The title is The Brave Little Tailor. The story is about a puny tailor who is so bothered by flies while eating his bread and jam that he swats them with a rag and kills seven of them. He then stitches SEVEN AT ONE BLOW on his belt and emboldened by his story leaves to find his fortune in the world. The characters he meets all think that the inscription refers to seven men, rather than flies.
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Three globe thistles. Three teasels. Three early chestnuts. Thursday Trios
The Nibelungensteig is a walking track cutting through the Odenwald for 130 km following the legend of the Nibelungen. In 15 places there are sculptures by Jens Nettlich depicting parts of the story. This is near the castle ruin of Lindenfels – almost the beginning of the story. Siegfried, the blonde hero, has forged his sword Balmung and kills the dragon Fafnir with it.
PS: What does it say about me that when I typed the title the first time I wrote: And Faramir’s scream was heard in all the lands?
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The Seven Ravens – not quite as well known, also by the Brothers Grimm. It’s the story of seven brothers who are magicked into ravens and their sister goes through many hardships to break the spell.
Okay, technically these are crows or possibly rooks but it’s close enough, I think. And there is seven of them.
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Midweek Monochrome
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The thinking of a child: If I can’t see you, you can’t see me!
Works better the younger you are – even if you are a foal.
And of course, I have many photos of Henry (our cat) pretending he is invisible. Admittedly, he was a lot younger when he still fit in a pizza box.
Our neighbours’ cat Johnny also knows the same trick.
Weekly Prompt Wednesday Challenge: Invisibility
(PS: another WP change I hate: the underline function is gone – let’s hope it’s not permanent)
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Another Grimm fairytale (Who am I kidding? I only have Grimm fairytales in this series).
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. These are from the Märchenwald (fairytale forest) in the Obrunner Schlucht, near Höchst im Odenwald.
And here is the potted version:
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Wordless Wednesday
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The ultimate in horizontal stripes. Modelled here by the Dalton brothers rounded up by Lucky Luke. If you don’t know, Lucky Luke is a comic strip, published in books, by the Belgian Morris. It’s worldwide the most successful Wild West comic, was first published in … Continue reading No Stars Just Stripes
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