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1、ANDERSEN'SFAIRYTALESANDERSEN'SFAIRYTALES111ANDERSEN'SFAIRYTALESTHEEMPEROR'SNEWCLOTHESManyyearsago,therewasanEmperor,whowassoexcessivelyfondofnewclothes,thathespentallhismoneyindress.Hedidnottroublehimselfintheleastabouthissoldiers;nordidhecaretogoeithertothet
2、heatreorthechase,exceptfortheopportunitiesthenaffordedhimfordisplayinghisnewclothes.Hehadadifferentsuitforeachhouroftheday;andasofanyotherkingoremperor,oneisaccustomedtosay,"heissittingincouncil,"itwasalwayssaidofhim,"TheEmperorissittinginhiswardrobe."Timepas
3、sedmerrilyinthelargetownwhichwashiscapital;strangersarrivedeverydayatthecourt.Oneday,tworogues,callingthemselvesweavers,madetheirappearance.Theygaveoutthattheyknewhowtoweavestuffsofthemostbeautifulcolorsandelaboratepatterns,theclothesmanufacturedfromwhichshou
4、ldhavethewonderfulpropertyofremaininginvisibletoeveryonewhowasunfitfortheofficeheheld,orwhowasextraordinarilysimpleincharacter."Thesemust,indeed,besplendidclothes!"thoughttheEmperor."HadIsuchasuit,Imightatoncefindoutwhatmeninmyrealmsareunfitfortheiroffice,and
5、alsobeabletodistinguishthewisefromthefoolish!Thisstuffmustbewovenformeimmediately."Andhecausedlargesumsofmoneytobegiventoboththeweaversinorderthattheymightbegintheirworkdirectly.Sothetwopretendedweaverssetuptwolooms,andaffectedtoworkverybusily,thoughinreality
6、theydidnothingatall.Theyaskedforthemostdelicatesilkandthepurestgoldthread;putbothintotheirownknapsacks;andthencontinuedtheirpretendedworkattheemptyloomsuntillateatnight.222ANDERSEN'SFAIRYTALES"Ishouldliketoknowhowtheweaversaregettingonwithmycloth,"saidtheEmpe
7、rortohimself,aftersomelittletimehadelapsed;hewas,however,ratherembarrassed,whenherememberedthatasimpleton,oroneunfitforhisoffice,wouldbeunabletoseethemanufacture.Tobesure,hethoughthehadnothingtoriskinhisownperson;butyet,hewouldprefersendingsomebodyelse,tobrin
8、ghimintelligenceabouttheweavers,andtheirwork,beforehetroubledhimselfintheaffair.Allthepeoplethroughoutthecityhadheardofthewonderfulpropertytheclothwastopossess;andallwereanxioustolearnhow
