When a hardworking tailor emerges from his work, delighted about his feat of killing seven flies with one swat, the townspeople mistakenly assume he is talking about the subject on everyone's mind: giants! Before the tailor realizes the mixup, the king commissions him to go into the woods and stop the giants who have been terrorizing nearby towns. Luckily, the little tailor is brave, and with some wit and ingenuity, he is able to rid his village of giants forever!