The Tailor of the Zirockalm: An Austrian Folktale that Teaches Lessons on Honour and Silence
High above the rolling valleys of Tyrol, where mist drifts across the peaks and bells from grazing cattle echo faintly through the passes, there stood an alpine pasture called Zirockalm. Here, amid slopes sprinkled with wildflowers and the slow hum of bees, a humble tailor once came seeking work. He was a small man of quiet ways, carrying nothing but
