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THEEMPERORSNEWCLOTHES

皇帝的新装

Manyyearsago,therewasanEmperor,whowassoexcessivelyfondofnewclothes,thathespent

hisnewclothes.Hehadadifferentsuitforeachhouroftheday;andasofanyotherkingor

emperor,oneisaccustomedtosay,heissittingincouncil,itwasalwayssaidofhim,The

Emperorissittinginhiswardrobe.

court.Oneday,tworogues,callingthemselvesweavers,madetheirappearance.Theygaveout

manufacturedfromwhichshouldhavethewonderfulpropertyofremaininginvisibletoeveryone

whowasunfitfortheofficeheheld,orwhowasextraordinarilysimpleincharacter.

Thesemust,indeed,besplendidclothes!thoughttheEmperor.HadIsuchasuit,Imightat

wisefromthefoolish!Thisstuffmustbewovenformeimmediately.Andhecausedlargesums

ofmoneytobegiventoboththeweaversinorderthattheymightbegintheirworkdirectly.

night.

tobringhimintelligenceabouttheweavers,andtheirwork,beforehetroubledhimselfinthe

affair.Allthepeoplethroughoutthecityhadheardofthewonderfulpropertytheclothwasto

be.

Iwillsendmyfaithfuloldministertotheweavers,saidtheEmperoratlast,aftersome

canbemoresuitableforhisofficethanheis.

histhoughtsaloud.

Theimpostorsrequestedhimverycourteouslytobesogoodastocomenearertheirlooms;and

thesametimepointingtotheemptyframes.Thepooroldministerlookedandlooked,hecould

either.IwillneverconfessthatIcouldnotseethestuff.

stuffpleasesyou.

Oh,itisexcellent!repliedtheoldminister,lookingattheloomthroughhisspectacles.This

pattern,andthecolors,yes,IwilltelltheEmperorwithoutdelay,howverybeautifulIthink

them.

giventhemintotheirknapsacks;andcontinuedtoworkwithasmuchapparentdiligenceasbefore

attheiremptylooms.

TheEmperornowsentanotherofficerofhiscourttoseehowthemenweregettingon,andto

Doesnotthestuffappearasbeautifultoyou,asitd