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The Emperor's New Clothes

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  1. Long, long ago, in a certain country, there was a king who loved beautiful clothes.

  2. Every day, the king changed into new clothes.

  3. One day, two men came to the castle, saying they were tailors.

  4. "We will make the most beautiful clothes in the world."

  5. "These are clothes that a foolish person cannot see."

  6. Hearing this, the king was overjoyed.

  7. "With those clothes, I'll know right away who is foolish."

  8. The king gave the two men a lot of money.

  9. The two shut themselves in a room and pretended to make the clothes.

  10. But in fact, they used no thread, no cloth, nothing at all.

  11. A few days later, the king sent a minister to the room.

  12. The minister looked at the room and was shocked.

  13. Because there was nothing there.

  14. But the minister, afraid, said this:

  15. "What beautiful clothes these are."

  16. The king too went to the room and looked at the clothes.

  17. The king, too, could see nothing.

  18. But the king, too, afraid, said this:

  19. "Wonderful.

  20. I'll wear this and walk through the town."

  21. The king put on the invisible clothes and went out to the town.

  22. The people of the town, all of them, could see nothing.

  23. But everyone, afraid, said this:

  24. "What beautiful clothes these are."

  25. Then, one small child said in a loud voice,

  26. "The king isn't wearing anything!"

  27. Hearing this, the people of the town all laughed.

  28. The king felt embarrassed, but kept walking through the town until the end.

  29. The end.