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'Now, this jam shall be blessed by God,' cried the little tailor,

'and give me health and strength'; so he brought the bread out of

the cupboard, cut himself a piece right across the loaf and

spread the jam over it. 'This won't taste bitter,' said he, 'but

I will just finish the jacket before I take a bite.' He laid the

bread near him, sewed on, and in his joy, made bigger and bigger

stitches. In the meantime the smell of the sweet jam rose to

where the flies were sitting in great numbers, and they were

attracted and descended on it in hosts. 'Hi! who invited you?'

said the little tailor, and drove the unbidden guests away. The

flies, however, who understood no German, would not be turned

away, but came back again in ever-increasing companies. The

little tailor at last lost all patience, and drew a piece of

cloth from the hole under his work-table, and saying: 'Wait, and

I will give it to you,' struck it mercilessly on them.