But good fortune did not last long. The King had daughters in plenty, one still prettier than the other, but he had no son. So the malicious shoemaker betook himself for the fourth time to the King, and said, "Lord King, the tailor has not given up his arrogance. He has now boasted that if he liked, he could cause a son to be brought to the Lord king through the air." The King commanded the tailor to be summoned, and said, "If thou causest a son to be brought to me within nine days, thou shalt have my eldest daughter to wife." - "The reward is indeed great," thought the little tailor; "one would willingly do something for it, but the cherries grow too high for me, if I climb for them, the bough will break beneath me, and I shall fall."
He went home, seated himself cross-legged on his work-table, and thought over what was to be done. "It can't be managed," cried he at last, "I will go away; after all I can't live in peace here." He tied up his bundle and hurried away to the gate. When he got to the meadow, he perceived his old friend the stork, who was walking backwards and forwards like a philosopher. Sometimes he stood still, took a frog into close consideration, and at length swallowed it down. The stork came to him and greeted him. "I see," he began, "that thou hast thy pack on thy back. Why art thou leaving the town?" The tailor told him what the King had required of him, and how he could not perform it, and lamented his misfortune. "Don't let thy hair grow grey about that," said the stork, "I will help thee out of thy difficulty. For a long time now, I have carried the children in swaddling-clothes into the town, so for once in a way I can fetch a little prince out of the well. Go home and be easy. In nine days from this time repair to the royal palace, and there will I come." The little tailor went home, and at the appointed time was at the castle. It was not long before the stork came flying thither and tapped at the window. The tailor opened it, and cousin Longlegs came carefully in, and walked with solemn steps over the smooth marble pavement. He had, moreover, a baby in his beak that was as lovely as an angel, and stretched out its little hands to the Queen. The stork laid it in her lap, and she caressed it and kissed it, and was beside herself with delight. Before the stork flew away, he took his travelling bag off his back and handed it over to the Queen. In it there were little paper parcels with colored sweetmeats, and they were divided amongst the little princesses. The eldest, however, had none of them, but got the merry tailor for a husband. "It seems to me," said he, "just as if I had won the highest prize. My mother was if right after all, she always said that whoever trusts in God and only has good luck, can never fail."
The shoemaker had to make the shoes in which the little tailor danced at the wedding festival, after which he was commanded to quit the town for ever. The road to the forest led him to the gallows. Worn out with anger, rage, and the heat of the day, he threw himself down. When he had closed his eyes and was about to sleep, the two crows flew down from the heads of the men who were hanging there, and pecked his eyes out. In his madness he ran into the forest and must have died there of hunger, for no one has ever either seen him again or heard of him.
高山与峡谷从不相遇，可是人类的后代，无论是善与恶，则都会相识。就是这样，一个鞋匠和一个裁缝在他们的旅途上相会了。裁缝是个个头不高但相貌英俊的小伙子，他的性格开朗，整天乐呵呵。他看见鞋匠从对面走来，从他背着的家什裁缝猜出他是干什么营生的，就唱了一支小调与他开玩笑：
"给我缝缝开了线的鞋，
针脚得要细又密，
沥青要抹在缝线上，
鞋底的钉子要敲牢。"
可是鞋匠却受不了这个玩笑，他拉长了脸，好像喝了一瓶醋，做了一个要掐裁缝脖子的动作，但是小个子裁缝却哈哈笑了起来，递给他一瓶水说道："没什么坏意思，喝口水吧，压压气。"鞋匠使劲喝了一口，脸上的阴云才散开了。他把瓶子还给裁缝并说："我喝了一大口。大家说这叫能喝，而不是因为口渴。我们能一起走吗?""好啊，"裁缝同意，"到大城市里去你觉得如何，那儿活儿会不少。""那就是我要去的地方。"鞋匠一口赞同："小镇子里无钱可挣，农村的人们都不穿鞋。"于是他们一块赶路，下雪的时候，他们像黄鼠狼一样踩着前面的脚窝走。
他们匆匆赶路，没有时间吃东西和休息，到了一座城里后又到处找买卖人揽生意，由于裁缝的神情活泼又快乐，两个脸蛋红彤彤的，深得大家的欢心，所以活儿也多，运气好的时候东家的女儿在门廊下甚至会亲他一口。他又和鞋匠遇见了。裁缝的家伙几乎都在包袱里。脾气暴躁的鞋匠做了一个苦脸心里想："人越坏，运气就越好。"可是裁缝一边笑一边唱了起来，把他所有的东西拿出来和同伴分享。如果口袋里有两个铜板的话，他会要杯啤酒，兴高采烈地拍着桌子，酒杯也会陪他跳舞，他是一个挣得容易花得快的乐天派。
他们走了一段时间，来到一座大森林，森林那边有通往首都的大道。有二条小路可穿过林子，一条需要走七天，另一条则只要二天，但是二人谁也不知道哪条是近路。他们坐在一棵橡树下，商量以后如何办、干粮还可以吃几天。鞋匠发言："任何事都要先思而后行，我得带一周的干粮。""什么!"裁缝吃了一惊，"像驴一样驮七天的干粮，头都不能抬起来走路。我相信上帝，任何事情均无烦恼!我口袋里的钱夏天冬天一样好用，可是热天里面包要变硬，而且还会发霉，我的外套也禁不住这么长的时间。另外我们为什么不找找那条近路呢?二天的干粮足够用啦。"最后，二人分别带上自己的干粮，进入森林寻找各自的运气。
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