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1、TheEmperor’sNewClothesManyyearsago,therewasanEmperor,whowassoexcessivelyfondofnewclothes,thathespentallhismoneyindress.Hedidnottroublehimselfintheleastabouthissoldiers;nordidhecaretogoeithertothetheatreorthechase,exceptfortheopportunitiesthenaffordedhimfordisplayinghisnewcl
2、othes.Hehadadifferentsuitforeachhouroftheday;andasofanyotherkingoremperor,oneisaccustomedtosay,"Heissittingincouncil,"itwasalwayssaidofhim;"TheEmperorissittinginhiswardrobe."Timepassedmerrilyinthelargetownwhichwashiscapital;strangersarrivedeverydayatthecourt.Oneday,tworogue
3、s,callingthemselvesweavers,madetheirappearance.Theygaveoutthattheyknewhowtoweavestuffsofthemostbeautifulcolorsandelaboratepatterns,theclothesmanufacturedfromwhichshouldhavethewonderfulpropertyofremaininginvisibletoeveryonewhowasunfitfortheofficeheheld,orwhowasextraordinaril
4、ysimpleincharacter."Thesemust,indeed,besplendidclothes!"thoughttheEmperor."HadIsuchasuit,Imightatoncefindoutwhatmeninmyrealmsareunfitfortheiroffice,andalsobeabletodistinguishthewisefromthefoolish!Thisstuffmustbewovenformeimmediately."Andhecausedlargesumsofmoneytobegiventobo
5、ththeweaversinorderthattheymightbegintheirworkdirectly.Sothetwopretendedweaverssetuptwolooms,andaffectedtoworkverybusily,thoughinrealitytheydidnothingatall.Theyaskedforthemostdelicatesilkandthepurestgoldthread;putbothintotheirownknapsacks;andthencontinuedtheirpretendedworka
6、ttheemptyloomsuntillateatnight."Ishouldliketoknowhowtheweaversaregettingonwithmycloth,"saidtheEmperortohimself,aftersomelittletimehadelapsed;hewas,however,ratherembarrassed,whenherememberedthatasimpleton,oroneunfitforhisoffice,wouldbeunabletoseethemanufacture.Tobesure,hetho
7、ughthehadnothingtoriskinhisownperson;butyet,hewouldprefersendingsomebodyelse,tobringhimintelligenceabouttheweavers,andtheirwork,beforehetroubledhimselfintheaffair.Allthepeoplethroughoutthecityhadheardofthewonderfulpropertytheclothwastopossess;andallwereanxioustolearnhowwise
8、,orhowignorant,theirneighborsmightprovetobe."Iwillsendmyfaithfuloldministertothewe
