Manyyearsago,therewasanEmperor,whowassoexcessivelyfondofnewclothes,thathespentallhismoneyindress.Hedidnottroublehimselfintheleastabouthissoldiers;nordidhecaretogoeithertothetheatreorthechase,exceptfortheopportunitiesthenaffordedhimfordisplayinghisnewclothes.Hehadadifferentsuitforeachhouroftheday;andasofanyotherkingoremperor,oneisaccustomedtosay,"heissittingincouncil,"itwasalwayssaidofhim,"TheEmperorissittinginhiswardrobe."Timepassedmerrilyinthelargetownwhichwashiscapital;strangersarrivedeverydayatthecourt.Oneday,tworogues,callingthemselvesweavers,madetheirappearance.Theygaveoutthattheyknewhowtoweavestuffsofthemostbeautifulcolorsandelaboratepatterns,theclothesmanufacturedfromwhichshouldhavethewonderfulpropertyofremaininginvisibletoeveryonewhowasunfitfortheofficeheheld,orwhowasextraordinarilysimpleincharacter."Thesemust,indeed,besplendidclothes!"thoughttheEmperor."HadIsuchasuit,Imightatoncefindoutwhatmeninmyrealmsareunfitfortheiroffice,andalsobeabletodistinguishthewisefromthefoolish!Thisstuffmustbewovenformeimmediately."Andhecausedlargesumsofmoneytobegiventoboththeweaversinorderthattheymightbegintheirworkdirectly.Sothetwopretendedweaverssetuptwolooms,andaffectedtoworkverybusily,thoughinrealitytheydidnothingatall.Theyaskedforthemostdelicatesilkandthepurestgoldthread;putbothintotheirownknapsacks;andthencontinuedtheirpretendedworkattheemptyloomsuntillateatnight."Ishouldliketoknowhowtheweaversaregettingonwithmycloth,"saidtheEmperortohimself,aftersomelittletimehadelapsed;hewas,however,ratherembarrassed,whenherememberedthatasimpleton,oroneunfitforhisoffice,wouldbeunabletoseethemanufacture.Tobesure,hethoughthehadnothingtoriskinhisownperson;butyet,hewouldprefersendingsomebodyelse,tobringhimintelligenceabouttheweavers,andtheirwork,beforehetroubledhimselfintheaffair.Allthepeoplethroughoutthecityhadheardofthewonderfulpropertytheclothwastopossess;andallwereanxioustolearnhowwise,orhowignorant,theirneighborsmightprovetobe."Iwillsendmyfaithfuloldministertotheweavers,"saidtheEmper...
