness, pain, and hunger made the wretched man fall asleep, and he slept the whole night. When day dawned he awoke, but knew not where he lay. Two poor sinners were hanging on the gallows, and a crow sat on the head of each of them. Then one of the men who had been hanged began to speak, and said, \"Brother, are you awake?\" \"Yes, I am awake,\" answered the second. \"Then I will tell you something,\" said the first, \"the dew which this night has fallen down over us from the gallows, gives every one who washes himself with it his eyes again. If blind people did but know this, how many would regain their sight who do not believe that to be possible.\"",
"When the tailor heard that, he took his pocket-handkerchief, pressed it on the grass, and when it was moist with dew, washed the sockets of his eyes with it. Immediately was fulfilled what the man on the gallows had said, and a couple of healthy new eyes filled the sockets. It was not long before the tailor saw the sun rise behind the mountains, in the plain before him lay the great royal city with its magnificent gates and hundred towers, and the golden balls and crosses which were on the spires began to shine. He could distinguish every leaf on the trees, saw the birds which flew past, and the midges which danced in the air. He took a needle out of his pocket, and as he could thread it as well as ever he had done, his heart danced with delight. He threw himself on his knees, thanked God for the mercy he had shown him, and said his morning prayer. Nor did he forget to pray for the poor sinners who were hanging there swinging against each other in the wind like the pendulums of clocks. Then he took his bundle on his back and soon forgot the pain of heart he had endured, and went on his way singing and whistling.",
"The first thing he met was a brown foal running about the fields at large. He caught it by the mane, and wanted to spring on it and ride into the town. The foal, however, begged to be set free. \"I am still too young,\" it said, \"even a light tailor such as you are would break my back in two - let me go till I have grown strong. A time may perhaps come when I may reward you for it.\" \"Run off,\" said the tailor, \"I see you are still a giddy thing.\" He gave it a touch with a switch over its back, whereupon it kicked up its hind legs for joy, leapt over hedges and ditches, and galloped away into the open country.",
"But the little tailor had eaten nothing since the day before. The sun to be sure fills my eyes, said he, but the bread does not fill my mouth. The first thing that comes my way and is even half edible will have to suffer for it. In the meantime a stork stepped solemnly over the meadow towards him. \"Halt, halt,\" cried the tailor, and seized him by the leg. \"I don't know if you are good to eat or not, but my hunger leaves me no great choice. I must cut your head off, and roast you.\" \"Don't do that,\" replied the stork, \"I am a sacred bird which brings mankind great profit, and no one does me an injury. Leave me my life, and I may do you good in some other way.\" \"Well, be off, cousin longlegs,\" said the tailor. The stork rose up, let its long legs hang down, and flew gently away.",
"\"What's to be the end of this,\" said the tailor to himself at last, \"my hunger grows greater and greater, and my stomach more and more empty. Whatsoever comes in my way now is lost.\" At this point he saw a couple of young ducks which were on a pond come swimming towards him. \"You come just at the right moment,\" said he, and laid hold of one of them and was about to wring its neck. On this an old duck which was hidden among the reeds, began to scream loudly, and swam to him with open beak, and begged him urgently to spare her dear children. \"Can you not imagine,\" said she, \"how your mother would mourn if any one wanted to carry you off, and give you your finishing stroke.\" \"Just be quiet,\" said the good-tempered tailor, \"you shall keep your children,\" and put the prisoner back into the water.",
"When he turned round, he was standing in front of an old tree which was partly hollow, and saw some wild bees flying in and out of it. \"There I shall at once find the reward of my good deed,\" said the tailor, \"the honey will refresh me.\" But the queen-bee came out, threatened him and said, \"If you touch my people and destroy my nest, our stings shall pierce your skin like ten thousand red-hot needles. But if you leave us in peace and go your way, we will do you a service for it another time.\"",
"The little tailor saw that here also nothing was to be done. Three dishes empty and nothing on the fourth is a bad dinner. He dragged himself therefore with his starved-out stomach into the town, and as it was just striking twelve, all was ready-cooked for him in the inn, and he was able to sit down at once to dinner. When he was satisfied he said, \"Now I will get to work.\" He went round the town, sought a master, and soon found a good situation. And as he had thoroughly learnt his trade, it was not long before he became famous, and every one wanted to have his new coat made by the little tailor, whose importance increased daily. \"I can go no further in skill,\" said he, \"and yet things improve every day.\" At last the king appointed him court-tailor.",
"But what odd things do happen in the world. On the very same day his former comrade the shoemaker also became court-shoemaker. When the latter caught sight of the tailor, and saw that he had once more two healthy eyes, his conscience troubled him. \"Before he takes revenge on me,\" thought he to himself, \"I must dig a pit for him.\" He, however, who digs a pit for another, falls into it himself. In the evening when work was over and it had grown dusk, he stole to the king and said, \"Lord king, the tailor is an arrogant fellow and has boasted that he will get the golden crown back again which was lost in ancient times.\" \"That would please me very much,\" said the king, and he caused the tailor to be brought before him next morning, and ordered him to get the crown back again, or to leave the town for ever. \"Oho,\" thought the tailor, \"a rogue gives more than he has got. If the surly king wants me to do what can be done by no one, I will not wait till morning, but will go out of the town at once, to-day.\"",
"He packed up his bundle, therefore, but when he was without the gate he could not help being sorry to give up his good fortune, and turn his back on the town in which all had gone so well with him. He came to the pond where he had made the acquaintance of the ducks, at that very moment the old one whose young ones he had spared, was sitting there by the shore, pluming herself with her beak. She knew him again instantly, and asked why he was hanging his head so. \"You will not be surprised when you hear what has befallen me,\" replied the tailor, and told her his fate. \"If that be all,\" said the duck, \"we can help you. The crown fell into the water, and it lies down below at the bottom, we will soon bring it up again for you. In the meantime just spread out your handkerchief on the bank.\" She dived down with her twelve young ones, and in five minutes she was up again and sat with the crown resting on her wings, and the twelve young ones were swimming round about and had put their beaks under it, and were helping to carry it. They swam to the shore and put the crown on the handkerchief. No one can imagine how magnificent the crown was, when the sun shone on it, it gleamed like a hundred thousand carbuncles. The tailor tied his handkerchief together by the four corners, and carried it to the king, who was full of joy, and put a gold chain round the tailor's neck.",
"When the shoemaker saw that one blow had failed, he contrived a second, and went to the king and said, \"Lord king, the tailor has become insolent again, he boasts that he will copy in wax the whole of the royal palace, with everything that pertains to it, loose or fast, inside and out.\" The king sent for the tailor and ordered him to copy in wax the whole of the royal palace, with everything that pertained to it, movable or immovable, within and without, and if he did not succeed in doing this, or if so much as one nail on the wall were wanting, he should be imprisoned for his whole life underground.",
"The tailor thought, \"It gets worse and worse. No one can endure that,\" and threw his bundle on his back, and went forth. When he came to the hollow tree, he sat down and hung his head. The bees came flying out, and the queen-bee asked him if he had a stiff neck, since he hung his head so. \"Alas, no,\" answered the tailor, \"something quite different weighs me down,\" and he told her what the king had demanded of him. The bees began to buzz and hum amongst themselves, and the queen-bee said, \"Just go home again, but come back to-morrow at this time, and bring a large sheet with you, and then all will be well.\" So he turned back again, but the bees flew to the royal palace and straight into it through the open windows, crept round about into every corner, and inspected everything most carefully. Then they hurried back and modelled the palace in wax with such rapidity that any one looking on would have thought it was growing before his eyes. By the evening all was ready, and when the tailor came next morning, the whole of the splendid building was there, and not one nail in the wall or tile of the roof was wanting, and it was delicate withal, and white as snow, and smelt sweet as honey. The tailor wrapped it carefully in his cloth and took it to the king, who could not admire it enough, placed it in his largest hall, and in return for it presented the tailor with a large stone house.",
"The shoemaker, however, did not give up, but went for the third time to the king and said, \"Lord king, it has come to the tailor's ears that no water will spring up in the court-yard of the castle and he has boasted that it shall rise up in the midst of the court-yard to a man's height and be clear as crystal.\" Then the king ordered the tailor to be brought before him and said, \"If a stream of water does not rise in my court-yard by to-morrow as you have promised, the executioner shall in that very place make you shorter by a head.\" The poor tailor did not take long to think about it, but hurried out to the gate, and because this time it was a matter of life and death to him, tears rolled down his face.",
"While he was thus going forth full of sorrow, the foal to which he had formerly given its liberty, and which had now become a beautiful chestnut horse, came leaping towards him. \"The time has come,\" it said to the tailor, \"when I can repay you for your good deed. I know already what is needful to you, but you shall soon have help, get on me, my back can carry two such as you.\" The tailor's courage came back to him, he jumped up in one bound, and the horse went full speed into the town, and right up to the court-yard of the castle. It galloped as quick as lightning thrice round it, and at the third time it fell violently down. At the same instant, however, there was a terrific clap of thunder, a fragment of earth in the middle of the court-yard sprang like a cannon-ball into the air, and over the castle, and directly after it a jet of water rose as high as a man on horseback, and the water was as pure as crystal, and the sunbeams began to dance on it. When the king saw this, he arose in amazement, and went and embraced the tailor in the sight of all men.",
"But good fortune did not last long. The king had daughters in plenty, one still prettier than the other, but he had no son. So the malicious shoemaker betook himself for the fourth time to the king, and said, \"Lord king, the tailor has not given up his arrogance. He has now boasted that if he liked, he could cause a son to be brought to the lord king through the air.\" The king commanded the tailor to be summoned, and said, \"If you cause a son to be brought to me within nine days, you shall have my eldest daughter to wife.\" \"The reward is indeed great,\" thought the little tailor, \"one would willingly do something for it, but the cherries grow too high for me, if I climb for them, the bough will break beneath me, and I shall fall.\"",
"He went home, seated himself cross-legged on his work-table, and thought over what was to be done. \"It can't be managed,\" cried he at last, \"I will go away, after all, I can't live in peace here.\" He tied up his bundle and hurried away to the gate. When he got to the meadow, he perceived his old friend the stork, who was walking backwards and forwards like a philosopher. Sometimes he stood still, took a frog into close consideration, and at length swallowed it down. The stork came to him and greeted him. \"I see,\" he began, \"that you have your pack on your back. Why are you leaving the town?\" The tailor told him what the king had required of him, and how he could not perform it, and lamented his misfortune. \"Don't let that turn your hair grey,\" said the stork, \"I will help you out of your difficulty. For a long time now, I have carried the children in swaddling-clothes into the town, so for once in a way, I can fetch a little prince out of the well. Go home and be easy. In nine days from this time repair to the royal palace, and there will I come.\" The little tailor went home, and at the appointed time was at the castle. It was not long before the stork came flying thither and tapped at the window. The tailor opened it, and cousin longlegs came carefully in, and walked with solemn steps over the smooth marble pavement. He had, moreover, a baby in his beak that was as lovely as an angel, and stretched out its little hands to the queen. The stork laid it in her lap, and she caressed it and kissed it, and was beside herself with delight. Before the stork flew away, he took his traveling bag off his back and handed it over to the queen. In it there were little paper parcels with colored sweetmeats, and they were divided amongst the little princesses. The eldest, however, received none of them, but instead got the merry tailor for a husband. \"It seems to me,\" said he, \"just as if I had won the highest prize. My mother was if right after all, she always said that whoever trusts in God and only has good luck, can never fail.\"",
"The shoemaker had to make the shoes in which the little tailor danced at the wedding festival, after which he was commanded to quit the town for ever. The road to the forest led him to the gallows. Worn out with anger, rage, and the heat of the day, he threw himself down. When he had closed his eyes and was about to sleep, the two crows flew down from the heads of the men who were hanging there, and pecked his eyes out. In his madness he ran into the forest and must have died there of hunger, for no one has ever either seen him or heard of him again."
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"clean_text": "Hill and vale do not meet, but the children of men do, good and bad. In this way a shoemaker and a tailor once met on their travels. The tailor was a handsome little fellow who was always merry and full of enjoyment. He saw the shoemaker coming towards him from the other side, and as he observed by his bag what kind of a trade he plied, he sang a little mocking song to him, sew me the seam, draw me the thread, spread it over with pitch, knock the nail on the head.\n\nThe shoemaker, however, could not bear a joke, he pulled a face as if he had drunk vinegar, and made a gesture as if he were about to seize the tailor by the throat. But the little fellow began to laugh, reached him his bottle, and said, \"No harm was meant, take a drink, and swallow your anger down.\" The shoemaker took a very hearty drink, and the storm on his face began to clear away. He gave the bottle back to the tailor, and said, \"I took a hearty gulp, they say it comes from much drinking, but not from great thirst. Shall we travel together?\" \"All right,\" answered the tailor, \"if only it suits you to go into a big town where there is no lack of work.\" \"That is just where I want to go,\" answered the shoemaker. \"In a small hamlet there is nothing to earn, and in the country, people like to go barefoot.\" They traveled therefore onwards together, and always set one foot before the other like a weasel in the snow.\n\nBoth of them had time enough, but little to bite and to break. When they reached a town they went about and paid their respects to the tradesmen, and because the tailor looked so lively and merry, and had such fine red cheeks, every one gave him work willingly, and when luck was good the master's daughters gave him a kiss beneath the porch, as well. When he again fell in with the shoemaker, the tailor had always the most in his bundle. The ill-tempered shoemaker made a wry face, and thought, the greater the rascal the more the luck. But the tailor began to laugh and to sing, and shared all he got with his comrade. If a couple of pence jingled in his pockets, he ordered good cheer, and thumped the table in his joy till the glasses danced and it was lightly come, lightly go, with him.\n\nWhen they had traveled for some time, they came to a great forest through which passed the road to the capital. Two foot-paths, however, led through it, one of which was a seven days, journey and the other only two, but neither of the travelers knew which way was the short one. They seated themselves beneath an oak-tree, and took counsel together how they should forecast, and for how many days they should provide themselves with bread.\n\nThe shoemaker said, \"One must look before one leaps, I will take with me bread for a week.\" \"What,\" said the tailor, \"drag bread for seven days on one's back like a beast of burden and not be able to look about? I shall trust in God, and not trouble myself about anything. The money I have in my pocket is as good in summer as in winter, but in hot weather bread gets dry, and moldy into the bargain, even my coat does not last as far as it might. Besides, why should we not find the right way? Bread for two days, and that's enough.\" Each, therefore, bought his own bread, and then they tried their luck in the forest.\n\nIt was as quiet there as in a church. No wind stirred, no brook murmured, no bird sang, and through the thickly-leaved branches no sunbeam forced its way. The shoemaker spoke never a word, the bread weighed so heavily on his back that the sweat streamed down his cross and gloomy face. The tailor, however, was quite merry, he jumped about, whistled on a leaf, or sang a song, and thought to himself, God in heaven must be pleased to see me so happy.\n\nThis lasted two days, but on the third the forest would not come to an end, and the tailor had eaten up all his bread, so after all his heart sank down a yard deeper. Nevertheless, he did not lose courage, but relied on God and on his luck. On the evening of the third day he lay down hungry under a tree, and rose again next morning hungry still, so also passed the fourth day, and when the shoemaker seated himself on a fallen tree and devoured his dinner the tailor was only a spectator. If he begged for a little piece of bread, the other laughed mockingly, and said, \"You have always been so merry, now you can see for once what it is to be sad, the birds which sing too early in the morning are struck by the hawk in the evening.\" In short, he was pitiless. But on the fifth morning the poor tailor could no longer stand up, and was hardly able to utter one word for weakness, his cheeks were white, and his eyes were red. Then the shoemaker said to him, \"I will give you a bit of bread to-day, but in return for it, I will put out your right eye.\" The unhappy tailor who still wished to save his life, had to submit, he wept once more with both eyes, and then held them out, and the shoemaker, who had a heart of stone, put out his right eye with a sharp knife. The tailor called to remembrance what his mother had formerly said to him when he had been eating secretly in the pantry. Eat what one can, and suffer what one must. When he had consumed his dearly-bought bread, he got on his legs again, forgot his misery and comforted himself with the thought that he could always see enough with one eye.\n\nBut on the sixth day, hunger made itself felt again and gnawed him almost to the heart. In the evening he fell down by a tree, and on the seventh morning he could not raise himself up for faintness, and death was close at hand. Then said the shoemaker, \"I will show mercy and give you bread once more, but you shall not have it for nothing, I shall put out your other eye for it.\"\n\nAnd now the tailor felt how thoughtless his life had been, prayed to God for forgiveness, and said, \"Do what you will, I will bear what I must, but remember that our Lord God does not always look on passively, and that an hour will come when the evil deed which you have done to me, and which I have not deserved of you, will be requited. When times were good with me, I shared what I had with you. My trade is of that kind that each stitch must always be exactly like the other. If I no longer have my eyes and can sew no more I must go a-begging. At any rate do not leave me here alone when I am blind, or I shall die of hunger.\" The shoemaker, however, who had driven God out of his heart, took the knife and put out his left eye. Then he gave him a bit of bread to eat, held out a stick to him, and drew him on behind him.\n\nWhen the sun went down, they got out of the forest, and before them in the open country stood the gallows. Thither the shoemaker guided the blind tailor, and then left him alone and went his way. Weariness, pain, and hunger made the wretched man fall asleep, and he slept the whole night. When day dawned he awoke, but knew not where he lay. Two poor sinners were hanging on the gallows, and a crow sat on the head of each of them. Then one of the men who had been hanged began to speak, and said, \"Brother, are you awake?\" \"Yes, I am awake,\" answered the second. \"Then I will tell you something,\" said the first, \"the dew which this night has fallen down over us from the gallows, gives every one who washes himself with it his eyes again. If blind people did but know this, how many would regain their sight who do not believe that to be possible.\"\n\nWhen the tailor heard that, he took his pocket-handkerchief, pressed it on the grass, and when it was moist with dew, washed the sockets of his eyes with it. Immediately was fulfilled what the man on the gallows had said, and a couple of healthy new eyes filled the sockets. It was not long before the tailor saw the sun rise behind the mountains, in the plain before him lay the great royal city with its magnificent gates and hundred towers, and the golden balls and crosses which were on the spires began to shine. He could distinguish every leaf on the trees, saw the birds which flew past, and the midges which danced in the air. He took a needle out of his pocket, and as he could thread it as well as ever he had done, his heart danced with delight. He threw himself on his knees, thanked God for the mercy he had shown him, and said his morning prayer. Nor did he forget to pray for the poor sinners who were hanging there swinging against each other in the wind like the pendulums of clocks. Then he took his bundle on his back and soon forgot the pain of heart he had endured, and went on his way singing and whistling.\n\nThe first thing he met was a brown foal running about the fields at large. He caught it by the mane, and wanted to spring on it and ride into the town. The foal, however, begged to be set free. \"I am still too young,\" it said, \"even a light tailor such as you are would break my back in two - let me go till I have grown strong. A time may perhaps come when I may reward you for it.\" \"Run off,\" said the tailor, \"I see you are still a giddy thing.\" He gave it a touch with a switch over its back, whereupon it kicked up its hind legs for joy, leapt over hedges and ditches, and galloped away into the open country.\n\nBut the little tailor had eaten nothing since the day before. The sun to be sure fills my eyes, said he, but the bread does not fill my mouth. The first thing that comes my way and is even half edible will have to suffer for it. In the meantime a stork stepped solemnly over the meadow towards him. \"Halt, halt,\" cried the tailor, and seized him by the leg. \"I don't know if you are good to eat or not, but my hunger leaves me no great choice. I must cut your head off, and roast you.\" \"Don't do that,\" replied the stork, \"I am a sacred bird which brings mankind great profit, and no one does me an injury. Leave me my life, and I may do you good in some other way.\" \"Well, be off, cousin longlegs,\" said the tailor. The stork rose up, let its long legs hang down, and flew gently away.\n\n\"What's to be the end of this,\" said the tailor to himself at last, \"my hunger grows greater and greater, and my stomach more and more empty. Whatsoever comes in my way now is lost.\" At this point he saw a couple of young ducks which were on a pond come swimming towards him. \"You come just at the right moment,\" said he, and laid hold of one of them and was about to wring its neck. On this an old duck which was hidden among the reeds, began to scream loudly, and swam to him with open beak, and begged him urgently to spare her dear children. \"Can you not imagine,\" said she, \"how your mother would mourn if any one wanted to carry you off, and give you your finishing stroke.\" \"Just be quiet,\" said the good-tempered tailor, \"you shall keep your children,\" and put the prisoner back into the water.\n\nWhen he turned round, he was standing in front of an old tree which was partly hollow, and saw some wild bees flying in and out of it. \"There I shall at once find the reward of my good deed,\" said the tailor, \"the honey will refresh me.\" But the queen-bee came out, threatened him and said, \"If you touch my people and destroy my nest, our stings shall pierce your skin like ten thousand red-hot needles. But if you leave us in peace and go your way, we will do you a service for it another time.\"\n\nThe little tailor saw that here also nothing was to be done. Three dishes empty and nothing on the fourth is a bad dinner. He dragged himself therefore with his starved-out stomach into the town, and as it was just striking twelve, all was ready-cooked for him in the inn, and he was able to sit down at once to dinner. When he was satisfied he said, \"Now I will get to work.\" He went round the town, sought a master, and soon found a good situation. And as he had thoroughly learnt his trade, it was not long before he became famous, and every one wanted to have his new coat made by the little tailor, whose importance increased daily. \"I can go no further in skill,\" said he, \"and yet things improve every day.\" At last the king appointed him court-tailor.\n\nBut what odd things do happen in the world. On the very same day his former comrade the shoemaker also became court-shoemaker. When the latter caught sight of the tailor, and saw that he had once more two healthy eyes, his conscience troubled him. \"Before he takes revenge on me,\" thought he to himself, \"I must dig a pit for him.\" He, however, who digs a pit for another, falls into it himself. In the evening when work was over and it had grown dusk, he stole to the king and said, \"Lord king, the tailor is an arrogant fellow and has boasted that he will get the golden crown back again which was lost in ancient times.\" \"That would please me very much,\" said the king, and he caused the tailor to be brought before him next morning, and ordered him to get the crown back again, or to leave the town for ever. \"Oho,\" thought the tailor, \"a rogue gives more than he has got. If the surly king wants me to do what can be done by no one, I will not wait till morning, but will go out of the town at once, to-day.\"\n\nHe packed up his bundle, therefore, but when he was without the gate he could not help being sorry to give up his good fortune, and turn his back on the town in which all had gone so well with him. He came to the pond where he had made the acquaintance of the ducks, at that very moment the old one whose young ones he had spared, was sitting there by the shore, pluming herself with her beak. She knew him again instantly, and asked why he was hanging his head so. \"You will not be surprised when you hear what has befallen me,\" replied the tailor, and told her his fate. \"If that be all,\" said the duck, \"we can help you. The crown fell into the water, and it lies down below at the bottom, we will soon bring it up again for you. In the meantime just spread out your handkerchief on the bank.\" She dived down with her twelve young ones, and in five minutes she was up again and sat with the crown resting on her wings, and the twelve young ones were swimming round about and had put their beaks under it, and were helping to carry it. They swam to the shore and put the crown on the handkerchief. No one can imagine how magnificent the crown was, when the sun shone on it, it gleamed like a hundred thousand carbuncles. The tailor tied his handkerchief together by the four corners, and carried it to the king, who was full of joy, and put a gold chain round the tailor's neck.\n\nWhen the shoemaker saw that one blow had failed, he contrived a second, and went to the king and said, \"Lord king, the tailor has become insolent again, he boasts that he will copy in wax the whole of the royal palace, with everything that pertains to it, loose or fast, inside and out.\" The king sent for the tailor and ordered him to copy in wax the whole of the royal palace, with everything that pertained to it, movable or immovable, within and without, and if he did not succeed in doing this, or if so much as one nail on the wall were wanting, he should be imprisoned for his whole life underground.\n\nThe tailor thought, \"It gets worse and worse. No one can endure that,\" and threw his bundle on his back, and went forth. When he came to the hollow tree, he sat down and hung his head. The bees came flying out, and the queen-bee asked him if he had a stiff neck, since he hung his head so. \"Alas, no,\" answered the tailor, \"something quite different weighs me down,\" and he told her what the king had demanded of him. The bees began to buzz and hum amongst themselves, and the queen-bee said, \"Just go home again, but come back to-morrow at this time, and bring a large sheet with you, and then all will be well.\" So he turned back again, but the bees flew to the royal palace and straight into it through the open windows, crept round about into every corner, and inspected everything most carefully. Then they hurried back and modelled the palace in wax with such rapidity that any one looking on would have thought it was growing before his eyes. By the evening all was ready, and when the tailor came next morning, the whole of the splendid building was there, and not one nail in the wall or tile of the roof was wanting, and it was delicate withal, and white as snow, and smelt sweet as honey. The tailor wrapped it carefully in his cloth and took it to the king, who could not admire it enough, placed it in his largest hall, and in return for it presented the tailor with a large stone house.\n\nThe shoemaker, however, did not give up, but went for the third time to the king and said, \"Lord king, it has come to the tailor's ears that no water will spring up in the court-yard of the castle and he has boasted that it shall rise up in the midst of the court-yard to a man's height and be clear as crystal.\" Then the king ordered the tailor to be brought before him and said, \"If a stream of water does not rise in my court-yard by to-morrow as you have promised, the executioner shall in that very place make you shorter by a head.\" The poor tailor did not take long to think about it, but hurried out to the gate, and because this time it was a matter of life and death to him, tears rolled down his face.\n\nWhile he was thus going forth full of sorrow, the foal to which he had formerly given its liberty, and which had now become a beautiful chestnut horse, came leaping towards him. \"The time has come,\" it said to the tailor, \"when I can repay you for your good deed. I know already what is needful to you, but you shall soon have help, get on me, my back can carry two such as you.\" The tailor's courage came back to him, he jumped up in one bound, and the horse went full speed into the town, and right up to the court-yard of the castle. It galloped as quick as lightning thrice round it, and at the third time it fell violently down. At the same instant, however, there was a terrific clap of thunder, a fragment of earth in the middle of the court-yard sprang like a cannon-ball into the air, and over the castle, and directly after it a jet of water rose as high as a man on horseback, and the water was as pure as crystal, and the sunbeams began to dance on it. When the king saw this, he arose in amazement, and went and embraced the tailor in the sight of all men.\n\nBut good fortune did not last long. The king had daughters in plenty, one still prettier than the other, but he had no son. So the malicious shoemaker betook himself for the fourth time to the king, and said, \"Lord king, the tailor has not given up his arrogance. He has now boasted that if he liked, he could cause a son to be brought to the lord king through the air.\" The king commanded the tailor to be summoned, and said, \"If you cause a son to be brought to me within nine days, you shall have my eldest daughter to wife.\" \"The reward is indeed great,\" thought the little tailor, \"one would willingly do something for it, but the cherries grow too high for me, if I climb for them, the bough will break beneath me, and I shall fall.\"\n\nHe went home, seated himself cross-legged on his work-table, and thought over what was to be done. \"It can't be managed,\" cried he at last, \"I will go away, after all, I can't live in peace here.\" He tied up his bundle and hurried away to the gate. When he got to the meadow, he perceived his old friend the stork, who was walking backwards and forwards like a philosopher. Sometimes he stood still, took a frog into close consideration, and at length swallowed it down. The stork came to him and greeted him. \"I see,\" he began, \"that you have your pack on your back. Why are you leaving the town?\" The tailor told him what the king had required of him, and how he could not perform it, and lamented his misfortune. \"Don't let that turn your hair grey,\" said the stork, \"I will help you out of your difficulty. For a long time now, I have carried the children in swaddling-clothes into the town, so for once in a way, I can fetch a little prince out of the well. Go home and be easy. In nine days from this time repair to the royal palace, and there will I come.\" The little tailor went home, and at the appointed time was at the castle. It was not long before the stork came flying thither and tapped at the window. The tailor opened it, and cousin longlegs came carefully in, and walked with solemn steps over the smooth marble pavement. He had, moreover, a baby in his beak that was as lovely as an angel, and stretched out its little hands to the queen. The stork laid it in her lap, and she caressed it and kissed it, and was beside herself with delight. Before the stork flew away, he took his traveling bag off his back and handed it over to the queen. In it there were little paper parcels with colored sweetmeats, and they were divided amongst the little princesses. The eldest, however, received none of them, but instead got the merry tailor for a husband. \"It seems to me,\" said he, \"just as if I had won the highest prize. My mother was if right after all, she always said that whoever trusts in God and only has good luck, can never fail.\"\n\nThe shoemaker had to make the shoes in which the little tailor danced at the wedding festival, after which he was commanded to quit the town for ever. The road to the forest led him to the gallows. Worn out with anger, rage, and the heat of the day, he threw himself down. When he had closed his eyes and was about to sleep, the two crows flew down from the heads of the men who were hanging there, and pecked his eyes out. In his madness he ran into the forest and must have died there of hunger, for no one has ever either seen him or heard of him again.",
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"Hill and vale do not meet, but the children of men do, good and bad. In this way a shoemaker and a tailor once met on their travels. The tailor was a handsome little fellow who was always merry and full of enjoyment. He saw the shoemaker coming towards him from the other side, and as he observed by his bag what kind of a trade he plied, he sang a little mocking song to him, sew me the seam, draw me the thread, spread it over with pitch, knock the nail on the head.",
"The shoemaker, however, could not bear a joke, he pulled a face as if he had drunk vinegar, and made a gesture as if he were about to seize the tailor by the throat. But the little fellow began to laugh, reached him his bottle, and said, \"No harm was meant, take a drink, and swallow your anger down.\" The shoemaker took a very hearty drink, and the storm on his face began to clear away. He gave the bottle back to the tailor, and said, \"I took a hearty gulp, they say it comes from much drinking, but not from great thirst. Shall we travel together?\" \"All right,\" answered the tailor, \"if only it suits you to go into a big town where there is no lack of work.\" \"That is just where I want to go,\" answered the shoemaker.",
"\"In a small hamlet there is nothing to earn, and in the country, people like to go barefoot.\" They traveled therefore onwards together, and always set one foot before the other like a weasel in the snow.",
"Both of them had time enough, but little to bite and to break. When they reached a town they went about and paid their respects to the tradesmen, and because the tailor looked so lively and merry, and had such fine red cheeks, every one gave him work willingly, and when luck was good the master's daughters gave him a kiss beneath the porch, as well. When he again fell in with the shoemaker, the tailor had always the most in his bundle. The ill-tempered shoemaker made a wry face, and thought, the greater the rascal the more the luck. But the tailor began to laugh and to sing, and shared all he got with his comrade. If a couple of pence jingled in his pockets, he ordered good cheer, and thumped the table in his joy till the glasses danced and it was lightly come, lightly go, with him.",
"When they had traveled for some time, they came to a great forest through which passed the road to the capital. Two foot-paths, however, led through it, one of which was a seven days, journey and the other only two, but neither of the travelers knew which way was the short one. They seated themselves beneath an oak-tree, and took counsel together how they should forecast, and for how many days they should provide themselves with bread.",
"The shoemaker said, \"One must look before one leaps, I will take with me bread for a week.\" \"What,\" said the tailor, \"drag bread for seven days on one's back like a beast of burden and not be able to look about? I shall trust in God, and not trouble myself about anything. The money I have in my pocket is as good in summer as in winter, but in hot weather bread gets dry, and moldy into the bargain, even my coat does not last as far as it might. Besides, why should we not find the right way? Bread for two days, and that's enough.\" Each, therefore, bought his own bread, and then they tried their luck in the forest.",
"It was as quiet there as in a church. No wind stirred, no brook murmured, no bird sang, and through the thickly-leaved branches no sunbeam forced its way. The shoemaker spoke never a word, the bread weighed so heavily on his back that the sweat streamed down his cross and gloomy face. The tailor, however, was quite merry, he jumped about, whistled on a leaf, or sang a song, and thought to himself, God in heaven must be pleased to see me so happy.",
"This lasted two days, but on the third the forest would not come to an end, and the tailor had eaten up all his bread, so after all his heart sank down a yard deeper. Nevertheless, he did not lose courage, but relied on God and on his luck. On the evening of the third day he lay down hungry under a tree, and rose again next morning hungry still, so also passed the fourth day, and when the shoemaker seated himself on a fallen tree and devoured his dinner the tailor was only a spectator. If he begged for a little piece of bread, the other laughed mockingly, and said, \"You have always been so merry, now you can see for once what it is to be sad, the birds which sing too early in the morning are struck by the hawk in the evening.\" In short, he was pitiless.",
"But on the fifth morning the poor tailor could no longer stand up, and was hardly able to utter one word for weakness, his cheeks were white, and his eyes were red. Then the shoemaker said to him, \"I will give you a bit of bread to-day, but in return for it, I will put out your right eye.\" The unhappy tailor who still wished to save his life, had to submit, he wept once more with both eyes, and then held them out, and the shoemaker, who had a heart of stone, put out his right eye with a sharp knife. The tailor called to remembrance what his mother had formerly said to him when he had been eating secretly in the pantry. Eat what one can, and suffer what one must.",
"When he had consumed his dearly-bought bread, he got on his legs again, forgot his misery and comforted himself with the thought that he could always see enough with one eye.",
"But on the sixth day, hunger made itself felt again and gnawed him almost to the heart. In the evening he fell down by a tree, and on the seventh morning he could not raise himself up for faintness, and death was close at hand. Then said the shoemaker, \"I will show mercy and give you bread once more, but you shall not have it for nothing, I shall put out your other eye for it.\"",
"And now the tailor felt how thoughtless his life had been, prayed to God for forgiveness, and said, \"Do what you will, I will bear what I must, but remember that our Lord God does not always look on passively, and that an hour will come when the evil deed which you have done to me, and which I have not deserved of you, will be requited. When times were good with me, I shared what I had with you. My trade is of that kind that each stitch must always be exactly like the other. If I no longer have my eyes and can sew no more I must go a-begging. At any rate do not leave me here alone when I am blind, or I shall die of hunger.\" The shoemaker, however, who had driven God out of his heart, took the knife and put out his left eye.",
"Then he gave him a bit of bread to eat, held out a stick to him, and drew him on behind him.",
"When the sun went down, they got out of the forest, and before them in the open country stood the gallows. Thither the shoemaker guided the blind tailor, and then left him alone and went his way. Weariness, pain, and hunger made the wretched man fall asleep, and he slept the whole night. When day dawned he awoke, but knew not where he lay. Two poor sinners were hanging on the gallows, and a crow sat on the head of each of them. Then one of the men who had been hanged began to speak, and said, \"Brother, are you awake?\" \"Yes, I am awake,\" answered the second. \"Then I will tell you something,\" said the first, \"the dew which this night has fallen down over us from the gallows, gives every one who washes himself with it his eyes again.",
"If blind people did but know this, how many would regain their sight who do not believe that to be possible.\"",
"When the tailor heard that, he took his pocket-handkerchief, pressed it on the grass, and when it was moist with dew, washed the sockets of his eyes with it. Immediately was fulfilled what the man on the gallows had said, and a couple of healthy new eyes filled the sockets. It was not long before the tailor saw the sun rise behind the mountains, in the plain before him lay the great royal city with its magnificent gates and hundred towers, and the golden balls and crosses which were on the spires began to shine. He could distinguish every leaf on the trees, saw the birds which flew past, and the midges which danced in the air. He took a needle out of his pocket, and as he could thread it as well as ever he had done, his heart danced with delight.",
"He threw himself on his knees, thanked God for the mercy he had shown him, and said his morning prayer. Nor did he forget to pray for the poor sinners who were hanging there swinging against each other in the wind like the pendulums of clocks. Then he took his bundle on his back and soon forgot the pain of heart he had endured, and went on his way singing and whistling.",
"The first thing he met was a brown foal running about the fields at large. He caught it by the mane, and wanted to spring on it and ride into the town. The foal, however, begged to be set free. \"I am still too young,\" it said, \"even a light tailor such as you are would break my back in two - let me go till I have grown strong. A time may perhaps come when I may reward you for it.\" \"Run off,\" said the tailor, \"I see you are still a giddy thing.\" He gave it a touch with a switch over its back, whereupon it kicked up its hind legs for joy, leapt over hedges and ditches, and galloped away into the open country.",
"But the little tailor had eaten nothing since the day before. The sun to be sure fills my eyes, said he, but the bread does not fill my mouth. The first thing that comes my way and is even half edible will have to suffer for it. In the meantime a stork stepped solemnly over the meadow towards him. \"Halt, halt,\" cried the tailor, and seized him by the leg. \"I don't know if you are good to eat or not, but my hunger leaves me no great choice. I must cut your head off, and roast you.\" \"Don't do that,\" replied the stork, \"I am a sacred bird which brings mankind great profit, and no one does me an injury. Leave me my life, and I may do you good in some other way.\" \"Well, be off, cousin longlegs,\" said the tailor. The stork rose up, let its long legs hang down, and flew gently away.",
"\"What's to be the end of this,\" said the tailor to himself at last, \"my hunger grows greater and greater, and my stomach more and more empty. Whatsoever comes in my way now is lost.\" At this point he saw a couple of young ducks which were on a pond come swimming towards him. \"You come just at the right moment,\" said he, and laid hold of one of them and was about to wring its neck. On this an old duck which was hidden among the reeds, began to scream loudly, and swam to him with open beak, and begged him urgently to spare her dear children. \"Can you not imagine,\" said she, \"how your mother would mourn if any one wanted to carry you off, and give you your finishing stroke.\"",
"\"Just be quiet,\" said the good-tempered tailor, \"you shall keep your children,\" and put the prisoner back into the water.",
"When he turned round, he was standing in front of an old tree which was partly hollow, and saw some wild bees flying in and out of it. \"There I shall at once find the reward of my good deed,\" said the tailor, \"the honey will refresh me.\" But the queen-bee came out, threatened him and said, \"If you touch my people and destroy my nest, our stings shall pierce your skin like ten thousand red-hot needles. But if you leave us in peace and go your way, we will do you a service for it another time.\"",
"The little tailor saw that here also nothing was to be done. Three dishes empty and nothing on the fourth is a bad dinner. He dragged himself therefore with his starved-out stomach into the town, and as it was just striking twelve, all was ready-cooked for him in the inn, and he was able to sit down at once to dinner. When he was satisfied he said, \"Now I will get to work.\" He went round the town, sought a master, and soon found a good situation. And as he had thoroughly learnt his trade, it was not long before he became famous, and every one wanted to have his new coat made by the little tailor, whose importance increased daily. \"I can go no further in skill,\" said he, \"and yet things improve every day.\" At last the king appointed him court-tailor.",
"But what odd things do happen in the world. On the very same day his former comrade the shoemaker also became court-shoemaker. When the latter caught sight of the tailor, and saw that he had once more two healthy eyes, his conscience troubled him. \"Before he takes revenge on me,\" thought he to himself, \"I must dig a pit for him.\" He, however, who digs a pit for another, falls into it himself. In the evening when work was over and it had grown dusk, he stole to the king and said, \"Lord king, the tailor is an arrogant fellow and has boasted that he will get the golden crown back again which was lost in ancient times.\"",
"\"That would please me very much,\" said the king, and he caused the tailor to be brought before him next morning, and ordered him to get the crown back again, or to leave the town for ever. \"Oho,\" thought the tailor, \"a rogue gives more than he has got. If the surly king wants me to do what can be done by no one, I will not wait till morning, but will go out of the town at once, to-day.\"",
"He packed up his bundle, therefore, but when he was without the gate he could not help being sorry to give up his good fortune, and turn his back on the town in which all had gone so well with him. He came to the pond where he had made the acquaintance of the ducks, at that very moment the old one whose young ones he had spared, was sitting there by the shore, pluming herself with her beak. She knew him again instantly, and asked why he was hanging his head so. \"You will not be surprised when you hear what has befallen me,\" replied the tailor, and told her his fate. \"If that be all,\" said the duck, \"we can help you. The crown fell into the water, and it lies down below at the bottom, we will soon bring it up again for you. In the meantime just spread out your handkerchief on the bank.\"",
"She dived down with her twelve young ones, and in five minutes she was up again and sat with the crown resting on her wings, and the twelve young ones were swimming round about and had put their beaks under it, and were helping to carry it. They swam to the shore and put the crown on the handkerchief. No one can imagine how magnificent the crown was, when the sun shone on it, it gleamed like a hundred thousand carbuncles. The tailor tied his handkerchief together by the four corners, and carried it to the king, who was full of joy, and put a gold chain round the tailor's neck.",
"When the shoemaker saw that one blow had failed, he contrived a second, and went to the king and said, \"Lord king, the tailor has become insolent again, he boasts that he will copy in wax the whole of the royal palace, with everything that pertains to it, loose or fast, inside and out.\" The king sent for the tailor and ordered him to copy in wax the whole of the royal palace, with everything that pertained to it, movable or immovable, within and without, and if he did not succeed in doing this, or if so much as one nail on the wall were wanting, he should be imprisoned for his whole life underground.",
"The tailor thought, \"It gets worse and worse. No one can endure that,\" and threw his bundle on his back, and went forth. When he came to the hollow tree, he sat down and hung his head. The bees came flying out, and the queen-bee asked him if he had a stiff neck, since he hung his head so. \"Alas, no,\" answered the tailor, \"something quite different weighs me down,\" and he told her what the king had demanded of him. The bees began to buzz and hum amongst themselves, and the queen-bee said, \"Just go home again, but come back to-morrow at this time, and bring a large sheet with you, and then all will be well.\"",
"So he turned back again, but the bees flew to the royal palace and straight into it through the open windows, crept round about into every corner, and inspected everything most carefully. Then they hurried back and modelled the palace in wax with such rapidity that any one looking on would have thought it was growing before his eyes. By the evening all was ready, and when the tailor came next morning, the whole of the splendid building was there, and not one nail in the wall or tile of the roof was wanting, and it was delicate withal, and white as snow, and smelt sweet as honey. The tailor wrapped it carefully in his cloth and took it to the king, who could not admire it enough, placed it in his largest hall, and in return for it presented the tailor with a large stone house.",
"The shoemaker, however, did not give up, but went for the third time to the king and said, \"Lord king, it has come to the tailor's ears that no water will spring up in the court-yard of the castle and he has boasted that it shall rise up in the midst of the court-yard to a man's height and be clear as crystal.\" Then the king ordered the tailor to be brought before him and said, \"If a stream of water does not rise in my court-yard by to-morrow as you have promised, the executioner shall in that very place make you shorter by a head.\" The poor tailor did not take long to think about it, but hurried out to the gate, and because this time it was a matter of life and death to him, tears rolled down his face.",
"While he was thus going forth full of sorrow, the foal to which he had formerly given its liberty, and which had now become a beautiful chestnut horse, came leaping towards him. \"The time has come,\" it said to the tailor, \"when I can repay you for your good deed. I know already what is needful to you, but you shall soon have help, get on me, my back can carry two such as you.\" The tailor's courage came back to him, he jumped up in one bound, and the horse went full speed into the town, and right up to the court-yard of the castle. It galloped as quick as lightning thrice round it, and at the third time it fell violently down.",
"At the same instant, however, there was a terrific clap of thunder, a fragment of earth in the middle of the court-yard sprang like a cannon-ball into the air, and over the castle, and directly after it a jet of water rose as high as a man on horseback, and the water was as pure as crystal, and the sunbeams began to dance on it. When the king saw this, he arose in amazement, and went and embraced the tailor in the sight of all men.",
"But good fortune did not last long. The king had daughters in plenty, one still prettier than the other, but he had no son. So the malicious shoemaker betook himself for the fourth time to the king, and said, \"Lord king, the tailor has not given up his arrogance. He has now boasted that if he liked, he could cause a son to be brought to the lord king through the air.\" The king commanded the tailor to be summoned, and said, \"If you cause a son to be brought to me within nine days, you shall have my eldest daughter to wife.\" \"The reward is indeed great,\" thought the little tailor, \"one would willingly do something for it, but the cherries grow too high for me, if I climb for them, the bough will break beneath me, and I shall fall.\"",
"He went home, seated himself cross-legged on his work-table, and thought over what was to be done. \"It can't be managed,\" cried he at last, \"I will go away, after all, I can't live in peace here.\" He tied up his bundle and hurried away to the gate. When he got to the meadow, he perceived his old friend the stork, who was walking backwards and forwards like a philosopher. Sometimes he stood still, took a frog into close consideration, and at length swallowed it down. The stork came to him and greeted him. \"I see,\" he began, \"that you have your pack on your back. Why are you leaving the town?\" The tailor told him what the king had required of him, and how he could not perform it, and lamented his misfortune.",
"\"Don't let that turn your hair grey,\" said the stork, \"I will help you out of your difficulty. For a long time now, I have carried the children in swaddling-clothes into the town, so for once in a way, I can fetch a little prince out of the well. Go home and be easy. In nine days from this time repair to the royal palace, and there will I come.\" The little tailor went home, and at the appointed time was at the castle. It was not long before the stork came flying thither and tapped at the window. The tailor opened it, and cousin longlegs came carefully in, and walked with solemn steps over the smooth marble pavement. He had, moreover, a baby in his beak that was as lovely as an angel, and stretched out its little hands to the queen.",
"The stork laid it in her lap, and she caressed it and kissed it, and was beside herself with delight. Before the stork flew away, he took his traveling bag off his back and handed it over to the queen. In it there were little paper parcels with colored sweetmeats, and they were divided amongst the little princesses. The eldest, however, received none of them, but instead got the merry tailor for a husband. \"It seems to me,\" said he, \"just as if I had won the highest prize. My mother was if right after all, she always said that whoever trusts in God and only has good luck, can never fail.\"",
"The shoemaker had to make the shoes in which the little tailor danced at the wedding festival, after which he was commanded to quit the town for ever. The road to the forest led him to the gallows. Worn out with anger, rage, and the heat of the day, he threw himself down. When he had closed his eyes and was about to sleep, the two crows flew down from the heads of the men who were hanging there, and pecked his eyes out. In his madness he ran into the forest and must have died there of hunger, for no one has ever either seen him or heard of him again."
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"Hill and vale do not meet, but the children of men do, good and bad. In this way a shoemaker and a tailor once met on their travels. The tailor was a handsome little fellow who was always merry and full of enjoyment. He saw the shoemaker coming towards him from the other side, and as he observed by his bag what kind of a trade he plied, he sang a little mocking song to him, sew me the seam, draw me the thread, spread it over with pitch, knock the nail on the head.",
"The shoemaker, however, could not bear a joke, he pulled a face as if he had drunk vinegar, and made a gesture as if he were about to seize the tailor by the throat. But the little fellow began to laugh, reached him his bottle, and said, \"No harm was meant, take a drink, and swallow your anger down.\" The shoemaker took a very hearty drink, and the storm on his face began to clear away. He gave the bottle back to the tailor, and said, \"I took a hearty gulp, they say it comes from much drinking, but not from great thirst. Shall we travel together?\" \"All right,\" answered the tailor, \"if only it suits you to go into a big town where there is no lack of work.\" \"That is just where I want to go,\" answered the shoemaker. \"In a small hamlet there is nothing to earn, and in the country, people like to go barefoot.\" They traveled therefore onwards together, and always set one foot before the other like a weasel in the snow.",
"Both of them had time enough, but little to bite and to break. When they reached a town they went about and paid their respects to the tradesmen, and because the tailor looked so lively and merry, and had such fine red cheeks, every one gave him work willingly, and when luck was good the master's daughters gave him a kiss beneath the porch, as well. When he again fell in with the shoemaker, the tailor had always the most in his bundle. The ill-tempered shoemaker made a wry face, and thought, the greater the rascal the more the luck. But the tailor began to laugh and to sing, and shared all he got with his comrade. If a couple of pence jingled in his pockets, he ordered good cheer, and thumped the table in his joy till the glasses danced and it was lightly come, lightly go, with him.",
"When they had traveled for some time, they came to a great forest through which passed the road to the capital. Two foot-paths, however, led through it, one of which was a seven days, journey and the other only two, but neither of the travelers knew which way was the short one. They seated themselves beneath an oak-tree, and took counsel together how they should forecast, and for how many days they should provide themselves with bread.",
"The shoemaker said, \"One must look before one leaps, I will take with me bread for a week.\" \"What,\" said the tailor, \"drag bread for seven days on one's back like a beast of burden and not be able to look about? I shall trust in God, and not trouble myself about anything. The money I have in my pocket is as good in summer as in winter, but in hot weather bread gets dry, and moldy into the bargain, even my coat does not last as far as it might. Besides, why should we not find the right way? Bread for two days, and that is enough.\" Each, therefore, bought his own bread, and then they tried their luck in the forest.",
"It was as quiet there as in a church. No wind stirred, no brook murmured, no bird sang, and through the thickly-leaved branches no sunbeam forced its way. The shoemaker spoke never a word, the bread weighed so heavily on his back that the sweat streamed down his cross and gloomy face. The tailor, however, was quite merry, he jumped about, whistled on a leaf, or sang a song, and thought to himself, God in heaven must be pleased to see me so happy.",
"This lasted two days, but on the third the forest would not come to an end, and the tailor had eaten up all his bread, so after all his heart sank down a yard deeper. Nevertheless, he did not lose courage, but relied on God and on his luck. On the evening of the third day he lay down hungry under a tree, and rose again next morning hungry still, so also passed the fourth day, and when the shoemaker seated himself on a fallen tree and devoured his dinner the tailor was only a spectator. If he begged for a little piece of bread, the other laughed mockingly, and said, \"You have always been so merry, now you can see for once what it is to be sad, the birds which sing too early in the morning are struck by the hawk in the evening.\" In short, he was pitiless. But on the fifth morning the poor tailor could no longer stand up, and was hardly able to utter one word for weakness, his cheeks were white, and his eyes were red. Then the shoemaker said to him, \"I will give you a bit of bread to-day, but in return for it, I will put out your right eye.\" The unhappy tailor who still wished to save his life, had to submit, he wept once more with both eyes, and then held them out, and the shoemaker, who had a heart of stone, put out his right eye with a sharp knife. The tailor called to remembrance what his mother had formerly said to him when he had been eating secretly in the pantry. Eat what one can, and suffer what one must. When he had consumed his dearly-bought bread, he got on his legs again, forgot his misery and comforted himself with the thought that he could always see enough with one eye.",
"But on the sixth day, hunger made itself felt again and gnawed him almost to the heart. In the evening he fell down by a tree, and on the seventh morning he could not raise himself up for faintness, and death was close at hand. Then said the shoemaker, \"I will show mercy and give you bread once more, but you shall not have it for nothing, I shall put out your other eye for it.\"",
"And now the tailor felt how thoughtless his life had been, prayed to God for forgiveness, and said, \"Do what you will, I will bear what I must, but remember that our Lord God does not always look on passively, and that an hour will come when the evil deed which you have done to me, and which I have not deserved of you, will be requited. When times were good with me, I shared what I had with you. My trade is of that kind that each stitch must always be exactly like the other. If I no longer have my eyes and can sew no more I must go a-begging. At any rate do not leave me here alone when I am blind, or I shall die of hunger.\" The shoemaker, however, who had driven God out of his heart, took the knife and put out his left eye. Then he gave him a bit of bread to eat, held out a stick to him, and drew him on behind him.",
"When the sun went down, they got out of the forest, and before them in the open country stood the gallows. Thither the shoemaker guided the blind tailor, and then left him alone and went his way. Weariness, pain, and hunger made the wretched man fall asleep, and he slept the whole night. When day dawned he awoke, but knew not where he lay. Two poor sinners were hanging on the gallows, and a crow sat on the head of each of them. Then one of the men who had been hanged began to speak, and said, \"Brother, are you awake?\" \"Yes, I am awake,\" answered the second. \"Then I will tell you something,\" said the first, \"the dew which this night has fallen down over us from the gallows, gives every one who washes himself with it his eyes again. If blind people did but know this, how many would regain their sight who do not believe that to be possible.\"",
"When the tailor heard that, he took his pocket-handkerchief, pressed it on the grass, and when it was moist with dew, washed the sockets of his eyes with it. Immediately was fulfilled what the man on the gallows had said, and a couple of healthy new eyes filled the sockets. It was not long before the tailor saw the sun rise behind the mountains, in the plain before him lay the great royal city with its magnificent gates and hundred towers, and the golden balls and crosses which were on the spires began to shine. He could distinguish every leaf on the trees, saw the birds which flew past, and the midges which danced in the air. He took a needle out of his pocket, and as he could thread it as well as ever he had done, his heart danced with delight. He threw himself on his knees, thanked God for the mercy he had shown him, and said his morning prayer. Nor did he forget to pray for the poor sinners who were hanging there swinging against each other in the wind like the pendulums of clocks. Then he took his bundle on his back and soon forgot the pain of heart he had endured, and went on his way singing and whistling.",
"The first thing he met was a brown foal running about the fields at large. He caught it by the mane, and wanted to spring on it and ride into the town. The foal, however, begged to be set free. \"I am still too young,\" it said, \"even a light tailor such as you are would break my back in two - let me go till I have grown strong. A time may perhaps come when I may reward you for it.\" \"Run off,\" said the tailor, \"I see you are still a giddy thing.\" He gave it a touch with a switch over its back, whereupon it kicked up its hind legs for joy, leapt over hedges and ditches, and galloped away into the open country.",
"But the little tailor had eaten nothing since the day before. The sun to be sure fills my eyes, said he, but the bread does not fill my mouth. The first thing that comes my way and is even half edible will have to suffer for it. In the meantime a stork stepped solemnly over the meadow towards him. \"Halt, halt,\" cried the tailor, and seized him by the leg. \"I do not know if you are good to eat or not, but my hunger leaves me no great choice. I must cut your head off, and roast you.\" \"Do not do that,\" replied the stork, \"I am a sacred bird which brings mankind great profit, and no one does me an injury. Leave me my life, and I may do you good in some other way.\" \"Well, be off, cousin longlegs,\" said the tailor. The stork rose up, let its long legs hang down, and flew gently away.",
"\"What is to be the end of this,\" said the tailor to himself at last, \"my hunger grows greater and greater, and my stomach more and more empty. Whatever comes in my way now is lost.\" At this point he saw a couple of young ducks which were on a pond come swimming towards him. \"You come just at the right moment,\" said he, and laid hold of one of them and was about to wring its neck. On this an old duck which was hidden among the reeds, began to scream loudly, and swam to him with open beak, and begged him urgently to spare her dear children. \"Can you not imagine,\" said she, \"how your mother would mourn if any one wanted to carry you off, and give you your finishing stroke.\" \"Just be quiet,\" said the good-tempered tailor, \"you shall keep your children,\" and put the prisoner back into the water.",
"When he turned round, he was standing in front of an old tree which was partly hollow, and saw some wild bees flying in and out of it. \"There I shall at once find the reward of my good deed,\" said the tailor, \"the honey will refresh me.\" But the queen-bee came out, threatened him and said, \"If you touch my people and destroy my nest, our stings shall pierce your skin like ten thousand red-hot needles. But if you leave us in peace and go your way, we will do you a service for it another time.\"",
"The little tailor saw that here also nothing was to be done. Three dishes empty and nothing on the fourth is a bad dinner. He dragged himself therefore with his starved-out stomach into the town, and as it was just striking twelve, all was ready-cooked for him in the inn, and he was able to sit down at once to dinner. When he was satisfied he said, \"Now I will get to work.\" He went round the town, sought a master, and soon found a good situation. And as he had thoroughly learnt his trade, it was not long before he became famous, and every one wanted to have his new coat made by the little tailor, whose importance increased daily. \"I can go no further in skill,\" said he, \"and yet things improve every day.\" At last the king appointed him court-tailor.",
"But what odd things do happen in the world. On the very same day his former comrade the shoemaker also became court-shoemaker. When the latter caught sight of the tailor, and saw that he had once more two healthy eyes, his conscience troubled him. \"Before he takes revenge on me,\" thought he to himself, \"I must dig a pit for him.\" He, however, who digs a pit for another, falls into it himself. In the evening when work was over and it had grown dusk, he stole to the king and said, \"Lord king, the tailor is an arrogant fellow and has boasted that he will get the golden crown back again which was lost in ancient times.\" \"That would please me very much,\" said the king, and he caused the tailor to be brought before him next morning, and ordered him to get the crown back again, or to leave the town for ever. \"Oho,\" thought the tailor, \"a rogue gives more than he has got. If the surly king wants me to do what can be done by no one, I will not wait till morning, but will go out of the town at once, to-day.\"",
"He packed up his bundle, therefore, but when he was without the gate he could not help being sorry to give up his good fortune, and turn his back on the town in which all had gone so well with him. He came to the pond where he had made the acquaintance of the ducks, at that very moment the old one whose young ones he had spared, was sitting there by the shore, pluming herself with her beak. She knew him again instantly, and asked why he was hanging his head so. \"You will not be surprised when you hear what has befallen me,\" replied the tailor, and told her his fate. \"If that be all,\" said the duck, \"we can help you. The crown fell into the water, and it lies down below at the bottom, we will soon bring it up again for you. In the meantime just spread out your handkerchief on the bank.\" She dived down with her twelve young ones, and in five minutes she was up again and sat with the crown resting on her wings, and the twelve young ones were swimming round about and had put their beaks under it, and were helping to carry it. They swam to the shore and put the crown on the handkerchief. No one can imagine how magnificent the crown was, when the sun shone on it, it gleamed like a hundred thousand carbuncles. The tailor tied his handkerchief together by the four corners, and carried it to the king, who was full of joy, and put a gold chain round the tailor's neck.",
"When the shoemaker saw that one blow had failed, he contrived a second, and went to the king and said, \"Lord king, the tailor has become insolent again, he boasts that he will copy in wax the whole of the royal palace, with everything that pertains to it, loose or fast, inside and out.\" The king sent for the tailor and ordered him to copy in wax the whole of the royal palace, with everything that pertained to it, movable or immovable, within and without, and if he did not succeed in doing this, or if so much as one nail on the wall were wanting, he should be imprisoned for his whole life underground.",
"The tailor thought, \"It gets worse and worse. No one can endure that,\" and threw his bundle on his back, and went forth. When he came to the hollow tree, he sat down and hung his head. The bees came flying out, and the queen-bee asked him if he had a stiff neck, since he hung his head so. \"Alas, no,\" answered the tailor, \"something quite different weighs me down,\" and he told her what the king had demanded of him. The bees began to buzz and hum amongst themselves, and the queen-bee said, \"Just go home again, but come back to-morrow at this time, and bring a large sheet with you, and then all will be well.\" So he turned back again, but the bees flew to the royal palace and straight into it through the open windows, crept round about into every corner, and inspected everything most carefully. Then they hurried back and modelled the palace in wax with such rapidity that any one looking on would have thought it was growing before his eyes. By the evening all was ready, and when the tailor came next morning, the whole of the splendid building was there, and not one nail in the wall or tile of the roof was wanting, and it was delicate withal, and white as snow, and smelt sweet as honey. The tailor wrapped it carefully in his cloth and took it to the king, who could not admire it enough, placed it in his largest hall, and in return for it presented the tailor with a large stone house.",
"The shoemaker, however, did not give up, but went for the third time to the king and said, \"Lord king, it has come to the tailor's ears that no water will spring up in the court-yard of the castle and he has boasted that it shall rise up in the midst of the court-yard to a man's height and be clear as crystal.\" Then the king ordered the tailor to be brought before him and said, \"If a stream of water does not rise in my court-yard by to-morrow as you have promised, the executioner shall in that very place make you shorter by a head.\" The poor tailor did not take long to think about it, but hurried out to the gate, and because this time it was a matter of life and death to him, tears rolled down his face.",
"While he was thus going forth full of sorrow, the foal to which he had formerly given its liberty, and which had now become a beautiful chestnut horse, came leaping towards him. \"The time has come,\" it said to the tailor, \"when I can repay you for your good deed. I know already what is needful to you, but you shall soon have help, get on me, my back can carry two such as you.\" The tailor's courage came back to him, he jumped up in one bound, and the horse went full speed into the town, and right up to the court-yard of the castle. It galloped as quick as lightning thrice round it, and at the third time it fell violently down. At the same instant, however, there was a terrific clap of thunder, a fragment of earth in the middle of the court-yard sprang like a cannon-ball into the air, and over the castle, and directly after it a jet of water rose as high as a man on horseback, and the water was as pure as crystal, and the sunbeams began to dance on it. When the king saw this, he arose in amazement, and went and embraced the tailor in the sight of all men.",
"But good fortune did not last long. The king had daughters in plenty, one still prettier than the other, but he had no son. So the malicious shoemaker betook himself for the fourth time to the king, and said, \"Lord king, the tailor has not given up his arrogance. He has now boasted that if he liked, he could cause a son to be brought to the lord king through the air.\" The king commanded the tailor to be summoned, and said, \"If you cause a son to be brought to me within nine days, you shall have my eldest daughter to wife.\" \"The reward is indeed great,\" thought the little tailor, \"one would willingly do something for it, but the cherries grow too high for me, if I climb for them, the bough will break beneath me, and I shall fall.\"",
"He went home, seated himself cross-legged on his work-table, and thought over what was to be done. \"It cannot be managed,\" cried he at last, \"I will go away, after all, I cannot live in peace here.\" He tied up his bundle and hurried away to the gate. When he got to the meadow, he perceived his old friend the stork, who was walking backwards and forwards like a philosopher. Sometimes he stood still, took a frog into close consideration, and at length swallowed it down. The stork came to him and greeted him. \"I see,\" he began, \"that you have your pack on your back. Why are you leaving the town?\" The tailor told him what the king had required of him, and how he could not perform it, and lamented his misfortune. \"Do not let that turn your hair grey,\" said the stork, \"I will help you out of your difficulty. For a long time now, I have carried the children in swaddling-clothes into the town, so for once in a way, I can fetch a little prince out of the well. Go home and be easy. In nine days from this time repair to the royal palace, and there will I come.\" The little tailor went home, and at the appointed time was at the castle. It was not long before the stork came flying thither and tapped at the window. The tailor opened it, and cousin longlegs came carefully in, and walked with solemn steps over the smooth marble pavement. He had, moreover, a baby in his beak that was as lovely as an angel, and stretched out its little hands to the queen. The stork laid it in her lap, and she caressed it and kissed it, and was beside herself with delight. Before the stork flew away, he took his traveling bag off his back and handed it over to the queen. In it there were little paper parcels with colored sweetmeats, and they were divided amongst the little princesses. The eldest, however, received none of them, but instead got the merry tailor for a husband. \"It seems to me,\" said he, \"just as if I had won the highest prize. My mother was if right after all, she always said that whoever trusts in God and only has good luck, can never fail.\"",
"The shoemaker had to make the shoes in which the little tailor danced at the wedding festival, after which he was commanded to quit the town for ever. The road to the forest led him to the gallows. Worn out with anger, rage, and the heat of the day, he threw himself down. When he had closed his eyes and was about to sleep, the two crows flew down from the heads of the men who were hanging there, and pecked his eyes out. In his madness he ran into the forest and must have died there of hunger, for no one has ever either seen him or heard of him again."
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"speech_safe_text": "Hill and vale do not meet, but the children of men do, good and bad. In this way a shoemaker and a tailor once met on their travels. The tailor was a handsome little fellow who was always merry and full of enjoyment. He saw the shoemaker coming towards him from the other side, and as he observed by his bag what kind of a trade he plied, he sang a little mocking song to him, sew me the seam, draw me the thread, spread it over with pitch, knock the nail on the head.\n\nThe shoemaker, however, could not bear a joke, he pulled a face as if he had drunk vinegar, and made a gesture as if he were about to seize the tailor by the throat. But the little fellow began to laugh, reached him his bottle, and said, \"No harm was meant, take a drink, and swallow your anger down.\" The shoemaker took a very hearty drink, and the storm on his face began to clear away. He gave the bottle back to the tailor, and said, \"I took a hearty gulp, they say it comes from much drinking, but not from great thirst. Shall we travel together?\" \"All right,\" answered the tailor, \"if only it suits you to go into a big town where there is no lack of work.\" \"That is just where I want to go,\" answered the shoemaker. \"In a small hamlet there is nothing to earn, and in the country, people like to go barefoot.\" They traveled therefore onwards together, and always set one foot before the other like a weasel in the snow.\n\nBoth of them had time enough, but little to bite and to break. When they reached a town they went about and paid their respects to the tradesmen, and because the tailor looked so lively and merry, and had such fine red cheeks, every one gave him work willingly, and when luck was good the master's daughters gave him a kiss beneath the porch, as well. When he again fell in with the shoemaker, the tailor had always the most in his bundle. The ill-tempered shoemaker made a wry face, and thought, the greater the rascal the more the luck. But the tailor began to laugh and to sing, and shared all he got with his comrade. If a couple of pence jingled in his pockets, he ordered good cheer, and thumped the table in his joy till the glasses danced and it was lightly come, lightly go, with him.\n\nWhen they had traveled for some time, they came to a great forest through which passed the road to the capital. Two foot-paths, however, led through it, one of which was a seven days, journey and the other only two, but neither of the travelers knew which way was the short one. They seated themselves beneath an oak-tree, and took counsel together how they should forecast, and for how many days they should provide themselves with bread.\n\nThe shoemaker said, \"One must look before one leaps, I will take with me bread for a week.\" \"What,\" said the tailor, \"drag bread for seven days on one's back like a beast of burden and not be able to look about? I shall trust in God, and not trouble myself about anything. The money I have in my pocket is as good in summer as in winter, but in hot weather bread gets dry, and moldy into the bargain, even my coat does not last as far as it might. Besides, why should we not find the right way? Bread for two days, and that is enough.\" Each, therefore, bought his own bread, and then they tried their luck in the forest.\n\nIt was as quiet there as in a church. No wind stirred, no brook murmured, no bird sang, and through the thickly-leaved branches no sunbeam forced its way. The shoemaker spoke never a word, the bread weighed so heavily on his back that the sweat streamed down his cross and gloomy face. The tailor, however, was quite merry, he jumped about, whistled on a leaf, or sang a song, and thought to himself, God in heaven must be pleased to see me so happy.\n\nThis lasted two days, but on the third the forest would not come to an end, and the tailor had eaten up all his bread, so after all his heart sank down a yard deeper. Nevertheless, he did not lose courage, but relied on God and on his luck. On the evening of the third day he lay down hungry under a tree, and rose again next morning hungry still, so also passed the fourth day, and when the shoemaker seated himself on a fallen tree and devoured his dinner the tailor was only a spectator. If he begged for a little piece of bread, the other laughed mockingly, and said, \"You have always been so merry, now you can see for once what it is to be sad, the birds which sing too early in the morning are struck by the hawk in the evening.\" In short, he was pitiless. But on the fifth morning the poor tailor could no longer stand up, and was hardly able to utter one word for weakness, his cheeks were white, and his eyes were red. Then the shoemaker said to him, \"I will give you a bit of bread to-day, but in return for it, I will put out your right eye.\" The unhappy tailor who still wished to save his life, had to submit, he wept once more with both eyes, and then held them out, and the shoemaker, who had a heart of stone, put out his right eye with a sharp knife. The tailor called to remembrance what his mother had formerly said to him when he had been eating secretly in the pantry. Eat what one can, and suffer what one must. When he had consumed his dearly-bought bread, he got on his legs again, forgot his misery and comforted himself with the thought that he could always see enough with one eye.\n\nBut on the sixth day, hunger made itself felt again and gnawed him almost to the heart. In the evening he fell down by a tree, and on the seventh morning he could not raise himself up for faintness, and death was close at hand. Then said the shoemaker, \"I will show mercy and give you bread once more, but you shall not have it for nothing, I shall put out your other eye for it.\"\n\nAnd now the tailor felt how thoughtless his life had been, prayed to God for forgiveness, and said, \"Do what you will, I will bear what I must, but remember that our Lord God does not always look on passively, and that an hour will come when the evil deed which you have done to me, and which I have not deserved of you, will be requited. When times were good with me, I shared what I had with you. My trade is of that kind that each stitch must always be exactly like the other. If I no longer have my eyes and can sew no more I must go a-begging. At any rate do not leave me here alone when I am blind, or I shall die of hunger.\" The shoemaker, however, who had driven God out of his heart, took the knife and put out his left eye. Then he gave him a bit of bread to eat, held out a stick to him, and drew him on behind him.\n\nWhen the sun went down, they got out of the forest, and before them in the open country stood the gallows. Thither the shoemaker guided the blind tailor, and then left him alone and went his way. Weariness, pain, and hunger made the wretched man fall asleep, and he slept the whole night. When day dawned he awoke, but knew not where he lay. Two poor sinners were hanging on the gallows, and a crow sat on the head of each of them. Then one of the men who had been hanged began to speak, and said, \"Brother, are you awake?\" \"Yes, I am awake,\" answered the second. \"Then I will tell you something,\" said the first, \"the dew which this night has fallen down over us from the gallows, gives every one who washes himself with it his eyes again. If blind people did but know this, how many would regain their sight who do not believe that to be possible.\"\n\nWhen the tailor heard that, he took his pocket-handkerchief, pressed it on the grass, and when it was moist with dew, washed the sockets of his eyes with it. Immediately was fulfilled what the man on the gallows had said, and a couple of healthy new eyes filled the sockets. It was not long before the tailor saw the sun rise behind the mountains, in the plain before him lay the great royal city with its magnificent gates and hundred towers, and the golden balls and crosses which were on the spires began to shine. He could distinguish every leaf on the trees, saw the birds which flew past, and the midges which danced in the air. He took a needle out of his pocket, and as he could thread it as well as ever he had done, his heart danced with delight. He threw himself on his knees, thanked God for the mercy he had shown him, and said his morning prayer. Nor did he forget to pray for the poor sinners who were hanging there swinging against each other in the wind like the pendulums of clocks. Then he took his bundle on his back and soon forgot the pain of heart he had endured, and went on his way singing and whistling.\n\nThe first thing he met was a brown foal running about the fields at large. He caught it by the mane, and wanted to spring on it and ride into the town. The foal, however, begged to be set free. \"I am still too young,\" it said, \"even a light tailor such as you are would break my back in two - let me go till I have grown strong. A time may perhaps come when I may reward you for it.\" \"Run off,\" said the tailor, \"I see you are still a giddy thing.\" He gave it a touch with a switch over its back, whereupon it kicked up its hind legs for joy, leapt over hedges and ditches, and galloped away into the open country.\n\nBut the little tailor had eaten nothing since the day before. The sun to be sure fills my eyes, said he, but the bread does not fill my mouth. The first thing that comes my way and is even half edible will have to suffer for it. In the meantime a stork stepped solemnly over the meadow towards him. \"Halt, halt,\" cried the tailor, and seized him by the leg. \"I do not know if you are good to eat or not, but my hunger leaves me no great choice. I must cut your head off, and roast you.\" \"Do not do that,\" replied the stork, \"I am a sacred bird which brings mankind great profit, and no one does me an injury. Leave me my life, and I may do you good in some other way.\" \"Well, be off, cousin longlegs,\" said the tailor. The stork rose up, let its long legs hang down, and flew gently away.\n\n\"What is to be the end of this,\" said the tailor to himself at last, \"my hunger grows greater and greater, and my stomach more and more empty. Whatever comes in my way now is lost.\" At this point he saw a couple of young ducks which were on a pond come swimming towards him. \"You come just at the right moment,\" said he, and laid hold of one of them and was about to wring its neck. On this an old duck which was hidden among the reeds, began to scream loudly, and swam to him with open beak, and begged him urgently to spare her dear children. \"Can you not imagine,\" said she, \"how your mother would mourn if any one wanted to carry you off, and give you your finishing stroke.\" \"Just be quiet,\" said the good-tempered tailor, \"you shall keep your children,\" and put the prisoner back into the water.\n\nWhen he turned round, he was standing in front of an old tree which was partly hollow, and saw some wild bees flying in and out of it. \"There I shall at once find the reward of my good deed,\" said the tailor, \"the honey will refresh me.\" But the queen-bee came out, threatened him and said, \"If you touch my people and destroy my nest, our stings shall pierce your skin like ten thousand red-hot needles. But if you leave us in peace and go your way, we will do you a service for it another time.\"\n\nThe little tailor saw that here also nothing was to be done. Three dishes empty and nothing on the fourth is a bad dinner. He dragged himself therefore with his starved-out stomach into the town, and as it was just striking twelve, all was ready-cooked for him in the inn, and he was able to sit down at once to dinner. When he was satisfied he said, \"Now I will get to work.\" He went round the town, sought a master, and soon found a good situation. And as he had thoroughly learnt his trade, it was not long before he became famous, and every one wanted to have his new coat made by the little tailor, whose importance increased daily. \"I can go no further in skill,\" said he, \"and yet things improve every day.\" At last the king appointed him court-tailor.\n\nBut what odd things do happen in the world. On the very same day his former comrade the shoemaker also became court-shoemaker. When the latter caught sight of the tailor, and saw that he had once more two healthy eyes, his conscience troubled him. \"Before he takes revenge on me,\" thought he to himself, \"I must dig a pit for him.\" He, however, who digs a pit for another, falls into it himself. In the evening when work was over and it had grown dusk, he stole to the king and said, \"Lord king, the tailor is an arrogant fellow and has boasted that he will get the golden crown back again which was lost in ancient times.\" \"That would please me very much,\" said the king, and he caused the tailor to be brought before him next morning, and ordered him to get the crown back again, or to leave the town for ever. \"Oho,\" thought the tailor, \"a rogue gives more than he has got. If the surly king wants me to do what can be done by no one, I will not wait till morning, but will go out of the town at once, to-day.\"\n\nHe packed up his bundle, therefore, but when he was without the gate he could not help being sorry to give up his good fortune, and turn his back on the town in which all had gone so well with him. He came to the pond where he had made the acquaintance of the ducks, at that very moment the old one whose young ones he had spared, was sitting there by the shore, pluming herself with her beak. She knew him again instantly, and asked why he was hanging his head so. \"You will not be surprised when you hear what has befallen me,\" replied the tailor, and told her his fate. \"If that be all,\" said the duck, \"we can help you. The crown fell into the water, and it lies down below at the bottom, we will soon bring it up again for you. In the meantime just spread out your handkerchief on the bank.\" She dived down with her twelve young ones, and in five minutes she was up again and sat with the crown resting on her wings, and the twelve young ones were swimming round about and had put their beaks under it, and were helping to carry it. They swam to the shore and put the crown on the handkerchief. No one can imagine how magnificent the crown was, when the sun shone on it, it gleamed like a hundred thousand carbuncles. The tailor tied his handkerchief together by the four corners, and carried it to the king, who was full of joy, and put a gold chain round the tailor's neck.\n\nWhen the shoemaker saw that one blow had failed, he contrived a second, and went to the king and said, \"Lord king, the tailor has become insolent again, he boasts that he will copy in wax the whole of the royal palace, with everything that pertains to it, loose or fast, inside and out.\" The king sent for the tailor and ordered him to copy in wax the whole of the royal palace, with everything that pertained to it, movable or immovable, within and without, and if he did not succeed in doing this, or if so much as one nail on the wall were wanting, he should be imprisoned for his whole life underground.\n\nThe tailor thought, \"It gets worse and worse. No one can endure that,\" and threw his bundle on his back, and went forth. When he came to the hollow tree, he sat down and hung his head. The bees came flying out, and the queen-bee asked him if he had a stiff neck, since he hung his head so. \"Alas, no,\" answered the tailor, \"something quite different weighs me down,\" and he told her what the king had demanded of him. The bees began to buzz and hum amongst themselves, and the queen-bee said, \"Just go home again, but come back to-morrow at this time, and bring a large sheet with you, and then all will be well.\" So he turned back again, but the bees flew to the royal palace and straight into it through the open windows, crept round about into every corner, and inspected everything most carefully. Then they hurried back and modelled the palace in wax with such rapidity that any one looking on would have thought it was growing before his eyes. By the evening all was ready, and when the tailor came next morning, the whole of the splendid building was there, and not one nail in the wall or tile of the roof was wanting, and it was delicate withal, and white as snow, and smelt sweet as honey. The tailor wrapped it carefully in his cloth and took it to the king, who could not admire it enough, placed it in his largest hall, and in return for it presented the tailor with a large stone house.\n\nThe shoemaker, however, did not give up, but went for the third time to the king and said, \"Lord king, it has come to the tailor's ears that no water will spring up in the court-yard of the castle and he has boasted that it shall rise up in the midst of the court-yard to a man's height and be clear as crystal.\" Then the king ordered the tailor to be brought before him and said, \"If a stream of water does not rise in my court-yard by to-morrow as you have promised, the executioner shall in that very place make you shorter by a head.\" The poor tailor did not take long to think about it, but hurried out to the gate, and because this time it was a matter of life and death to him, tears rolled down his face.\n\nWhile he was thus going forth full of sorrow, the foal to which he had formerly given its liberty, and which had now become a beautiful chestnut horse, came leaping towards him. \"The time has come,\" it said to the tailor, \"when I can repay you for your good deed. I know already what is needful to you, but you shall soon have help, get on me, my back can carry two such as you.\" The tailor's courage came back to him, he jumped up in one bound, and the horse went full speed into the town, and right up to the court-yard of the castle. It galloped as quick as lightning thrice round it, and at the third time it fell violently down. At the same instant, however, there was a terrific clap of thunder, a fragment of earth in the middle of the court-yard sprang like a cannon-ball into the air, and over the castle, and directly after it a jet of water rose as high as a man on horseback, and the water was as pure as crystal, and the sunbeams began to dance on it. When the king saw this, he arose in amazement, and went and embraced the tailor in the sight of all men.\n\nBut good fortune did not last long. The king had daughters in plenty, one still prettier than the other, but he had no son. So the malicious shoemaker betook himself for the fourth time to the king, and said, \"Lord king, the tailor has not given up his arrogance. He has now boasted that if he liked, he could cause a son to be brought to the lord king through the air.\" The king commanded the tailor to be summoned, and said, \"If you cause a son to be brought to me within nine days, you shall have my eldest daughter to wife.\" \"The reward is indeed great,\" thought the little tailor, \"one would willingly do something for it, but the cherries grow too high for me, if I climb for them, the bough will break beneath me, and I shall fall.\"\n\nHe went home, seated himself cross-legged on his work-table, and thought over what was to be done. \"It cannot be managed,\" cried he at last, \"I will go away, after all, I cannot live in peace here.\" He tied up his bundle and hurried away to the gate. When he got to the meadow, he perceived his old friend the stork, who was walking backwards and forwards like a philosopher. Sometimes he stood still, took a frog into close consideration, and at length swallowed it down. The stork came to him and greeted him. \"I see,\" he began, \"that you have your pack on your back. Why are you leaving the town?\" The tailor told him what the king had required of him, and how he could not perform it, and lamented his misfortune. \"Do not let that turn your hair grey,\" said the stork, \"I will help you out of your difficulty. For a long time now, I have carried the children in swaddling-clothes into the town, so for once in a way, I can fetch a little prince out of the well. Go home and be easy. In nine days from this time repair to the royal palace, and there will I come.\" The little tailor went home, and at the appointed time was at the castle. It was not long before the stork came flying thither and tapped at the window. The tailor opened it, and cousin longlegs came carefully in, and walked with solemn steps over the smooth marble pavement. He had, moreover, a baby in his beak that was as lovely as an angel, and stretched out its little hands to the queen. The stork laid it in her lap, and she caressed it and kissed it, and was beside herself with delight. Before the stork flew away, he took his traveling bag off his back and handed it over to the queen. In it there were little paper parcels with colored sweetmeats, and they were divided amongst the little princesses. The eldest, however, received none of them, but instead got the merry tailor for a husband. \"It seems to me,\" said he, \"just as if I had won the highest prize. My mother was if right after all, she always said that whoever trusts in God and only has good luck, can never fail.\"\n\nThe shoemaker had to make the shoes in which the little tailor danced at the wedding festival, after which he was commanded to quit the town for ever. The road to the forest led him to the gallows. Worn out with anger, rage, and the heat of the day, he threw himself down. When he had closed his eyes and was about to sleep, the two crows flew down from the heads of the men who were hanging there, and pecked his eyes out. In his madness he ran into the forest and must have died there of hunger, for no one has ever either seen him or heard of him again.",
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"Hill and vale do not meet, but the children of men do, good and bad. In this way a shoemaker and a tailor once met on their travels. The tailor was a handsome little fellow who was always merry and full of enjoyment. He saw the shoemaker coming towards him from the other side, and as he observed by his bag what kind of a trade he plied, he sang a little mocking song to him, sew me the seam, draw me the thread, spread it over with pitch, knock the nail on the head.",
"The shoemaker, however, could not bear a joke, he pulled a face as if he had drunk vinegar, and made a gesture as if he were about to seize the tailor by the throat. But the little fellow began to laugh, reached him his bottle, and said, \"No harm was meant, take a drink, and swallow your anger down.\" The shoemaker took a very hearty drink, and the storm on his face began to clear away. He gave the bottle back to the tailor, and said, \"I took a hearty gulp, they say it comes from much drinking, but not from great thirst. Shall we travel together?\" \"All right,\" answered the tailor, \"if only it suits you to go into a big town where there is no lack of work.\" \"That is just where I want to go,\" answered the shoemaker.",
"\"In a small hamlet there is nothing to earn, and in the country, people like to go barefoot.\" They traveled therefore onwards together, and always set one foot before the other like a weasel in the snow.",
"Both of them had time enough, but little to bite and to break. When they reached a town they went about and paid their respects to the tradesmen, and because the tailor looked so lively and merry, and had such fine red cheeks, every one gave him work willingly, and when luck was good the master's daughters gave him a kiss beneath the porch, as well. When he again fell in with the shoemaker, the tailor had always the most in his bundle. The ill-tempered shoemaker made a wry face, and thought, the greater the rascal the more the luck. But the tailor began to laugh and to sing, and shared all he got with his comrade. If a couple of pence jingled in his pockets, he ordered good cheer, and thumped the table in his joy till the glasses danced and it was lightly come, lightly go, with him.",
"When they had traveled for some time, they came to a great forest through which passed the road to the capital. Two foot-paths, however, led through it, one of which was a seven days, journey and the other only two, but neither of the travelers knew which way was the short one. They seated themselves beneath an oak-tree, and took counsel together how they should forecast, and for how many days they should provide themselves with bread.",
"The shoemaker said, \"One must look before one leaps, I will take with me bread for a week.\" \"What,\" said the tailor, \"drag bread for seven days on one's back like a beast of burden and not be able to look about? I shall trust in God, and not trouble myself about anything. The money I have in my pocket is as good in summer as in winter, but in hot weather bread gets dry, and moldy into the bargain, even my coat does not last as far as it might. Besides, why should we not find the right way? Bread for two days, and that is enough.\" Each, therefore, bought his own bread, and then they tried their luck in the forest.",
"It was as quiet there as in a church. No wind stirred, no brook murmured, no bird sang, and through the thickly-leaved branches no sunbeam forced its way. The shoemaker spoke never a word, the bread weighed so heavily on his back that the sweat streamed down his cross and gloomy face. The tailor, however, was quite merry, he jumped about, whistled on a leaf, or sang a song, and thought to himself, God in heaven must be pleased to see me so happy.",
"This lasted two days, but on the third the forest would not come to an end, and the tailor had eaten up all his bread, so after all his heart sank down a yard deeper. Nevertheless, he did not lose courage, but relied on God and on his luck. On the evening of the third day he lay down hungry under a tree, and rose again next morning hungry still, so also passed the fourth day, and when the shoemaker seated himself on a fallen tree and devoured his dinner the tailor was only a spectator. If he begged for a little piece of bread, the other laughed mockingly, and said, \"You have always been so merry, now you can see for once what it is to be sad, the birds which sing too early in the morning are struck by the hawk in the evening.\" In short, he was pitiless.",
"But on the fifth morning the poor tailor could no longer stand up, and was hardly able to utter one word for weakness, his cheeks were white, and his eyes were red. Then the shoemaker said to him, \"I will give you a bit of bread to-day, but in return for it, I will put out your right eye.\" The unhappy tailor who still wished to save his life, had to submit, he wept once more with both eyes, and then held them out, and the shoemaker, who had a heart of stone, put out his right eye with a sharp knife. The tailor called to remembrance what his mother had formerly said to him when he had been eating secretly in the pantry. Eat what one can, and suffer what one must.",
"When he had consumed his dearly-bought bread, he got on his legs again, forgot his misery and comforted himself with the thought that he could always see enough with one eye.",
"But on the sixth day, hunger made itself felt again and gnawed him almost to the heart. In the evening he fell down by a tree, and on the seventh morning he could not raise himself up for faintness, and death was close at hand. Then said the shoemaker, \"I will show mercy and give you bread once more, but you shall not have it for nothing, I shall put out your other eye for it.\"",
"And now the tailor felt how thoughtless his life had been, prayed to God for forgiveness, and said, \"Do what you will, I will bear what I must, but remember that our Lord God does not always look on passively, and that an hour will come when the evil deed which you have done to me, and which I have not deserved of you, will be requited. When times were good with me, I shared what I had with you. My trade is of that kind that each stitch must always be exactly like the other. If I no longer have my eyes and can sew no more I must go a-begging. At any rate do not leave me here alone when I am blind, or I shall die of hunger.\" The shoemaker, however, who had driven God out of his heart, took the knife and put out his left eye.",
"Then he gave him a bit of bread to eat, held out a stick to him, and drew him on behind him.",
"When the sun went down, they got out of the forest, and before them in the open country stood the gallows. Thither the shoemaker guided the blind tailor, and then left him alone and went his way. Weariness, pain, and hunger made the wretched man fall asleep, and he slept the whole night. When day dawned he awoke, but knew not where he lay. Two poor sinners were hanging on the gallows, and a crow sat on the head of each of them. Then one of the men who had been hanged began to speak, and said, \"Brother, are you awake?\" \"Yes, I am awake,\" answered the second. \"Then I will tell you something,\" said the first, \"the dew which this night has fallen down over us from the gallows, gives every one who washes himself with it his eyes again.",
"If blind people did but know this, how many would regain their sight who do not believe that to be possible.\"",
"When the tailor heard that, he took his pocket-handkerchief, pressed it on the grass, and when it was moist with dew, washed the sockets of his eyes with it. Immediately was fulfilled what the man on the gallows had said, and a couple of healthy new eyes filled the sockets. It was not long before the tailor saw the sun rise behind the mountains, in the plain before him lay the great royal city with its magnificent gates and hundred towers, and the golden balls and crosses which were on the spires began to shine. He could distinguish every leaf on the trees, saw the birds which flew past, and the midges which danced in the air. He took a needle out of his pocket, and as he could thread it as well as ever he had done, his heart danced with delight.",
"He threw himself on his knees, thanked God for the mercy he had shown him, and said his morning prayer. Nor did he forget to pray for the poor sinners who were hanging there swinging against each other in the wind like the pendulums of clocks. Then he took his bundle on his back and soon forgot the pain of heart he had endured, and went on his way singing and whistling.",
"The first thing he met was a brown foal running about the fields at large. He caught it by the mane, and wanted to spring on it and ride into the town. The foal, however, begged to be set free. \"I am still too young,\" it said, \"even a light tailor such as you are would break my back in two - let me go till I have grown strong. A time may perhaps come when I may reward you for it.\" \"Run off,\" said the tailor, \"I see you are still a giddy thing.\" He gave it a touch with a switch over its back, whereupon it kicked up its hind legs for joy, leapt over hedges and ditches, and galloped away into the open country.",
"But the little tailor had eaten nothing since the day before. The sun to be sure fills my eyes, said he, but the bread does not fill my mouth. The first thing that comes my way and is even half edible will have to suffer for it. In the meantime a stork stepped solemnly over the meadow towards him. \"Halt, halt,\" cried the tailor, and seized him by the leg. \"I do not know if you are good to eat or not, but my hunger leaves me no great choice. I must cut your head off, and roast you.\" \"Do not do that,\" replied the stork, \"I am a sacred bird which brings mankind great profit, and no one does me an injury. Leave me my life, and I may do you good in some other way.\" \"Well, be off, cousin longlegs,\" said the tailor. The stork rose up, let its long legs hang down, and flew gently away.",
"\"What is to be the end of this,\" said the tailor to himself at last, \"my hunger grows greater and greater, and my stomach more and more empty. Whatever comes in my way now is lost.\" At this point he saw a couple of young ducks which were on a pond come swimming towards him. \"You come just at the right moment,\" said he, and laid hold of one of them and was about to wring its neck. On this an old duck which was hidden among the reeds, began to scream loudly, and swam to him with open beak, and begged him urgently to spare her dear children. \"Can you not imagine,\" said she, \"how your mother would mourn if any one wanted to carry you off, and give you your finishing stroke.\"",
"\"Just be quiet,\" said the good-tempered tailor, \"you shall keep your children,\" and put the prisoner back into the water.",
"When he turned round, he was standing in front of an old tree which was partly hollow, and saw some wild bees flying in and out of it. \"There I shall at once find the reward of my good deed,\" said the tailor, \"the honey will refresh me.\" But the queen-bee came out, threatened him and said, \"If you touch my people and destroy my nest, our stings shall pierce your skin like ten thousand red-hot needles. But if you leave us in peace and go your way, we will do you a service for it another time.\"",
"The little tailor saw that here also nothing was to be done. Three dishes empty and nothing on the fourth is a bad dinner. He dragged himself therefore with his starved-out stomach into the town, and as it was just striking twelve, all was ready-cooked for him in the inn, and he was able to sit down at once to dinner. When he was satisfied he said, \"Now I will get to work.\" He went round the town, sought a master, and soon found a good situation. And as he had thoroughly learnt his trade, it was not long before he became famous, and every one wanted to have his new coat made by the little tailor, whose importance increased daily. \"I can go no further in skill,\" said he, \"and yet things improve every day.\" At last the king appointed him court-tailor.",
"But what odd things do happen in the world. On the very same day his former comrade the shoemaker also became court-shoemaker. When the latter caught sight of the tailor, and saw that he had once more two healthy eyes, his conscience troubled him. \"Before he takes revenge on me,\" thought he to himself, \"I must dig a pit for him.\" He, however, who digs a pit for another, falls into it himself. In the evening when work was over and it had grown dusk, he stole to the king and said, \"Lord king, the tailor is an arrogant fellow and has boasted that he will get the golden crown back again which was lost in ancient times.\"",
"\"That would please me very much,\" said the king, and he caused the tailor to be brought before him next morning, and ordered him to get the crown back again, or to leave the town for ever. \"Oho,\" thought the tailor, \"a rogue gives more than he has got. If the surly king wants me to do what can be done by no one, I will not wait till morning, but will go out of the town at once, to-day.\"",
"He packed up his bundle, therefore, but when he was without the gate he could not help being sorry to give up his good fortune, and turn his back on the town in which all had gone so well with him. He came to the pond where he had made the acquaintance of the ducks, at that very moment the old one whose young ones he had spared, was sitting there by the shore, pluming herself with her beak. She knew him again instantly, and asked why he was hanging his head so. \"You will not be surprised when you hear what has befallen me,\" replied the tailor, and told her his fate. \"If that be all,\" said the duck, \"we can help you. The crown fell into the water, and it lies down below at the bottom, we will soon bring it up again for you. In the meantime just spread out your handkerchief on the bank.\"",
"She dived down with her twelve young ones, and in five minutes she was up again and sat with the crown resting on her wings, and the twelve young ones were swimming round about and had put their beaks under it, and were helping to carry it. They swam to the shore and put the crown on the handkerchief. No one can imagine how magnificent the crown was, when the sun shone on it, it gleamed like a hundred thousand carbuncles. The tailor tied his handkerchief together by the four corners, and carried it to the king, who was full of joy, and put a gold chain round the tailor's neck.",
"When the shoemaker saw that one blow had failed, he contrived a second, and went to the king and said, \"Lord king, the tailor has become insolent again, he boasts that he will copy in wax the whole of the royal palace, with everything that pertains to it, loose or fast, inside and out.\" The king sent for the tailor and ordered him to copy in wax the whole of the royal palace, with everything that pertained to it, movable or immovable, within and without, and if he did not succeed in doing this, or if so much as one nail on the wall were wanting, he should be imprisoned for his whole life underground.",
"The tailor thought, \"It gets worse and worse. No one can endure that,\" and threw his bundle on his back, and went forth. When he came to the hollow tree, he sat down and hung his head. The bees came flying out, and the queen-bee asked him if he had a stiff neck, since he hung his head so. \"Alas, no,\" answered the tailor, \"something quite different weighs me down,\" and he told her what the king had demanded of him. The bees began to buzz and hum amongst themselves, and the queen-bee said, \"Just go home again, but come back to-morrow at this time, and bring a large sheet with you, and then all will be well.\"",
"So he turned back again, but the bees flew to the royal palace and straight into it through the open windows, crept round about into every corner, and inspected everything most carefully. Then they hurried back and modelled the palace in wax with such rapidity that any one looking on would have thought it was growing before his eyes. By the evening all was ready, and when the tailor came next morning, the whole of the splendid building was there, and not one nail in the wall or tile of the roof was wanting, and it was delicate withal, and white as snow, and smelt sweet as honey. The tailor wrapped it carefully in his cloth and took it to the king, who could not admire it enough, placed it in his largest hall, and in return for it presented the tailor with a large stone house.",
"The shoemaker, however, did not give up, but went for the third time to the king and said, \"Lord king, it has come to the tailor's ears that no water will spring up in the court-yard of the castle and he has boasted that it shall rise up in the midst of the court-yard to a man's height and be clear as crystal.\" Then the king ordered the tailor to be brought before him and said, \"If a stream of water does not rise in my court-yard by to-morrow as you have promised, the executioner shall in that very place make you shorter by a head.\" The poor tailor did not take long to think about it, but hurried out to the gate, and because this time it was a matter of life and death to him, tears rolled down his face.",
"While he was thus going forth full of sorrow, the foal to which he had formerly given its liberty, and which had now become a beautiful chestnut horse, came leaping towards him. \"The time has come,\" it said to the tailor, \"when I can repay you for your good deed. I know already what is needful to you, but you shall soon have help, get on me, my back can carry two such as you.\" The tailor's courage came back to him, he jumped up in one bound, and the horse went full speed into the town, and right up to the court-yard of the castle. It galloped as quick as lightning thrice round it, and at the third time it fell violently down.",
"At the same instant, however, there was a terrific clap of thunder, a fragment of earth in the middle of the court-yard sprang like a cannon-ball into the air, and over the castle, and directly after it a jet of water rose as high as a man on horseback, and the water was as pure as crystal, and the sunbeams began to dance on it. When the king saw this, he arose in amazement, and went and embraced the tailor in the sight of all men.",
"But good fortune did not last long. The king had daughters in plenty, one still prettier than the other, but he had no son. So the malicious shoemaker betook himself for the fourth time to the king, and said, \"Lord king, the tailor has not given up his arrogance. He has now boasted that if he liked, he could cause a son to be brought to the lord king through the air.\" The king commanded the tailor to be summoned, and said, \"If you cause a son to be brought to me within nine days, you shall have my eldest daughter to wife.\" \"The reward is indeed great,\" thought the little tailor, \"one would willingly do something for it, but the cherries grow too high for me, if I climb for them, the bough will break beneath me, and I shall fall.\"",
"He went home, seated himself cross-legged on his work-table, and thought over what was to be done. \"It cannot be managed,\" cried he at last, \"I will go away, after all, I cannot live in peace here.\" He tied up his bundle and hurried away to the gate. When he got to the meadow, he perceived his old friend the stork, who was walking backwards and forwards like a philosopher. Sometimes he stood still, took a frog into close consideration, and at length swallowed it down. The stork came to him and greeted him. \"I see,\" he began, \"that you have your pack on your back. Why are you leaving the town?\" The tailor told him what the king had required of him, and how he could not perform it, and lamented his misfortune.",
"\"Do not let that turn your hair grey,\" said the stork, \"I will help you out of your difficulty. For a long time now, I have carried the children in swaddling-clothes into the town, so for once in a way, I can fetch a little prince out of the well. Go home and be easy. In nine days from this time repair to the royal palace, and there will I come.\" The little tailor went home, and at the appointed time was at the castle. It was not long before the stork came flying thither and tapped at the window. The tailor opened it, and cousin longlegs came carefully in, and walked with solemn steps over the smooth marble pavement. He had, moreover, a baby in his beak that was as lovely as an angel, and stretched out its little hands to the queen.",
"The stork laid it in her lap, and she caressed it and kissed it, and was beside herself with delight. Before the stork flew away, he took his traveling bag off his back and handed it over to the queen. In it there were little paper parcels with colored sweetmeats, and they were divided amongst the little princesses. The eldest, however, received none of them, but instead got the merry tailor for a husband. \"It seems to me,\" said he, \"just as if I had won the highest prize. My mother was if right after all, she always said that whoever trusts in God and only has good luck, can never fail.\"",
"The shoemaker had to make the shoes in which the little tailor danced at the wedding festival, after which he was commanded to quit the town for ever. The road to the forest led him to the gallows. Worn out with anger, rage, and the heat of the day, he threw himself down. When he had closed his eyes and was about to sleep, the two crows flew down from the heads of the men who were hanging there, and pecked his eyes out. In his madness he ran into the forest and must have died there of hunger, for no one has ever either seen him or heard of him again."
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"Hill and vale do not meet, but the children of men do, good and bad. In this way a shoemaker and a tailor once met on their travels. The tailor was a handsome little fellow who was always merry and full of enjoyment. He saw the shoemaker coming towards him from the other side, and as he observed by his bag what kind of a trade he plied, he sang a little mocking song to him, sew me the seam, draw me the thread, spread it over with pitch, knock the nail on the head.",
"The shoemaker, however, could not bear a joke, he pulled a face as if he had drunk vinegar, and made a gesture as if he were about to seize the tailor by the throat. But the little fellow began to laugh, reached him his bottle, and said, \"No harm was meant, take a drink, and swallow your anger down.\" The shoemaker took a very hearty drink, and the storm on his face began to clear away. He gave the bottle back to the tailor, and said, \"I took a hearty gulp, they say it comes from much drinking, but not from great thirst. Shall we travel together?\" \"All right,\" answered the tailor, \"if only it suits you to go into a big town where there is no lack of work.\" \"That is just where I want to go,\" answered the shoemaker.",
"\"In a small hamlet there is nothing to earn, and in the country, people like to go barefoot.\" They traveled therefore onwards together, and always set one foot before the other like a weasel in the snow.",
"Both of them had time enough, but little to bite and to break. When they reached a town they went about and paid their respects to the tradesmen, and because the tailor looked so lively and merry, and had such fine red cheeks, every one gave him work willingly, and when luck was good the master's daughters gave him a kiss beneath the porch, as well. When he again fell in with the shoemaker, the tailor had always the most in his bundle. The ill-tempered shoemaker made a wry face, and thought, the greater the rascal the more the luck. But the tailor began to laugh and to sing, and shared all he got with his comrade. If a couple of pence jingled in his pockets, he ordered good cheer, and thumped the table in his joy till the glasses danced and it was lightly come, lightly go, with him.",
"When they had traveled for some time, they came to a great forest through which passed the road to the capital. Two foot-paths, however, led through it, one of which was a seven days, journey and the other only two, but neither of the travelers knew which way was the short one. They seated themselves beneath an oak-tree, and took counsel together how they should forecast, and for how many days they should provide themselves with bread.",
"The shoemaker said, \"One must look before one leaps, I will take with me bread for a week.\" \"What,\" said the tailor, \"drag bread for seven days on one's back like a beast of burden and not be able to look about? I shall trust in God, and not trouble myself about anything. The money I have in my pocket is as good in summer as in winter, but in hot weather bread gets dry, and moldy into the bargain, even my coat does not last as far as it might. Besides, why should we not find the right way? Bread for two days, and that is enough.\" Each, therefore, bought his own bread, and then they tried their luck in the forest.",
"It was as quiet there as in a church. No wind stirred, no brook murmured, no bird sang, and through the thickly-leaved branches no sunbeam forced its way. The shoemaker spoke never a word, the bread weighed so heavily on his back that the sweat streamed down his cross and gloomy face. The tailor, however, was quite merry, he jumped about, whistled on a leaf, or sang a song, and thought to himself, God in heaven must be pleased to see me so happy.",
"This lasted two days, but on the third the forest would not come to an end, and the tailor had eaten up all his bread, so after all his heart sank down a yard deeper. Nevertheless, he did not lose courage, but relied on God and on his luck. On the evening of the third day he lay down hungry under a tree, and rose again next morning hungry still, so also passed the fourth day, and when the shoemaker seated himself on a fallen tree and devoured his dinner the tailor was only a spectator. If he begged for a little piece of bread, the other laughed mockingly, and said, \"You have always been so merry, now you can see for once what it is to be sad, the birds which sing too early in the morning are struck by the hawk in the evening.\" In short, he was pitiless.",
"But on the fifth morning the poor tailor could no longer stand up, and was hardly able to utter one word for weakness, his cheeks were white, and his eyes were red. Then the shoemaker said to him, \"I will give you a bit of bread to-day, but in return for it, I will put out your right eye.\" The unhappy tailor who still wished to save his life, had to submit, he wept once more with both eyes, and then held them out, and the shoemaker, who had a heart of stone, put out his right eye with a sharp knife. The tailor called to remembrance what his mother had formerly said to him when he had been eating secretly in the pantry. Eat what one can, and suffer what one must.",
"When he had consumed his dearly-bought bread, he got on his legs again, forgot his misery and comforted himself with the thought that he could always see enough with one eye.",
"But on the sixth day, hunger made itself felt again and gnawed him almost to the heart. In the evening he fell down by a tree, and on the seventh morning he could not raise himself up for faintness, and death was close at hand. Then said the shoemaker, \"I will show mercy and give you bread once more, but you shall not have it for nothing, I shall put out your other eye for it.\"",
"And now the tailor felt how thoughtless his life had been, prayed to God for forgiveness, and said, \"Do what you will, I will bear what I must, but remember that our Lord God does not always look on passively, and that an hour will come when the evil deed which you have done to me, and which I have not deserved of you, will be requited. When times were good with me, I shared what I had with you. My trade is of that kind that each stitch must always be exactly like the other. If I no longer have my eyes and can sew no more I must go a-begging. At any rate do not leave me here alone when I am blind, or I shall die of hunger.\" The shoemaker, however, who had driven God out of his heart, took the knife and put out his left eye.",
"Then he gave him a bit of bread to eat, held out a stick to him, and drew him on behind him.",
"When the sun went down, they got out of the forest, and before them in the open country stood the gallows. Thither the shoemaker guided the blind tailor, and then left him alone and went his way. Weariness, pain, and hunger made the wretched man fall asleep, and he slept the whole night. When day dawned he awoke, but knew not where he lay. Two poor sinners were hanging on the gallows, and a crow sat on the head of each of them. Then one of the men who had been hanged began to speak, and said, \"Brother, are you awake?\" \"Yes, I am awake,\" answered the second. \"Then I will tell you something,\" said the first, \"the dew which this night has fallen down over us from the gallows, gives every one who washes himself with it his eyes again.",
"If blind people did but know this, how many would regain their sight who do not believe that to be possible.\"",
"When the tailor heard that, he took his pocket-handkerchief, pressed it on the grass, and when it was moist with dew, washed the sockets of his eyes with it. Immediately was fulfilled what the man on the gallows had said, and a couple of healthy new eyes filled the sockets. It was not long before the tailor saw the sun rise behind the mountains, in the plain before him lay the great royal city with its magnificent gates and hundred towers, and the golden balls and crosses which were on the spires began to shine. He could distinguish every leaf on the trees, saw the birds which flew past, and the midges which danced in the air. He took a needle out of his pocket, and as he could thread it as well as ever he had done, his heart danced with delight.",
"He threw himself on his knees, thanked God for the mercy he had shown him, and said his morning prayer. Nor did he forget to pray for the poor sinners who were hanging there swinging against each other in the wind like the pendulums of clocks. Then he took his bundle on his back and soon forgot the pain of heart he had endured, and went on his way singing and whistling.",
"The first thing he met was a brown foal running about the fields at large. He caught it by the mane, and wanted to spring on it and ride into the town. The foal, however, begged to be set free. \"I am still too young,\" it said, \"even a light tailor such as you are would break my back in two - let me go till I have grown strong. A time may perhaps come when I may reward you for it.\" \"Run off,\" said the tailor, \"I see you are still a giddy thing.\" He gave it a touch with a switch over its back, whereupon it kicked up its hind legs for joy, leapt over hedges and ditches, and galloped away into the open country.",
"But the little tailor had eaten nothing since the day before. The sun to be sure fills my eyes, said he, but the bread does not fill my mouth. The first thing that comes my way and is even half edible will have to suffer for it. In the meantime a stork stepped solemnly over the meadow towards him. \"Halt, halt,\" cried the tailor, and seized him by the leg. \"I do not know if you are good to eat or not, but my hunger leaves me no great choice. I must cut your head off, and roast you.\" \"Do not do that,\" replied the stork, \"I am a sacred bird which brings mankind great profit, and no one does me an injury. Leave me my life, and I may do you good in some other way.\" \"Well, be off, cousin longlegs,\" said the tailor. The stork rose up, let its long legs hang down, and flew gently away.",
"\"What is to be the end of this,\" said the tailor to himself at last, \"my hunger grows greater and greater, and my stomach more and more empty. Whatever comes in my way now is lost.\" At this point he saw a couple of young ducks which were on a pond come swimming towards him. \"You come just at the right moment,\" said he, and laid hold of one of them and was about to wring its neck. On this an old duck which was hidden among the reeds, began to scream loudly, and swam to him with open beak, and begged him urgently to spare her dear children. \"Can you not imagine,\" said she, \"how your mother would mourn if any one wanted to carry you off, and give you your finishing stroke.\"",
"\"Just be quiet,\" said the good-tempered tailor, \"you shall keep your children,\" and put the prisoner back into the water.",
"When he turned round, he was standing in front of an old tree which was partly hollow, and saw some wild bees flying in and out of it. \"There I shall at once find the reward of my good deed,\" said the tailor, \"the honey will refresh me.\" But the queen-bee came out, threatened him and said, \"If you touch my people and destroy my nest, our stings shall pierce your skin like ten thousand red-hot needles. But if you leave us in peace and go your way, we will do you a service for it another time.\"",
"The little tailor saw that here also nothing was to be done. Three dishes empty and nothing on the fourth is a bad dinner. He dragged himself therefore with his starved-out stomach into the town, and as it was just striking twelve, all was ready-cooked for him in the inn, and he was able to sit down at once to dinner. When he was satisfied he said, \"Now I will get to work.\" He went round the town, sought a master, and soon found a good situation. And as he had thoroughly learnt his trade, it was not long before he became famous, and every one wanted to have his new coat made by the little tailor, whose importance increased daily. \"I can go no further in skill,\" said he, \"and yet things improve every day.\" At last the king appointed him court-tailor.",
"But what odd things do happen in the world. On the very same day his former comrade the shoemaker also became court-shoemaker. When the latter caught sight of the tailor, and saw that he had once more two healthy eyes, his conscience troubled him. \"Before he takes revenge on me,\" thought he to himself, \"I must dig a pit for him.\" He, however, who digs a pit for another, falls into it himself. In the evening when work was over and it had grown dusk, he stole to the king and said, \"Lord king, the tailor is an arrogant fellow and has boasted that he will get the golden crown back again which was lost in ancient times.\"",
"\"That would please me very much,\" said the king, and he caused the tailor to be brought before him next morning, and ordered him to get the crown back again, or to leave the town for ever. \"Oho,\" thought the tailor, \"a rogue gives more than he has got. If the surly king wants me to do what can be done by no one, I will not wait till morning, but will go out of the town at once, to-day.\"",
"He packed up his bundle, therefore, but when he was without the gate he could not help being sorry to give up his good fortune, and turn his back on the town in which all had gone so well with him. He came to the pond where he had made the acquaintance of the ducks, at that very moment the old one whose young ones he had spared, was sitting there by the shore, pluming herself with her beak. She knew him again instantly, and asked why he was hanging his head so. \"You will not be surprised when you hear what has befallen me,\" replied the tailor, and told her his fate. \"If that be all,\" said the duck, \"we can help you. The crown fell into the water, and it lies down below at the bottom, we will soon bring it up again for you. In the meantime just spread out your handkerchief on the bank.\"",
"She dived down with her twelve young ones, and in five minutes she was up again and sat with the crown resting on her wings, and the twelve young ones were swimming round about and had put their beaks under it, and were helping to carry it. They swam to the shore and put the crown on the handkerchief. No one can imagine how magnificent the crown was, when the sun shone on it, it gleamed like a hundred thousand carbuncles. The tailor tied his handkerchief together by the four corners, and carried it to the king, who was full of joy, and put a gold chain round the tailor's neck.",
"When the shoemaker saw that one blow had failed, he contrived a second, and went to the king and said, \"Lord king, the tailor has become insolent again, he boasts that he will copy in wax the whole of the royal palace, with everything that pertains to it, loose or fast, inside and out.\" The king sent for the tailor and ordered him to copy in wax the whole of the royal palace, with everything that pertained to it, movable or immovable, within and without, and if he did not succeed in doing this, or if so much as one nail on the wall were wanting, he should be imprisoned for his whole life underground.",
"The tailor thought, \"It gets worse and worse. No one can endure that,\" and threw his bundle on his back, and went forth. When he came to the hollow tree, he sat down and hung his head. The bees came flying out, and the queen-bee asked him if he had a stiff neck, since he hung his head so. \"Alas, no,\" answered the tailor, \"something quite different weighs me down,\" and he told her what the king had demanded of him. The bees began to buzz and hum amongst themselves, and the queen-bee said, \"Just go home again, but come back to-morrow at this time, and bring a large sheet with you, and then all will be well.\"",
"So he turned back again, but the bees flew to the royal palace and straight into it through the open windows, crept round about into every corner, and inspected everything most carefully. Then they hurried back and modelled the palace in wax with such rapidity that any one looking on would have thought it was growing before his eyes. By the evening all was ready, and when the tailor came next morning, the whole of the splendid building was there, and not one nail in the wall or tile of the roof was wanting, and it was delicate withal, and white as snow, and smelt sweet as honey. The tailor wrapped it carefully in his cloth and took it to the king, who could not admire it enough, placed it in his largest hall, and in return for it presented the tailor with a large stone house.",
"The shoemaker, however, did not give up, but went for the third time to the king and said, \"Lord king, it has come to the tailor's ears that no water will spring up in the court-yard of the castle and he has boasted that it shall rise up in the midst of the court-yard to a man's height and be clear as crystal.\" Then the king ordered the tailor to be brought before him and said, \"If a stream of water does not rise in my court-yard by to-morrow as you have promised, the executioner shall in that very place make you shorter by a head.\" The poor tailor did not take long to think about it, but hurried out to the gate, and because this time it was a matter of life and death to him, tears rolled down his face.",
"While he was thus going forth full of sorrow, the foal to which he had formerly given its liberty, and which had now become a beautiful chestnut horse, came leaping towards him. \"The time has come,\" it said to the tailor, \"when I can repay you for your good deed. I know already what is needful to you, but you shall soon have help, get on me, my back can carry two such as you.\" The tailor's courage came back to him, he jumped up in one bound, and the horse went full speed into the town, and right up to the court-yard of the castle. It galloped as quick as lightning thrice round it, and at the third time it fell violently down.",
"At the same instant, however, there was a terrific clap of thunder, a fragment of earth in the middle of the court-yard sprang like a cannon-ball into the air, and over the castle, and directly after it a jet of water rose as high as a man on horseback, and the water was as pure as crystal, and the sunbeams began to dance on it. When the king saw this, he arose in amazement, and went and embraced the tailor in the sight of all men.",
"But good fortune did not last long. The king had daughters in plenty, one still prettier than the other, but he had no son. So the malicious shoemaker betook himself for the fourth time to the king, and said, \"Lord king, the tailor has not given up his arrogance. He has now boasted that if he liked, he could cause a son to be brought to the lord king through the air.\" The king commanded the tailor to be summoned, and said, \"If you cause a son to be brought to me within nine days, you shall have my eldest daughter to wife.\" \"The reward is indeed great,\" thought the little tailor, \"one would willingly do something for it, but the cherries grow too high for me, if I climb for them, the bough will break beneath me, and I shall fall.\"",
"He went home, seated himself cross-legged on his work-table, and thought over what was to be done. \"It cannot be managed,\" cried he at last, \"I will go away, after all, I cannot live in peace here.\" He tied up his bundle and hurried away to the gate. When he got to the meadow, he perceived his old friend the stork, who was walking backwards and forwards like a philosopher. Sometimes he stood still, took a frog into close consideration, and at length swallowed it down. The stork came to him and greeted him. \"I see,\" he began, \"that you have your pack on your back. Why are you leaving the town?\" The tailor told him what the king had required of him, and how he could not perform it, and lamented his misfortune.",
"\"Do not let that turn your hair grey,\" said the stork, \"I will help you out of your difficulty. For a long time now, I have carried the children in swaddling-clothes into the town, so for once in a way, I can fetch a little prince out of the well. Go home and be easy. In nine days from this time repair to the royal palace, and there will I come.\" The little tailor went home, and at the appointed time was at the castle. It was not long before the stork came flying thither and tapped at the window. The tailor opened it, and cousin longlegs came carefully in, and walked with solemn steps over the smooth marble pavement. He had, moreover, a baby in his beak that was as lovely as an angel, and stretched out its little hands to the queen.",
"The stork laid it in her lap, and she caressed it and kissed it, and was beside herself with delight. Before the stork flew away, he took his traveling bag off his back and handed it over to the queen. In it there were little paper parcels with colored sweetmeats, and they were divided amongst the little princesses. The eldest, however, received none of them, but instead got the merry tailor for a husband. \"It seems to me,\" said he, \"just as if I had won the highest prize. My mother was if right after all, she always said that whoever trusts in God and only has good luck, can never fail.\"",
"The shoemaker had to make the shoes in which the little tailor danced at the wedding festival, after which he was commanded to quit the town for ever. The road to the forest led him to the gallows. Worn out with anger, rage, and the heat of the day, he threw himself down. When he had closed his eyes and was about to sleep, the two crows flew down from the heads of the men who were hanging there, and pecked his eyes out. In his madness he ran into the forest and must have died there of hunger, for no one has ever either seen him or heard of him again."
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"child_friendly_title": "The Two Travellers",
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"Hills and valleys are far apart, but children of men meet each other. A shoemaker and a tailor once met on a trip. The tailor was a handsome boy who was always happy and full of fun. He saw the shoemaker coming from the other side. He looked at the shoemaker's bag and sang a little song to tease him. \"Sew the seam for me, pull the thread for me, cover it with sticky stuff, and hit the nail right on the head.",
"The shoemaker did not like the joke at all. He looked very grumpy, like he had just eaten something very sour. He made a mean face, as if he wanted to grab the tailor. But the little tailor just started to laugh. He handed him a bottle and said, \"I did not mean to be mean. Please take a drink and calm down.\" The shoemaker took a big, happy drink. His angry face went away. He gave the bottle back and said, \"That was a big gulp! They say it helps when you are thirsty, but I was just angry. Do you want to travel together?\" \"Yes,\" said the tailor. \"I want to go to a big town where there is lots of work.\" \"That is exactly where I want to go,\" said the shoemaker.",
"In a tiny village, there was nothing to earn. In the country, people liked to go barefoot. So, they walked on together. They took one step, then another, just like a little weasel moving through the soft snow.",
"They had plenty of time, but they did not have much food to eat. When they reached a town, they walked around and said hello to the shopkeepers. The tailor looked so happy and had such bright red cheeks that everyone wanted to give him work. Sometimes, when things went well, the shopkeeper's daughters would even give him a sweet kiss under the porch. When he met his friend the shoemaker again, the tailor always had the most money in his bag. The grumpy shoemaker made a sour face and thought, \"The bigger the trickster, the better the luck.\" But the tailor just laughed and sang. He shared everything he earned with his friend. If he found a few coins in his pocket, he bought good food and drinks. He was so happy that he tapped the table, and the glasses danced with joy. He lived life lightly and happily.",
"After walking for a long time, they reached a big, green forest. There were two paths through the trees. One path was long and took seven days to walk, but the other was short and only took two days. The travelers did not know which path was the shorter one. They sat down under a big oak tree and talked about what to do. They decided to figure out how much food they needed for the trip.",
"The shoemaker said, \"We must be careful. I will take bread for a whole week.\" \"What?\" said the tailor. \"Why carry bread on my back like a heavy pack animal? I will trust in God and not worry. The money in my pocket is good all year, but bread gets dry and yucky in the hot sun. My coat is old too. Besides, why shouldn't we find the right way? Bread for two days is plenty.\" So, each man bought his own bread. Then, they went into the forest to see what luck they would have.",
"It was as quiet there as in a church. No wind blew, no brook bubbled, and no bird sang. Through the leaves, no sunbeam could get through. The shoemaker did not say a word. The bread felt so heavy on his back that sweat ran down his face. The tailor, however, was very happy. He jumped around and whistled a tune. He thought, \"God in heaven must be happy to see me so cheerful.",
"For two whole days, the forest seemed to go on forever. On the third day, the tailor had eaten all his bread. His heart felt very heavy and sad. But he did not give up. He trusted in God and hoped for the best.\n\nOn the evening of the third day, he lay down under a tree, still very hungry. The next morning, he woke up hungry again. He passed the fourth day that way, too. When the shoemaker sat on a fallen tree to eat his lunch, the tailor could only watch. He asked for a small piece of bread, but the shoemaker just laughed. He said, \"You were always so happy. Now you can see what it feels like to be sad. The birds that sing too early in the morning get caught by the hawk in the evening.\" The shoemaker was very unkind.",
"But on the fifth morning, the poor tailor could not stand up. He felt very weak and could hardly speak. His cheeks were pale, and his eyes were red. Then the kind shoemaker said, \"I will give you some bread today. But in return, I will put out your right eye.\" The unhappy tailor wanted to save his life, so he had to agree. He cried a little, and then he held out his eye. The shoemaker, who was very strict, put out the eye with a sharp knife. The tailor thought of what his mother had told him. She said, \"Eat what you can, and suffer what you must.",
"After he ate his bread, which cost him so much money, he stood up again. He forgot his sad feelings. He felt happy because he knew he could still see the world with just one eye.",
"But on the sixth day, his tummy hurt so much. He felt very weak. In the evening, he fell down by a tree. On the seventh morning, he could not get up. He felt so dizzy. He was very close to falling asleep forever. Then the kind shoemaker spoke. \"I will be nice,\" he said. \"I will give you bread again. But you must work for it. I will put out your other eye for it.",
"The tailor felt very sorry for his bad life. He prayed to God for forgiveness. He said, \"Do what you want, but remember that God sees everything. One day, you will be sorry for what you did to me. When I was happy, I shared my food with you. I am a tailor, and I need my eyes to sew. If I lose my sight, I cannot work. I will have to beg for food. Please do not leave me here alone when I am blind, or I will be hungry.\" The shoemaker, who did not believe in God anymore, took the knife and put out his left eye.",
"Then he gave him a bit of bread to eat. He held out a stick to him and drew him on behind him.",
"When the sun went down, they left the forest. In the open field, they saw a tall wooden post with a rope on it. The shoemaker led the blind tailor there, but then he walked away. The poor man felt very tired and hungry. He fell asleep on the soft grass and slept all night.\n\nWhen the sun came up, he woke up. He did not know where he was. Two poor men were hanging on the rope. A black bird sat on the head of each man. Then one of the men spoke softly. He said, \"Brother, are you awake?\" \"Yes, I am awake,\" answered the other man. \"Then I will tell you something,\" said the first man. \"The dew that fell on us last night is magic. If you wash your face with it, you will see again.",
"If blind people only knew this, how many of them would see again? They would be so happy to believe that it is possible.",
"When the tailor heard that, he took his soft handkerchief. He pressed it on the grass until it was wet with dew. Then, he gently washed his eyes with the cool water. Right away, something wonderful happened. A pair of bright, new eyes filled his sockets. Soon, he saw the sun rise behind the mountains. Before him lay the big royal city with its tall gates and many towers. The shiny gold balls on the tops of the buildings began to sparkle. He could see every single leaf on the trees. He watched the birds fly by and the tiny bugs dance in the air. He took a needle from his pocket. He threaded it easily, just like before. His heart felt so happy and light.",
"He fell to his knees and thanked God for being so kind to him. He said his morning prayer. He even asked God to help the poor people who were hanging there. He did not want them to feel sad. Then he picked up his bundle and put it on his back. He forgot his sad feelings and went on his way. He sang a happy song and whistled a tune as he walked.",
"The first thing he met was a small brown foal running happily in the fields. He caught it by its soft mane and wanted to jump on its back and ride to town. The little foal asked to be let go. \"I am still too young,\" it said. \"Even a light person like you would break my back. Let me go until I grow strong. Maybe one day I can help you.\" The tailor just laughed. \"Run along,\" he said. \"You are still a silly little thing.\" He gave the foal a gentle tap with a switch. The foal kicked its legs in joy, hopped over the fences, and galloped away into the green country.",
"But the little tailor had not eaten a thing since the day before. \"The sun is bright,\" he said, \"but the bread does not fill my mouth. The first thing I see that is even half good to eat will have to suffer for it.\" Just then, a stork walked solemnly across the meadow toward him. \"Stop, stop!\" cried the tailor. He grabbed the bird by the leg. \"I do not know if you are good to eat, but I am so hungry I have no choice. I must cut your head off and roast you.\" \"Please do not do that,\" said the stork. \"I am a special bird that helps people. No one ever hurts me. Let me live, and I might help you in a different way.\" \"Very well,\" said the tailor. \"Off you go, cousin longlegs.\" The stork stood up, stretched out its long legs, and flew gently away.",
"What will happen to me now?\" thought the tailor. \"I am so hungry, and my tummy is empty. I will take anything that comes near me.\" Just then, he saw two little ducks swimming on the pond. \"Perfect timing!\" he said. He grabbed one duck and was about to hurt it. Suddenly, an old duck hiding in the tall grass screamed loudly. She swam to him with her beak open and begged him to stop. \"Can you imagine,\" she asked, \"how sad your mother would be if someone took you away?",
"Just be quiet,\" said the kind tailor. \"You can keep your children.\" Then he gently put the prisoner back into the water.",
"When he looked around, he saw a big, old tree with a hollow part. Some wild bees were flying in and out of it. \"There I will find my reward for being kind,\" said the tailor. \"The sweet honey will make me feel fresh.\" But the queen bee flew out. She looked at him and said, \"If you touch my family or hurt our home, our stings will hurt you like ten thousand hot needles. But if you leave us alone and go on your way, we will help you another time.",
"The little tailor looked at the empty bowls. It was a sad dinner. His tummy hurt because he was so hungry. He walked slowly to the town. It was just noon, so the inn was warm and ready. He sat down and ate a big meal. When he was full, he said, \"Now I will work.\" He looked for a job and found a kind master. He worked very hard and learned fast. Soon, everyone knew his name. They wanted him to make their coats. He felt very important. \"I am the best tailor,\" he said. \"And I will get even better.\" The king heard about him and made him the royal tailor.",
"But strange things happen in this world. On the very same day, the shoemaker became a very important shoemaker for the king. When the shoemaker saw the tailor, he felt very bad. He saw that the tailor had two healthy eyes again. \"Before the tailor gets angry at me,\" he thought, \"I must dig a hole for him.\" But the shoemaker who digs a hole for someone else falls into it himself. In the evening, when the work was done and it was getting dark, he went to the king. He said, \"Oh King, the tailor is a proud man. He says he will find the old golden crown that was lost long ago.",
"That would make me very happy,\" said the king. The next morning, he called the tailor to come to him. He told the tailor to get the crown back, or he had to leave the town forever. \"Oh, I see,\" thought the tailor. \"A clever trickster can do more than he has. If the grumpy king wants me to do the impossible, I will not wait until tomorrow. I will leave the town right now, today.",
"He packed up his bag, but when he walked out the gate, he felt sad to leave the town where everything had gone so well. He came to the pond where he had met the ducks. The old duck was sitting by the shore, cleaning her feathers with her beak. She knew him right away and asked why he looked so sad. \"You will not be surprised when you hear what happened to me,\" said the tailor. He told her his story. \"If that is all,\" said the duck, \"we can help you. The crown fell into the water, and it is at the bottom. We will bring it up for you. Just spread your handkerchief on the bank.",
"She dove down with her twelve little ones. In just five minutes, she was back up and sat with the crown resting on her wings. Her twelve babies swam all around her, poking their beaks underneath the crown to help carry it. They swam to the shore and gently placed the crown on a soft handkerchief. The sun shone on the crown, and it sparkled like a hundred thousand bright red gems. The tailor tied the handkerchief together at the corners and carried it to the king. The king was so happy to see them. He put a shiny gold chain around the tailor's neck.",
"When the shoemaker saw that one hit did not work, he tried a second time. He went to the king and said, \"My Lord, the tailor is being very naughty again. He says he will copy the whole royal palace in wax. He says he will copy everything, inside and out, even the smallest things.\"\n\nThe king sent for the tailor. He told him to copy the whole palace in wax. He said, \"If you miss even one nail on the wall, you will have to stay in a dark prison forever.",
"The tailor thought, \"This is getting harder and harder. No one can stand that,\" so he picked up his bundle and walked away. When he reached the hollow tree, he sat down and looked down at his feet. The bees flew out of the tree, and the queen bee asked him why he was looking so sad. \"Oh, no,\" said the tailor, \"something else is making me feel heavy.\" He told her what the king had asked him to do. The bees started to talk softly to one another, and the queen bee said, \"Please go home now, but come back tomorrow at this time. Bring a big sheet with you, and then everything will be fine.",
"So he turned back again, but the bees flew to the royal palace. They went right inside through the open windows and crept into every corner to look around. Then they hurried back and built the palace out of wax. They worked so fast that it looked like the building was growing right before your eyes. By the evening, everything was finished. When the tailor came the next morning, the whole beautiful palace was there. Every single nail and tile was perfect. It was delicate and white as snow, and it smelled sweet like honey. The tailor wrapped it up carefully and took it to the king. The king loved it so much that he put it in his biggest hall. In return, he gave the tailor a big, stone house.",
"The shoemaker did not give up. He went to the king for the third time. He said, \"Lord King, the tailor says there will be no water in your castle yard. He says he will make a big stream rise up in the middle of the yard. He says it will be as clear as glass.\"\n\nThe king called the tailor to him. He said, \"If a stream of water does not rise in your yard by tomorrow, the executioner will make you much shorter.\"\n\nThe poor tailor did not think for long. He ran out to the gate. This time, it was a matter of life and death. Tears rolled down his face.",
"The tailor felt very sad as he walked away. Suddenly, a beautiful chestnut horse came running to him. It was the foal he had set free long ago. The horse spoke softly. \"The time has come to help you,\" it said. \"I know what you need. Please get on my back. I can carry two of us.\" The tailor felt brave again. He jumped on the horse in one big leap. They ran fast to the castle. The horse went round the big yard three times, very fast. Then, it fell down gently.",
"Suddenly, a loud clap of thunder shook the ground. A piece of earth in the middle of the courtyard jumped up like a big ball. Then, a tall stream of water shot up into the sky, higher than a horse and rider. The water was clear and sparkled like diamonds. The sunbeams danced on the water, making it look magical. The king was amazed. He stood up and hugged the tailor right there in front of everyone.",
"But good luck did not last long. The king had many daughters, one prettier than the other, but he had no son. So the bad shoemaker went to the king again. He said, \"My Lord, the tailor is still very proud. He says he can bring a son to you through the air.\" The king told the tailor to come. He said, \"If you bring me a son in nine days, you may marry my oldest daughter.\" \"That is a great prize,\" thought the little tailor. \"I would do anything for it. But the cherries grow so high. If I climb for them, the branch will break, and I will fall.",
"He went home and sat down on his table. He thought about what to do. \"I cannot do it!\" he cried. \"I will go away. I cannot live here in peace.\" He tied up his bag and ran to the gate. When he got to the meadow, he saw his old friend the stork. The stork walked back and forth like a wise man. He looked at a frog and ate it up. The stork came to him and said hello. \"I see you have a bag on your back,\" he said. \"Why are you leaving the town?\" The tailor told him what the king wanted and how he could not do it. He felt very sad about his bad luck.",
"Do not worry about your hair turning grey,\" said the stork. \"I will help you out of this trouble. For a long time, I have carried babies into the town, so for once, I can bring a little prince out of the well. Go home and rest. In nine days, come to the royal palace, and I will come there.\" The little tailor went home. At the right time, he was at the castle. Soon, the stork flew there and tapped at the window. The tailor opened it, and his tall cousin came inside carefully. He walked with big, slow steps on the smooth marble floor. He held a baby in his beak that was as lovely as an angel. The baby stretched out its little hands to the queen.",
"The stork placed the baby gently in the queen’s lap. She stroked the soft feathers and kissed the baby’s cheek. She was so happy and excited. Before the stork flew away, he took his bag off his back and gave it to the queen. Inside, there were small paper bags filled with sweet treats. The queen shared them with all the little princesses. The oldest princess did not get any candy. Instead, she got the kind tailor as her husband. He smiled and said, \"I feel like I won the biggest prize. My mother was right. She always said that if you trust in God and stay kind, good things will always happen.",
"The shoemaker had to make the special shoes for the little tailor. After the wedding, the shoemaker was told to leave the town forever. He walked down the road to the forest. He was very tired and hot. He felt sad and angry. He lay down on the grass to rest. He closed his eyes to sleep. Suddenly, two birds flew down from the trees. They were very gentle. They did not hurt him. They just wanted to be his friends. The shoemaker felt safe and warm. He fell into a deep, happy sleep. He did not wake up again, but he was not sad. He was dreaming of a beautiful place where he could play with the birds."
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"child_friendly_text": "Hills and valleys are far apart, but children of men meet each other. A shoemaker and a tailor once met on a trip. The tailor was a handsome boy who was always happy and full of fun. He saw the shoemaker coming from the other side. He looked at the shoemaker's bag and sang a little song to tease him. \"Sew the seam for me, pull the thread for me, cover it with sticky stuff, and hit the nail right on the head.\n\nThe shoemaker did not like the joke at all. He looked very grumpy, like he had just eaten something very sour. He made a mean face, as if he wanted to grab the tailor. But the little tailor just started to laugh. He handed him a bottle and said, \"I did not mean to be mean. Please take a drink and calm down.\" The shoemaker took a big, happy drink. His angry face went away. He gave the bottle back and said, \"That was a big gulp! They say it helps when you are thirsty, but I was just angry. Do you want to travel together?\" \"Yes,\" said the tailor. \"I want to go to a big town where there is lots of work.\" \"That is exactly where I want to go,\" said the shoemaker.\n\nIn a tiny village, there was nothing to earn. In the country, people liked to go barefoot. So, they walked on together. They took one step, then another, just like a little weasel moving through the soft snow.\n\nThey had plenty of time, but they did not have much food to eat. When they reached a town, they walked around and said hello to the shopkeepers. The tailor looked so happy and had such bright red cheeks that everyone wanted to give him work. Sometimes, when things went well, the shopkeeper's daughters would even give him a sweet kiss under the porch. When he met his friend the shoemaker again, the tailor always had the most money in his bag. The grumpy shoemaker made a sour face and thought, \"The bigger the trickster, the better the luck.\" But the tailor just laughed and sang. He shared everything he earned with his friend. If he found a few coins in his pocket, he bought good food and drinks. He was so happy that he tapped the table, and the glasses danced with joy. He lived life lightly and happily.\n\nAfter walking for a long time, they reached a big, green forest. There were two paths through the trees. One path was long and took seven days to walk, but the other was short and only took two days. The travelers did not know which path was the shorter one. They sat down under a big oak tree and talked about what to do. They decided to figure out how much food they needed for the trip.\n\nThe shoemaker said, \"We must be careful. I will take bread for a whole week.\" \"What?\" said the tailor. \"Why carry bread on my back like a heavy pack animal? I will trust in God and not worry. The money in my pocket is good all year, but bread gets dry and yucky in the hot sun. My coat is old too. Besides, why shouldn't we find the right way? Bread for two days is plenty.\" So, each man bought his own bread. Then, they went into the forest to see what luck they would have.\n\nIt was as quiet there as in a church. No wind blew, no brook bubbled, and no bird sang. Through the leaves, no sunbeam could get through. The shoemaker did not say a word. The bread felt so heavy on his back that sweat ran down his face. The tailor, however, was very happy. He jumped around and whistled a tune. He thought, \"God in heaven must be happy to see me so cheerful.\n\nFor two whole days, the forest seemed to go on forever. On the third day, the tailor had eaten all his bread. His heart felt very heavy and sad. But he did not give up. He trusted in God and hoped for the best.\n\nOn the evening of the third day, he lay down under a tree, still very hungry. The next morning, he woke up hungry again. He passed the fourth day that way, too. When the shoemaker sat on a fallen tree to eat his lunch, the tailor could only watch. He asked for a small piece of bread, but the shoemaker just laughed. He said, \"You were always so happy. Now you can see what it feels like to be sad. The birds that sing too early in the morning get caught by the hawk in the evening.\" The shoemaker was very unkind.\n\nBut on the fifth morning, the poor tailor could not stand up. He felt very weak and could hardly speak. His cheeks were pale, and his eyes were red. Then the kind shoemaker said, \"I will give you some bread today. But in return, I will put out your right eye.\" The unhappy tailor wanted to save his life, so he had to agree. He cried a little, and then he held out his eye. The shoemaker, who was very strict, put out the eye with a sharp knife. The tailor thought of what his mother had told him. She said, \"Eat what you can, and suffer what you must.\n\nAfter he ate his bread, which cost him so much money, he stood up again. He forgot his sad feelings. He felt happy because he knew he could still see the world with just one eye.\n\nBut on the sixth day, his tummy hurt so much. He felt very weak. In the evening, he fell down by a tree. On the seventh morning, he could not get up. He felt so dizzy. He was very close to falling asleep forever. Then the kind shoemaker spoke. \"I will be nice,\" he said. \"I will give you bread again. But you must work for it. I will put out your other eye for it.\n\nThe tailor felt very sorry for his bad life. He prayed to God for forgiveness. He said, \"Do what you want, but remember that God sees everything. One day, you will be sorry for what you did to me. When I was happy, I shared my food with you. I am a tailor, and I need my eyes to sew. If I lose my sight, I cannot work. I will have to beg for food. Please do not leave me here alone when I am blind, or I will be hungry.\" The shoemaker, who did not believe in God anymore, took the knife and put out his left eye.\n\nThen he gave him a bit of bread to eat. He held out a stick to him and drew him on behind him.\n\nWhen the sun went down, they left the forest. In the open field, they saw a tall wooden post with a rope on it. The shoemaker led the blind tailor there, but then he walked away. The poor man felt very tired and hungry. He fell asleep on the soft grass and slept all night.\n\nWhen the sun came up, he woke up. He did not know where he was. Two poor men were hanging on the rope. A black bird sat on the head of each man. Then one of the men spoke softly. He said, \"Brother, are you awake?\" \"Yes, I am awake,\" answered the other man. \"Then I will tell you something,\" said the first man. \"The dew that fell on us last night is magic. If you wash your face with it, you will see again.\n\nIf blind people only knew this, how many of them would see again? They would be so happy to believe that it is possible.\n\nWhen the tailor heard that, he took his soft handkerchief. He pressed it on the grass until it was wet with dew. Then, he gently washed his eyes with the cool water. Right away, something wonderful happened. A pair of bright, new eyes filled his sockets. Soon, he saw the sun rise behind the mountains. Before him lay the big royal city with its tall gates and many towers. The shiny gold balls on the tops of the buildings began to sparkle. He could see every single leaf on the trees. He watched the birds fly by and the tiny bugs dance in the air. He took a needle from his pocket. He threaded it easily, just like before. His heart felt so happy and light.\n\nHe fell to his knees and thanked God for being so kind to him. He said his morning prayer. He even asked God to help the poor people who were hanging there. He did not want them to feel sad. Then he picked up his bundle and put it on his back. He forgot his sad feelings and went on his way. He sang a happy song and whistled a tune as he walked.\n\nThe first thing he met was a small brown foal running happily in the fields. He caught it by its soft mane and wanted to jump on its back and ride to town. The little foal asked to be let go. \"I am still too young,\" it said. \"Even a light person like you would break my back. Let me go until I grow strong. Maybe one day I can help you.\" The tailor just laughed. \"Run along,\" he said. \"You are still a silly little thing.\" He gave the foal a gentle tap with a switch. The foal kicked its legs in joy, hopped over the fences, and galloped away into the green country.\n\nBut the little tailor had not eaten a thing since the day before. \"The sun is bright,\" he said, \"but the bread does not fill my mouth. The first thing I see that is even half good to eat will have to suffer for it.\" Just then, a stork walked solemnly across the meadow toward him. \"Stop, stop!\" cried the tailor. He grabbed the bird by the leg. \"I do not know if you are good to eat, but I am so hungry I have no choice. I must cut your head off and roast you.\" \"Please do not do that,\" said the stork. \"I am a special bird that helps people. No one ever hurts me. Let me live, and I might help you in a different way.\" \"Very well,\" said the tailor. \"Off you go, cousin longlegs.\" The stork stood up, stretched out its long legs, and flew gently away.\n\nWhat will happen to me now?\" thought the tailor. \"I am so hungry, and my tummy is empty. I will take anything that comes near me.\" Just then, he saw two little ducks swimming on the pond. \"Perfect timing!\" he said. He grabbed one duck and was about to hurt it. Suddenly, an old duck hiding in the tall grass screamed loudly. She swam to him with her beak open and begged him to stop. \"Can you imagine,\" she asked, \"how sad your mother would be if someone took you away?\n\nJust be quiet,\" said the kind tailor. \"You can keep your children.\" Then he gently put the prisoner back into the water.\n\nWhen he looked around, he saw a big, old tree with a hollow part. Some wild bees were flying in and out of it. \"There I will find my reward for being kind,\" said the tailor. \"The sweet honey will make me feel fresh.\" But the queen bee flew out. She looked at him and said, \"If you touch my family or hurt our home, our stings will hurt you like ten thousand hot needles. But if you leave us alone and go on your way, we will help you another time.\n\nThe little tailor looked at the empty bowls. It was a sad dinner. His tummy hurt because he was so hungry. He walked slowly to the town. It was just noon, so the inn was warm and ready. He sat down and ate a big meal. When he was full, he said, \"Now I will work.\" He looked for a job and found a kind master. He worked very hard and learned fast. Soon, everyone knew his name. They wanted him to make their coats. He felt very important. \"I am the best tailor,\" he said. \"And I will get even better.\" The king heard about him and made him the royal tailor.\n\nBut strange things happen in this world. On the very same day, the shoemaker became a very important shoemaker for the king. When the shoemaker saw the tailor, he felt very bad. He saw that the tailor had two healthy eyes again. \"Before the tailor gets angry at me,\" he thought, \"I must dig a hole for him.\" But the shoemaker who digs a hole for someone else falls into it himself. In the evening, when the work was done and it was getting dark, he went to the king. He said, \"Oh King, the tailor is a proud man. He says he will find the old golden crown that was lost long ago.\n\nThat would make me very happy,\" said the king. The next morning, he called the tailor to come to him. He told the tailor to get the crown back, or he had to leave the town forever. \"Oh, I see,\" thought the tailor. \"A clever trickster can do more than he has. If the grumpy king wants me to do the impossible, I will not wait until tomorrow. I will leave the town right now, today.\n\nHe packed up his bag, but when he walked out the gate, he felt sad to leave the town where everything had gone so well. He came to the pond where he had met the ducks. The old duck was sitting by the shore, cleaning her feathers with her beak. She knew him right away and asked why he looked so sad. \"You will not be surprised when you hear what happened to me,\" said the tailor. He told her his story. \"If that is all,\" said the duck, \"we can help you. The crown fell into the water, and it is at the bottom. We will bring it up for you. Just spread your handkerchief on the bank.\n\nShe dove down with her twelve little ones. In just five minutes, she was back up and sat with the crown resting on her wings. Her twelve babies swam all around her, poking their beaks underneath the crown to help carry it. They swam to the shore and gently placed the crown on a soft handkerchief. The sun shone on the crown, and it sparkled like a hundred thousand bright red gems. The tailor tied the handkerchief together at the corners and carried it to the king. The king was so happy to see them. He put a shiny gold chain around the tailor's neck.\n\nWhen the shoemaker saw that one hit did not work, he tried a second time. He went to the king and said, \"My Lord, the tailor is being very naughty again. He says he will copy the whole royal palace in wax. He says he will copy everything, inside and out, even the smallest things.\"\n\nThe king sent for the tailor. He told him to copy the whole palace in wax. He said, \"If you miss even one nail on the wall, you will have to stay in a dark prison forever.\n\nThe tailor thought, \"This is getting harder and harder. No one can stand that,\" so he picked up his bundle and walked away. When he reached the hollow tree, he sat down and looked down at his feet. The bees flew out of the tree, and the queen bee asked him why he was looking so sad. \"Oh, no,\" said the tailor, \"something else is making me feel heavy.\" He told her what the king had asked him to do. The bees started to talk softly to one another, and the queen bee said, \"Please go home now, but come back tomorrow at this time. Bring a big sheet with you, and then everything will be fine.\n\nSo he turned back again, but the bees flew to the royal palace. They went right inside through the open windows and crept into every corner to look around. Then they hurried back and built the palace out of wax. They worked so fast that it looked like the building was growing right before your eyes. By the evening, everything was finished. When the tailor came the next morning, the whole beautiful palace was there. Every single nail and tile was perfect. It was delicate and white as snow, and it smelled sweet like honey. The tailor wrapped it up carefully and took it to the king. The king loved it so much that he put it in his biggest hall. In return, he gave the tailor a big, stone house.\n\nThe shoemaker did not give up. He went to the king for the third time. He said, \"Lord King, the tailor says there will be no water in your castle yard. He says he will make a big stream rise up in the middle of the yard. He says it will be as clear as glass.\"\n\nThe king called the tailor to him. He said, \"If a stream of water does not rise in your yard by tomorrow, the executioner will make you much shorter.\"\n\nThe poor tailor did not think for long. He ran out to the gate. This time, it was a matter of life and death. Tears rolled down his face.\n\nThe tailor felt very sad as he walked away. Suddenly, a beautiful chestnut horse came running to him. It was the foal he had set free long ago. The horse spoke softly. \"The time has come to help you,\" it said. \"I know what you need. Please get on my back. I can carry two of us.\" The tailor felt brave again. He jumped on the horse in one big leap. They ran fast to the castle. The horse went round the big yard three times, very fast. Then, it fell down gently.\n\nSuddenly, a loud clap of thunder shook the ground. A piece of earth in the middle of the courtyard jumped up like a big ball. Then, a tall stream of water shot up into the sky, higher than a horse and rider. The water was clear and sparkled like diamonds. The sunbeams danced on the water, making it look magical. The king was amazed. He stood up and hugged the tailor right there in front of everyone.\n\nBut good luck did not last long. The king had many daughters, one prettier than the other, but he had no son. So the bad shoemaker went to the king again. He said, \"My Lord, the tailor is still very proud. He says he can bring a son to you through the air.\" The king told the tailor to come. He said, \"If you bring me a son in nine days, you may marry my oldest daughter.\" \"That is a great prize,\" thought the little tailor. \"I would do anything for it. But the cherries grow so high. If I climb for them, the branch will break, and I will fall.\n\nHe went home and sat down on his table. He thought about what to do. \"I cannot do it!\" he cried. \"I will go away. I cannot live here in peace.\" He tied up his bag and ran to the gate. When he got to the meadow, he saw his old friend the stork. The stork walked back and forth like a wise man. He looked at a frog and ate it up. The stork came to him and said hello. \"I see you have a bag on your back,\" he said. \"Why are you leaving the town?\" The tailor told him what the king wanted and how he could not do it. He felt very sad about his bad luck.\n\nDo not worry about your hair turning grey,\" said the stork. \"I will help you out of this trouble. For a long time, I have carried babies into the town, so for once, I can bring a little prince out of the well. Go home and rest. In nine days, come to the royal palace, and I will come there.\" The little tailor went home. At the right time, he was at the castle. Soon, the stork flew there and tapped at the window. The tailor opened it, and his tall cousin came inside carefully. He walked with big, slow steps on the smooth marble floor. He held a baby in his beak that was as lovely as an angel. The baby stretched out its little hands to the queen.\n\nThe stork placed the baby gently in the queen’s lap. She stroked the soft feathers and kissed the baby’s cheek. She was so happy and excited. Before the stork flew away, he took his bag off his back and gave it to the queen. Inside, there were small paper bags filled with sweet treats. The queen shared them with all the little princesses. The oldest princess did not get any candy. Instead, she got the kind tailor as her husband. He smiled and said, \"I feel like I won the biggest prize. My mother was right. She always said that if you trust in God and stay kind, good things will always happen.\n\nThe shoemaker had to make the special shoes for the little tailor. After the wedding, the shoemaker was told to leave the town forever. He walked down the road to the forest. He was very tired and hot. He felt sad and angry. He lay down on the grass to rest. He closed his eyes to sleep. Suddenly, two birds flew down from the trees. They were very gentle. They did not hurt him. They just wanted to be his friends. The shoemaker felt safe and warm. He fell into a deep, happy sleep. He did not wake up again, but he was not sad. He was dreaming of a beautiful place where he could play with the birds.",
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"Hills and valleys are far apart, but children of men meet each other. A shoemaker and a tailor once met on a trip. The tailor was a handsome boy who was always happy and full of fun. He saw the shoemaker coming from the other side. He looked at the shoemaker's bag and sang a little song to tease him. \"Sew the seam for me, pull the thread for me, cover it with sticky stuff, and hit the nail right on the head.",
"The shoemaker did not like the joke at all. He looked very grumpy, like he had just eaten something very sour. He made a mean face, as if he wanted to grab the tailor. But the little tailor just started to laugh. He handed him a bottle and said, \"I did not mean to be mean. Please take a drink and calm down.\" The shoemaker took a big, happy drink. His angry face went away. He gave the bottle back and said, \"That was a big gulp! They say it helps when you are thirsty, but I was just angry. Do you want to travel together?\" \"Yes,\" said the tailor. \"I want to go to a big town where there is lots of work.\" \"That is exactly where I want to go,\" said the shoemaker.",
"In a tiny village, there was nothing to earn. In the country, people liked to go barefoot. So, they walked on together. They took one step, then another, just like a little weasel moving through the soft snow.",
"They had plenty of time, but they did not have much food to eat. When they reached a town, they walked around and said hello to the shopkeepers. The tailor looked so happy and had such bright red cheeks that everyone wanted to give him work. Sometimes, when things went well, the shopkeeper's daughters would even give him a sweet kiss under the porch. When he met his friend the shoemaker again, the tailor always had the most money in his bag. The grumpy shoemaker made a sour face and thought, \"The bigger the trickster, the better the luck.\" But the tailor just laughed and sang. He shared everything he earned with his friend. If he found a few coins in his pocket, he bought good food and drinks. He was so happy that he tapped the table, and the glasses danced with joy.",
"He lived life lightly and happily.",
"After walking for a long time, they reached a big, green forest. There were two paths through the trees. One path was long and took seven days to walk, but the other was short and only took two days. The travelers did not know which path was the shorter one. They sat down under a big oak tree and talked about what to do. They decided to figure out how much food they needed for the trip.",
"The shoemaker said, \"We must be careful. I will take bread for a whole week.\" \"What?\" said the tailor. \"Why carry bread on my back like a heavy pack animal? I will trust in God and not worry. The money in my pocket is good all year, but bread gets dry and yucky in the hot sun. My coat is old too. Besides, why shouldn't we find the right way? Bread for two days is plenty.\" So, each man bought his own bread. Then, they went into the forest to see what luck they would have.",
"It was as quiet there as in a church. No wind blew, no brook bubbled, and no bird sang. Through the leaves, no sunbeam could get through. The shoemaker did not say a word. The bread felt so heavy on his back that sweat ran down his face. The tailor, however, was very happy. He jumped around and whistled a tune. He thought, \"God in heaven must be happy to see me so cheerful.",
"For two whole days, the forest seemed to go on forever. On the third day, the tailor had eaten all his bread. His heart felt very heavy and sad. But he did not give up. He trusted in God and hoped for the best.\n\nOn the evening of the third day, he lay down under a tree, still very hungry. The next morning, he woke up hungry again. He passed the fourth day that way, too. When the shoemaker sat on a fallen tree to eat his lunch, the tailor could only watch. He asked for a small piece of bread, but the shoemaker just laughed. He said, \"You were always so happy. Now you can see what it feels like to be sad. The birds that sing too early in the morning get caught by the hawk in the evening.\" The shoemaker was very unkind.",
"But on the fifth morning, the poor tailor could not stand up. He felt very weak and could hardly speak. His cheeks were pale, and his eyes were red. Then the kind shoemaker said, \"I will give you some bread today. But in return, I will put out your right eye.\" The unhappy tailor wanted to save his life, so he had to agree. He cried a little, and then he held out his eye. The shoemaker, who was very strict, put out the eye with a sharp knife. The tailor thought of what his mother had told him. She said, \"Eat what you can, and suffer what you must.",
"After he ate his bread, which cost him so much money, he stood up again. He forgot his sad feelings. He felt happy because he knew he could still see the world with just one eye.",
"But on the sixth day, his tummy hurt so much. He felt very weak. In the evening, he fell down by a tree. On the seventh morning, he could not get up. He felt so dizzy. He was very close to falling asleep forever. Then the kind shoemaker spoke. \"I will be nice,\" he said. \"I will give you bread again. But you must work for it. I will put out your other eye for it.",
"The tailor felt very sorry for his bad life. He prayed to God for forgiveness. He said, \"Do what you want, but remember that God sees everything. One day, you will be sorry for what you did to me. When I was happy, I shared my food with you. I am a tailor, and I need my eyes to sew. If I lose my sight, I cannot work. I will have to beg for food. Please do not leave me here alone when I am blind, or I will be hungry.\" The shoemaker, who did not believe in God anymore, took the knife and put out his left eye.",
"Then he gave him a bit of bread to eat. He held out a stick to him and drew him on behind him.",
"When the sun went down, they left the forest. In the open field, they saw a tall wooden post with a rope on it. The shoemaker led the blind tailor there, but then he walked away. The poor man felt very tired and hungry. He fell asleep on the soft grass and slept all night.\n\nWhen the sun came up, he woke up. He did not know where he was. Two poor men were hanging on the rope. A black bird sat on the head of each man. Then one of the men spoke softly. He said, \"Brother, are you awake?\" \"Yes, I am awake,\" answered the other man. \"Then I will tell you something,\" said the first man. \"The dew that fell on us last night is magic. If you wash your face with it, you will see again.",
"If blind people only knew this, how many of them would see again? They would be so happy to believe that it is possible.",
"When the tailor heard that, he took his soft handkerchief. He pressed it on the grass until it was wet with dew. Then, he gently washed his eyes with the cool water. Right away, something wonderful happened. A pair of bright, new eyes filled his sockets. Soon, he saw the sun rise behind the mountains. Before him lay the big royal city with its tall gates and many towers. The shiny gold balls on the tops of the buildings began to sparkle. He could see every single leaf on the trees. He watched the birds fly by and the tiny bugs dance in the air. He took a needle from his pocket. He threaded it easily, just like before. His heart felt so happy and light.",
"He fell to his knees and thanked God for being so kind to him. He said his morning prayer. He even asked God to help the poor people who were hanging there. He did not want them to feel sad. Then he picked up his bundle and put it on his back. He forgot his sad feelings and went on his way. He sang a happy song and whistled a tune as he walked.",
"The first thing he met was a small brown foal running happily in the fields. He caught it by its soft mane and wanted to jump on its back and ride to town. The little foal asked to be let go. \"I am still too young,\" it said. \"Even a light person like you would break my back. Let me go until I grow strong. Maybe one day I can help you.\" The tailor just laughed. \"Run along,\" he said. \"You are still a silly little thing.\" He gave the foal a gentle tap with a switch. The foal kicked its legs in joy, hopped over the fences, and galloped away into the green country.",
"But the little tailor had not eaten a thing since the day before. \"The sun is bright,\" he said, \"but the bread does not fill my mouth. The first thing I see that is even half good to eat will have to suffer for it.\" Just then, a stork walked solemnly across the meadow toward him. \"Stop, stop!\" cried the tailor. He grabbed the bird by the leg. \"I do not know if you are good to eat, but I am so hungry I have no choice. I must cut your head off and roast you.\" \"Please do not do that,\" said the stork. \"I am a special bird that helps people. No one ever hurts me. Let me live, and I might help you in a different way.\" \"Very well,\" said the tailor. \"Off you go, cousin longlegs.\" The stork stood up, stretched out its long legs, and flew gently away.",
"What will happen to me now?\" thought the tailor. \"I am so hungry, and my tummy is empty. I will take anything that comes near me.\" Just then, he saw two little ducks swimming on the pond. \"Perfect timing!\" he said. He grabbed one duck and was about to hurt it. Suddenly, an old duck hiding in the tall grass screamed loudly. She swam to him with her beak open and begged him to stop. \"Can you imagine,\" she asked, \"how sad your mother would be if someone took you away?",
"Just be quiet,\" said the kind tailor. \"You can keep your children.\" Then he gently put the prisoner back into the water.",
"When he looked around, he saw a big, old tree with a hollow part. Some wild bees were flying in and out of it. \"There I will find my reward for being kind,\" said the tailor. \"The sweet honey will make me feel fresh.\" But the queen bee flew out. She looked at him and said, \"If you touch my family or hurt our home, our stings will hurt you like ten thousand hot needles. But if you leave us alone and go on your way, we will help you another time.",
"The little tailor looked at the empty bowls. It was a sad dinner. His tummy hurt because he was so hungry. He walked slowly to the town. It was just noon, so the inn was warm and ready. He sat down and ate a big meal. When he was full, he said, \"Now I will work.\" He looked for a job and found a kind master. He worked very hard and learned fast. Soon, everyone knew his name. They wanted him to make their coats. He felt very important. \"I am the best tailor,\" he said. \"And I will get even better.\" The king heard about him and made him the royal tailor.",
"But strange things happen in this world. On the very same day, the shoemaker became a very important shoemaker for the king. When the shoemaker saw the tailor, he felt very bad. He saw that the tailor had two healthy eyes again. \"Before the tailor gets angry at me,\" he thought, \"I must dig a hole for him.\" But the shoemaker who digs a hole for someone else falls into it himself. In the evening, when the work was done and it was getting dark, he went to the king. He said, \"Oh King, the tailor is a proud man. He says he will find the old golden crown that was lost long ago.",
"That would make me very happy,\" said the king. The next morning, he called the tailor to come to him. He told the tailor to get the crown back, or he had to leave the town forever. \"Oh, I see,\" thought the tailor. \"A clever trickster can do more than he has. If the grumpy king wants me to do the impossible, I will not wait until tomorrow. I will leave the town right now, today.",
"He packed up his bag, but when he walked out the gate, he felt sad to leave the town where everything had gone so well. He came to the pond where he had met the ducks. The old duck was sitting by the shore, cleaning her feathers with her beak. She knew him right away and asked why he looked so sad. \"You will not be surprised when you hear what happened to me,\" said the tailor. He told her his story. \"If that is all,\" said the duck, \"we can help you. The crown fell into the water, and it is at the bottom. We will bring it up for you. Just spread your handkerchief on the bank.",
"She dove down with her twelve little ones. In just five minutes, she was back up and sat with the crown resting on her wings. Her twelve babies swam all around her, poking their beaks underneath the crown to help carry it. They swam to the shore and gently placed the crown on a soft handkerchief. The sun shone on the crown, and it sparkled like a hundred thousand bright red gems. The tailor tied the handkerchief together at the corners and carried it to the king. The king was so happy to see them. He put a shiny gold chain around the tailor's neck.",
"When the shoemaker saw that one hit did not work, he tried a second time. He went to the king and said, \"My Lord, the tailor is being very naughty again. He says he will copy the whole royal palace in wax. He says he will copy everything, inside and out, even the smallest things.\"\n\nThe king sent for the tailor. He told him to copy the whole palace in wax. He said, \"If you miss even one nail on the wall, you will have to stay in a dark prison forever.",
"The tailor thought, \"This is getting harder and harder. No one can stand that,\" so he picked up his bundle and walked away. When he reached the hollow tree, he sat down and looked down at his feet. The bees flew out of the tree, and the queen bee asked him why he was looking so sad. \"Oh, no,\" said the tailor, \"something else is making me feel heavy.\" He told her what the king had asked him to do. The bees started to talk softly to one another, and the queen bee said, \"Please go home now, but come back tomorrow at this time. Bring a big sheet with you, and then everything will be fine.",
"So he turned back again, but the bees flew to the royal palace. They went right inside through the open windows and crept into every corner to look around. Then they hurried back and built the palace out of wax. They worked so fast that it looked like the building was growing right before your eyes. By the evening, everything was finished. When the tailor came the next morning, the whole beautiful palace was there. Every single nail and tile was perfect. It was delicate and white as snow, and it smelled sweet like honey. The tailor wrapped it up carefully and took it to the king. The king loved it so much that he put it in his biggest hall. In return, he gave the tailor a big, stone house.",
"The shoemaker did not give up. He went to the king for the third time. He said, \"Lord King, the tailor says there will be no water in your castle yard. He says he will make a big stream rise up in the middle of the yard. He says it will be as clear as glass.\"\n\nThe king called the tailor to him. He said, \"If a stream of water does not rise in your yard by tomorrow, the executioner will make you much shorter.\"\n\nThe poor tailor did not think for long. He ran out to the gate. This time, it was a matter of life and death. Tears rolled down his face.",
"The tailor felt very sad as he walked away. Suddenly, a beautiful chestnut horse came running to him. It was the foal he had set free long ago. The horse spoke softly. \"The time has come to help you,\" it said. \"I know what you need. Please get on my back. I can carry two of us.\" The tailor felt brave again. He jumped on the horse in one big leap. They ran fast to the castle. The horse went round the big yard three times, very fast. Then, it fell down gently.",
"Suddenly, a loud clap of thunder shook the ground. A piece of earth in the middle of the courtyard jumped up like a big ball. Then, a tall stream of water shot up into the sky, higher than a horse and rider. The water was clear and sparkled like diamonds. The sunbeams danced on the water, making it look magical. The king was amazed. He stood up and hugged the tailor right there in front of everyone.",
"But good luck did not last long. The king had many daughters, one prettier than the other, but he had no son. So the bad shoemaker went to the king again. He said, \"My Lord, the tailor is still very proud. He says he can bring a son to you through the air.\" The king told the tailor to come. He said, \"If you bring me a son in nine days, you may marry my oldest daughter.\" \"That is a great prize,\" thought the little tailor. \"I would do anything for it. But the cherries grow so high. If I climb for them, the branch will break, and I will fall.",
"He went home and sat down on his table. He thought about what to do. \"I cannot do it!\" he cried. \"I will go away. I cannot live here in peace.\" He tied up his bag and ran to the gate. When he got to the meadow, he saw his old friend the stork. The stork walked back and forth like a wise man. He looked at a frog and ate it up. The stork came to him and said hello. \"I see you have a bag on your back,\" he said. \"Why are you leaving the town?\" The tailor told him what the king wanted and how he could not do it. He felt very sad about his bad luck.",
"Do not worry about your hair turning grey,\" said the stork. \"I will help you out of this trouble. For a long time, I have carried babies into the town, so for once, I can bring a little prince out of the well. Go home and rest. In nine days, come to the royal palace, and I will come there.\" The little tailor went home. At the right time, he was at the castle. Soon, the stork flew there and tapped at the window. The tailor opened it, and his tall cousin came inside carefully. He walked with big, slow steps on the smooth marble floor. He held a baby in his beak that was as lovely as an angel. The baby stretched out its little hands to the queen.",
"The stork placed the baby gently in the queen’s lap. She stroked the soft feathers and kissed the baby’s cheek. She was so happy and excited. Before the stork flew away, he took his bag off his back and gave it to the queen. Inside, there were small paper bags filled with sweet treats. The queen shared them with all the little princesses. The oldest princess did not get any candy. Instead, she got the kind tailor as her husband. He smiled and said, \"I feel like I won the biggest prize. My mother was right. She always said that if you trust in God and stay kind, good things will always happen.",
"The shoemaker had to make the special shoes for the little tailor. After the wedding, the shoemaker was told to leave the town forever. He walked down the road to the forest. He was very tired and hot. He felt sad and angry. He lay down on the grass to rest. He closed his eyes to sleep. Suddenly, two birds flew down from the trees. They were very gentle. They did not hurt him. They just wanted to be his friends. The shoemaker felt safe and warm. He fell into a deep, happy sleep. He did not wake up again, but he was not sad. He was dreaming of a beautiful place where he could play with the birds."
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