This paper presents a fairy-tale from the Trobriand Islands and discusses some consequences the linguistic and cultural contact situation with Australian missionaries had for the islanders. The fairy-tale can easily be recognized as the Kilivila version of the European tale “The Fearless Tailor” (collected by Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm under the German title “Das tapfere Schneiderlein”). A comparison between the European tale and the Kilivila version reveals that although the latter travels between a European and a Trobriand world – both linguistically and with regard to contents – the Trobriand tale combines the European fairy-tale-world and the Trobriand world-of-myths. However, with this combination processes of change on the Trobriands are fostered and supported.