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Vocabulary: Clothes
The Brave Little Tailor
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Genre: ComedySetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: Animals, Clothes, Competition, Fighting, Food, Kings and Queens, Magic, Making Clothes, SewingWord Count: 2862Original Author: Fairy TalesOnce there was a tailor, who was very brave but quite stupid. He lived alone in a small town, and made and sold clothes all by himself. His business never did quite well, but he was happy, although sometimes he thought about leaving the town.
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