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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Sleepy Stories. I'm your host, Lucy,

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and my friends and I will be reading you a

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sleepy bedtime story every week to relax you and to

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help you to drift off into a RESTful sleep. From

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time to time, we will also read you a relaxing,

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peaceful meditation that will take you somewhere beautiful and calming.

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Once we have read the stories, we will then read

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them a second time, but this time they will be

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ready even slower. This will help you to relax even more.

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Before we begin, I would like you to close your

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eyes and breathe in and out nice and deeply. Take

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a few seconds to inhale, and then hold your breath

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for a few seconds more, and then release and breathe out.

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Do this a few times if you need to. While

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you listen to the music and you listen to my voice,

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give yourself time to let your body relax and your

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mind settle. It's important that we allow time for us

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to feel safe, cozy, and completely at ease. And now

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it's time for this week's story.

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Speaker 2: The Emperor's New Clothes. Many years ago, there was an

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emperor who was so excessively fond of new clothes that

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he spent all his money and dress. He did not

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trouble himself in the least about his soldiers, nor did

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he care to go either to the theater or the chase,

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except for the opportunities then afforded him for displaying his

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new clothes. He had a different suit for each hour

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of the day. And as of any other king or emperor,

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one is accustomed to say he is sitting in council,

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it was always said of him, the Emperor is sitting

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in his wardrobe. Time passed merrily in the large town

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which was his capital. Strangers arrived every day at the court.

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One day, two rogues, calling themselves weavers, made their appearance.

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They gave out that they knew how to weave stuffs

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of the most beautiful colors and elaborate patterns, the clothes

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manufactured from which should have the wonderful property of remaining

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invisible to everyone who was unfit for the office he held,

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or who was extraordinarily simple in character. These must indeed

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be splendid clothes, thought the Emperor. Had I such a suit,

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I might at once find out what men in my

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realms are unfit for their office, and also be able

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to distinguish the wise from the foolish. This stuff must

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be woven for me immediately, and he caused large sums

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of money to be given to both the weavers in

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order that they might begin their work directly. So the

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two pretended weavers set up two looms and affected to

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work very busily, though in reality they did nothing at all.

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They asked for the most delicate silk and the purest

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gold thread, put both into their own knapsacks, and then

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continued their pretended work at the empty looms until late

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at night. I should like to know how the weavers

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are getting on with my cloth, said the emperor to himself,

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after some time had elapsed. He was, however, rather embarrassed

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when he remembered that a simpleton, or one unfit for

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his office, would be unable to see the manufacture. To

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be sure, he thought he had nothing to risk in

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his own person, But yet he would prefer sending somebody

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else to bring him intelligence about the weavers and their

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work before he troubled himself in the affair. All the

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people throughout the city had heard of the wonderful property

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the cloth was to possess, and all were anxious to

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learn how wise or how ignorant their neighbors might prove

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to be. I will send my faithful old minister to

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the weavers, said the Emperor at last, after some deliberation.

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He will be best able to see how the cloth looks,

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for he is a man of sense, and no one

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can be more suitable for his office than he is.

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So the faithful old minister went into the hall, where

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the knaves were working with all their might at their

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empty looms. What can be the meaning of this? Thought

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the old man, opening his eyes very wide. I cannot

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discover the least bit of thread on the looms. However,

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he did not express his thoughts aloud. The impostors requested

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him very courteously to be so good as to come

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nearer their looms, and then asked him whether the design

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pleased him, and whether the colors were not very beautiful

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at the same time, pointing to the empty frames. The

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poor old minister looked and looked, but he could not

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discover anything on the looms for a very good reason, viz.

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There was nothing there. What thought he again, Is it

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possible that I am a simpleton? I have never thought

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so myself, and no one must know it now? If

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I am, so can it be that I am unfit

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for my office? No, that must not be said either.

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I will never confess that I could not see the stuff. Well,

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sir minister, said one of the knaves, still pretending to work.

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You do not say whether the stuff pleases you. Oh

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it is excellent, replied the old minister, looking at the

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loom through his spectacles. This pattern and the colors. Yes,

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I will tell the Emperor without delay, how very beautiful

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I think them. We shall be much obliged to you,

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said the impostors, and they named the different colors and

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described the pattern of the pretended stuff. The old minister

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listened attentively to their words in order that he might

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repeat them to the Emperor. And then the knave asked

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for more silk and gold, saying that it was necessary

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to complete what they had begun. However, they put all

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that was given them into their knapsacks and continued to

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work with as much apparent diligence as before at their

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empty looms. The Emperor now sent another officer of his

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court to see how the men were getting on, and

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to ascertain whether the cloth would soon be ready. It

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was just the same with this gentleman. As with the minister,

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he surveyed the looms on all sides, but could see

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nothing at all but the empty frames. Does not the

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stuff appear as beautiful to you as it did to

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my lord? The minister asked, the impostors of the Emperor's

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second ambassador, at the same time, making the same gestures

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as before, and talking of the design and colors which

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were not there. I certainly am not stupid, thought the messenger.

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It must be that I am not fit for my good,

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profitable office. That is very odd. However, no one shall

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know anything about it. And accordingly he praised the stuff

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he could not see, and declared that he was delighted

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with both colors and patterns. Indeed, please, your Imperial Majesty,

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said he to his sovereign, when he returned. The cloth

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which the weavers are preparing is extraordinarily magnificent. The whole

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city was talking of the splendid cloth which the Emperor

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had ordered to be woven at his own expense, and

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now the Emperor himself wished to see the costly manufacture

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while it was still in the loom, accompanied by a

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select number of officers of the court, among whom were

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the two honest men, who had already admired the cloth.

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He went to the crafty impostors, who, as soon as

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they were aware of the Emperor's approach, went on working

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more diligently than ever, although they still did not pass

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a single thread through the looms. Is not the work?

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Absolutely magnificent, said the two officers of the crown already mentioned,

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if your Majesty will only be pleased to look at it,

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What a splendid design, what glorious colors. And at the

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same time they pointed to the end empty frames, for

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they imagine that everyone else could see this exquisite piece

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of workmanship. How is this, said the emperor to himself.

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I can see nothing. This is indeed a terrible affair.

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Am I a simpleton? Or am I unfit to be

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an emperor? That would be the worst thing that could happen. Oh,

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the cloth is charming, said he aloud. It is my

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complete approbation. And he smiled most graciously and looked closely

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at the empty looms, for on no account would he

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say that he could not see what two of the

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officers of his court had praised so much. All his

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retinue now strained their eyes, hoping to discover something on

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the looms, but they could see no more than the other. Nevertheless,

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they all exclaimed, oh, how beautiful, and advised his Majesty

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to have some new clothes made from this splendid material

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for the approaching procession. Magnificent, charming, excellent resounded on all sides,

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and everyone was uncommonly gay. The Emperor shared in the

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general satisfaction and presented the impostors with the riband of

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an order of knighthood to be worn in their buttonholes,

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and the title of gentlemen Weavers. The rogues sat up

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the whole of the night before the day on which

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the procession was to take place, and had sixteen lights

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burning so that everyone might see how anxious they were

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to finish the Emperor's new suit. They pretended to roll

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the cloth off the looms, cut the air with their scissors,

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and sewed with needles without any thread in them. See,

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they cried, at last, the Emperor's new clothes are ready.

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And now the Emperor, with all the grandees of his court,

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came to the weavers, and the rogues raised their arm

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as if in the act of holding something up, saying,

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here are your Majesty's trousers. Here is the scarf, here's

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the mantle. The whole suit is as light as a cobweb.

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One might fancy one has nothing at all on when

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dressed in it. That, however, is the great virtue of

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this delicate cloth. Yes, indeed, said all the courtiers, although

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not one of them could see anything of this exquisite manufacture.

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If your Imperial Majesty will be graciously pleased to take

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off your clothes, we will fit on the new suit

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in front of the looking glass. The Emperor was accordingly undressed,

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and the rogues pretended to array him in his new suit.

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The Emperor, turning round from side to side before the

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looking glass. How splendid his Majesty looks in his new clothes,

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and how well they fit? Everyone cried out, what a design?

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What colors? These are indeed royal robes. The canopy, which

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is to be borne over your Majesty in the procession,

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is waiting, announced the chief Master of the ceremonies. I

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am quite ready, answered the Emperor. Do my new clothes

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fit well? Asked he, turning himself round again before the

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looking glass in order that he might appear to be

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examining his handsome suit. The lords of the bedchamber, who

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were to carry His Majesty's train, felt about on the

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ground as if they were lifting up the ends of

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the mantel, and pretended to be carrying something, for they

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would by no means betray anything like simplicity or unfitness

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for their office. So now the Emperor walked under his

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high canopy in the midst of the procession through the

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streets of his capital, and all the people standing by

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and those at the windows cried out, Oh, how beautiful

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are our Emperor's new clothes. What a magnificent train there

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is to the mantel, and how gracefully the scarf hangs.

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In short, no one would allow that he could not

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see these much admired clothes, because in doing so, he

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would have declared himself either a simpleton or unfit for

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his office. Certainly, none of the Emperor's various suits had

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ever made so great an impression as these invisible ones.

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But the Emperor has nothing at all. On said a

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little child, listen to the voice of innocence, exclaimed his father.

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And what the child had said was whispered from one

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to another. But he has nothing at all on at

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last cried out all the people. The emperor was vexed,

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for he knew that the people were right, but he

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thought the procession must go on now. And the lords

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of the bed chamber took greater pains than ever to

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appear holding up a train, although in reality there was

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no train to hold the ant The Emperor's new clothes.

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Many years ago there was an emperor who was so

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excessively fond of new clothes that he spent all his

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money and dress. He did not trouble himself in the

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least about his soldiers, nor did he care to go

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either to the theater or the chase, except for the

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opportunities then afforded him for displaying his new clothes. He

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had a different suit for each hour of the day.

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And as of any other king or emperor, one is

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accustomed to say he is sitting in council, it was

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always said of him, the Emperor is sitting in his wardrobe.

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Time passed merrily in the large town which was his capital.

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Strangers arrived every day at the court. One day, two rogues,

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calling themselves weavers, made their appearance. They gave out that

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they knew how to weave stuffs of the most beautiful

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colors and d elaborate patterns, the clothes manufactured from which

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should have the wonderful property of remaining invisible to everyone

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who was unfit for the office he held, or who

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was extraordinarily simple in character. These must, indeed be splendid clothes,

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thought the Emperor. Had I such a suit, I might

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at once find out what men in my realms are

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unfit for their office, and also be able to distinguish

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the wise from the foolish. This stuff must be woven

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for me immediately, and he caused large sums of money

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to be given to both the weavers in order that

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they might begin their work directly. So the two pretended

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weavers set up two looms and affected to work very busily,

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though in reality they did nothing at all. They asked

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for the most delicate silk and the purest gold thread,

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put both into their own knapsacks, and then continued their

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pretended work at the empty looms until late at night.

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I should like to know how the weavers are getting

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on with my cloth, said the emperor to himself after

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some time had elapsed. He was, however, rather embarrassed when

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he remembered that a simpleton or one unfit for his office,

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would be unable to see the manufacture. To be sure,

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he thought he had nothing to risk in his own person.

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But yet he would prefer sending somebody else to bring

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him intelligence about the weavers and their work. Before he

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troubled himself in the affair. All the people throughout the

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city had heard of the wonderful property the cloth was

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to possess, and all were anxious to learn how wise

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or how ignorant their neighbors might prove to be. I

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will send my faithful old minister to the weavers, said

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the emperor at last, after some deliberation. He will be

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best able to see how the cloth looks, for he

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is a man of sense, and no one can be

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more suitable for his office than he is. So the

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faithful old Minister went into the hall, where the knaves

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were working with all their might at their empty looms.

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What can be the meaning of this? Thought the old man,

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opening his eyes very wide, I cannot discover the least

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bit of thread on the looms. However, he did not

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express his thoughts aloud. The impostors requested him very courteously

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to be so good as to come nearer their looms,

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and then asked him whether the design pleased him, and

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whether the colors were not very beautiful at the same time,

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pointing to the empty frames. The poor old minister looked

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and looked, but he could not discover anything on the

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looms for a very good reason, viz. There was nothing there.

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What thought he again? Is it possible that I am

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a simpleton? I have never thought so myself, and no

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one must know it now. If I am so, can

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it be that I am unfit for my office? No?

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That must not be said either. I will never confess

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that I could not see the stuff. Well, sir minister,

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said one of the knaves, still pretending to work. You

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do not say whether the stuff pleases you? Oh it

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is excellent, replied the old minister, looking at the loom

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through his spectacles, This pattern and the colors. Yes, I

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will tell the Emperor without delay how very beautiful I

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think them. We shall be much obliged to you, said

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the impostors, and they named the different colors and described

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the pattern of the pretend stuff. The old minister listened

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attentively to their words in order that he might repeat

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them to the Emperor, and then the knaves asked for

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more silk and gold, saying that it was necessary to

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complete what they had begun. However, they put all that

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was given them into their knapsacks and continued to work

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with as much apparent diligence as before at their empty looms.

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The Emperor now sent another officer of his court to

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see how the men were getting on and to ascertain

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whether the cloth would soon be ready. It was just

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the same with this gentleman as with the minister. He

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surveyed the looms on all sides, but could see nothing

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at all but the empty frames. Does not the stuff

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appear as beautiful to you as it did to my lord?

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The minister asked, the impostors of the Emperor's second ambassador,

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at the same time, making the same gestures as before,

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and talking of the design and colors which were not there.

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I certainly am not stupid, thought the messenger. It must

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be that I am not fit for my good, profitable office.

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That is very odd. However, no one shall know anything

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about it. And accordingly he praised the stuff he could

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not see, and declared that he was delighted with both

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colors and patterns. Indeed, please your Imperial majesty, said he

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to his sovereign when he returned. The cloth which the

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weave are preparing is extraordinarily magnificent. The whole city was

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talking of the splendid cloth which the Emperor had ordered

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to be woven at his own expense, And now the

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Emperor himself wished to see the costly manufacture while it

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was still in the loom. Accompanied by a select number

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of officers of the court, among whom were the two

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honest men who had already admired the cloth, he went

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to the crafty impostors, who, as soon as they were

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aware of the Emperor's approach, went on working more diligently

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than ever, although they still did not pass a single

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thread through the looms. Is not the work absolutely magnificent,

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said the two officers of the crown already mentioned, If

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your Majesty will only be pleased to look at it,

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What a splendid design, what glorious colors. And at the

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same time they pointed to the empty frames, for they

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imagine that everyone else could see this exquisite piece of workmanship.

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How is this, said the Emperor to himself. I can

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see nothing. This is indeed a terrible affair. Am I

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a simpleton? Or am I unfit to be an emperor?

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That would be the worst thing that could happen. Oh,

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the cloth is charming, said he aloud. It is my

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complete approbation. And he smiled most graciously and looked closely

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at the empty looms, for on no account would he

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say that he could not see what two of the

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officers of his court had praised so much. All his

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retinue now strained their eyes, hoping to discover something on

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the looms, but they could see no more than the others. Nevertheless,

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they all exclaimed, oh, how beautiful, and advised his Majesty

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to have some new clothes made from this splendid material

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for the approaching procession. Magnificent, charming, excellent resounded on all sides,

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and everyone was uncommonly gay. The Emperor shared in the

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general satisfaction, and presented the impostors with the riband of

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an order of knighthood to be worn in their buttonholes,

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and the title of gentlemen weavers. The rogues sat up

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the whole of the night before the day on which

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the procession was to take place, and had sixteen lights

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burning so that everyone might see how anxious they were

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to finish the emperor's new suit. They pretended to roll

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the cloth off the looms, cut the air with their scissors,

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and sewed with needles without any thread in them. See,

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they cried, at last, the Emperor's new clothes are ready.

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And now the Emperor, with all the grandees of his court,

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came to the weavers, and the rogues raised their arm

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as if in the act of holding something up, saying,

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here are your majesty's trousers, Here is the scarf, here's

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the mantle. The whole suit is as light as a cobweb.

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One might fancy one has nothing at all on when

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dressed in it. That, however, is the great virtue of

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this delicate cloth. Yes, indeed, said all the courtiers, although

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not one of them could see anything of this exquisite manufacture.

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If your Imperial Majesty will be graciously pleased to take

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off your clothes, we will fit on the new suit

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in front of the looking glass. The Emperor was accordingly undressed,

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and the rogues pretended to array him in his new suit,

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the Emperor turning round from side to side before the

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looking glass. How splendid his Majesty looks in his new clothes,

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and how well they fit? Everyone cried out, what a design,

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What colors these are? Indeed royal robes. The canopy, which

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is to be borne over your majesty in the procession,

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is waiting, announced the chief Master of the ceremonies. I

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am quite ready, answered the Emperor. Do my new clothes

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fit well? Asked he turning himself round again before the

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looking glass in order that he might appear to be

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examining his handsome suit. The lords of the bedchamber, who

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were to carry his Majesty's train, felt about on the

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ground as if they were lifting up the ends of

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the mantle, and pretended to be carrying something, for they

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would by no means betray anything like simplicity or unfitness

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for their office. So now the Emperor walked under his

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high canopy in the midst of the procession through the

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streets of his capital, and all the people standing by

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and those at the windows cried out, Oh, how beautiful

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are our Emperor's new clothes. What a magnificent train there

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is to the mantle, and how gracefully the scarf hangs.

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In short, no one would allow that he could not

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see these much admired clothes, because in doing so, he

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would have declared himself either a simpleton or unfit for

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his office. Certainly, none of the Emperor's various suits had

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ever made so great an impression as these invisible ones.

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But the Emperor has nothing at all. On, said a

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little child. Listen to the voice of innocence, exclaimed his father.

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And what the child had said was whispered from one

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to another. But he has nothing at all. On at last,

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cried out all the people. The Emperor was vexed, for

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he knew that the people were right, but he thought

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the procession must go on now. And the lords of

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the bedchamber took greater pains than ever to appear holding

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up a train, although in reality there was no train

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to hold the end