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Feb 2020
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The Brave Little Tailor (Pre-Intermediat...

ARIEL GOODBODY
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A foolish tailor kills seven flies in one blow, and makes a belt to remember this. He goes out into the world to show people his amazing feat, but they think he killed seven men in one blow.

Today's story is The Brave Little Tailor. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Brave for the full transcript. Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Comedy. Vocabulary: Tailor, Blow (hit), Giant (monster), Squeeze, Root, Task, Servant, Unicorn, Horn, “A piece of cake”, Wild boar. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 2862. Author: Fairy Tales.

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