The brave Little Tailor (1)

The brave Little Tailor (1)



One summer morning,  a little tailor was sitting cross-legged on his table near the window, sewing cheerfully.  

As he was working with all his might, a peasant woman came down the street, crying, "Jam for sale!  Good jam for sale! "
 
That sounded good to the little tailor, especially as it was almost lunch time.

So he put his friendly face out of the window and shouted, "Come up here, good woman. I would like to buy some jam."

The woman walked up the steps of the tailor's shop with her heavy basket and laid out all the jars she had infront of him.

He examined them, picking each one up and holding it to his nose.
It took a while for the tailor to examine them all, but finally he said,  "This jam looks good to me. Weigh out four ounces for me, even if it comes to a quarter pound."

The woman had hoped for a better sale than this after letting him look at every single jar.

She gave him what he wanted, then went away with grumbling.

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by Brother Grimm グリム童話より