The Emperor's new clothes

Suddenly, it occurred to me that in fact, the story of the emperor's new clothes was in ancient and modern China and abroad, from the court to the small city, and it was repeatedly staged anytime and anywhere, but it was just a change of characters and roles.

Andersen

Many years ago, there was an emperor who spent all his money in order to dress beautifully. He didn't care about his army, he didn't like to go to the theater, he didn't like to ride a carriage to the park except to show off his new clothes. He had to change his clothes every hour of the day. People mention him, always saying, "The emperor is in the dressing room." ”

One day, two swindlers came to his capital, claiming to be weavers, saying that they could weave the most beautiful cloth in the world. Not only are the colors and patterns of this cloth extraordinarily beautiful, but the sewn garments also have a strange property: no one who is incompetent or irredeemably stupid can see them.

"That's the ideal dress!" The Emperor thought to himself, "When I wear such clothes, I can see which men are incompetent in my kingdom; and I can discern which are wise men and which are fools." Yes, I will tell them to weave such a cloth for me at once. So he paid the two crooks a lot of money so that they could start working right away.

They posed two looms, pretending to be working, but there was not even a speck of anything on their looms. They urgently requested that they be given some of the finest raw silk and the finest gold. They packed them all into their own pockets and worked only on the two empty looms until late at night.

"I'd love to know how the fabric is knitted." The emperor thought. However, remembering that anyone who is stupid or incompetent cannot see this cloth, he does feel unnatural in his heart. He believed he didn't have to be afraid, but he still felt it would be appropriate to send someone first to see how the work was progressing. The whole city had heard of the magical power of the fabric, so everyone was eager to take this opportunity to test how stupid or stupid their neighbors were.

"I will send my honest old minister to the weaver." The Emperor thought, "He can best see what this cloth looks like, because he is very rational, and no one is as good as him in terms of competence." ”

The kind old minister came to the house of the two crooks and saw them busy working on the empty loom.

"May God pity me!" The old minister thought, and he opened his eyes very wide, "I don't see anything!" But he didn't dare to say it.

The two crooks asked him to come closer, and at the same time pointed to the two empty looms and asked him if the pattern was very beautiful, and whether the colors were beautiful. The poor old minister's eyes widened wider and wider, and he still couldn't see anything, for there was really nothing.

"Oh my God!" He thought, "Am I stupid?" I never doubted myself. This must not be known to anyone. Am I incompetent? Not! I must not let anyone know that I cannot see the cloth. ”

"Hey, don't you have any opinions?" A crook who was weaving cloth said.

"Oh, it's beautiful! It's so beautiful!" The old minister said as he looked carefully through his glasses, "What a beautiful pattern!" What a beautiful color! Yes, I am going to report to the Emperor, and I am very satisfied with this cloth. ”

"Well, we're very happy to hear that." The two crooks said in unison. So they described the colors and rare patterns, and added some nouns. The old minister listened attentively so that he could return to the emperor and recite it as he did. In fact, he did.

The two crooks asked for more money, more raw silk and gold, saying it was for the need to weave cloth. They put all this stuff in their pockets.

Soon after, the emperor sent another honest official to see how the work was going. The official's luck was no better than that of the first minister: he looked and looked, but there was nothing on the two empty looms, and he could see nothing.

"Do you see this bumi beauty?" Two crooks asked. They pointed and described some beautiful patterned tangles that in fact they did not exist.

"I'm not stupid!" The official thought, "Probably I don't deserve such a good official position as I am now." It's funny, but I can't let people see it. "He praised the cloth he had completely ignored, while assuring him that he was pleased with the beautiful colors and ingenious patterns." Yes, that's so beautiful!" He said to the Emperor.

All the people in the city were talking about this beautiful fabric.

The Emperor was eager to see it for himself. He chose a specially appointed group of attachés that included the two honest ministers who had already been seen. He went to the two cunning liars. The two guys were weaving with all their energy, but not a single shadow of a thread could be seen.

"Do you see this cloth gorgeous or not?" The two honest officials said, "Your Majesty, please see: what a beautiful pattern! What a beautiful color!" They pointed to the empty loom, and they believed that others must be able to see the cloth.

"What's going on?" The Emperor thought to himself, "I didn't see anything!" That's appalling. Am I a stupid person? Am I not qualified to be emperor? That's the scariest thing. "Oh, that's beautiful!" The Emperor said, "I am very satisfied!"

So he nodded in satisfaction. He looked at the loom carefully, and he was reluctant to say that he hadn't seen anything. The whole retinue who came with him also looked and looked carefully, but they did not see anything more than the others. Like the emperor, they said, "Oh, it's beautiful!" They suggested to the Emperor that they make clothes out of this new, beautiful fabric and wear them to the upcoming parade. "This cloth is gorgeous! Exquisite! Unbeatable!" Everyone chimed in. Everyone has unspeakable joy. The Emperor gave the crooks the title of "Imperial Weaver", knighted them, and awarded them a medal that could be hung on the clasp.

The next morning, the parade ceremony was about to take place. On the first night, two crooks lit more than sixteen candles throughout the night. One could see that they were working at night to finish the emperor's new clothes. They pretended to take the cloth from the loom and cut it in the air with two large pairs of scissors for a while, while sewing it with unread needles. Finally, they said in unison, "Look! New clothes sewn!"

The Emperor himself came with a group of the noblest knights. The two crooks each raised one hand as if they were holding something. They said, "Look, this is the pants, this is the robe, this is the coat." "These clothes are as soft as a spider's web, and the person who wears them will feel as if there is nothing on them, and this is the advantage of these clothes."

"Not bad at all." All the knights said. But they couldn't see anything, because there was nothing.

"Now ask the emperor to take off his clothes," said the two swindlers, "so that we may change into new clothes for you in front of this great mirror." ”

The emperor took off all his clothes. One by one, the two crooks gave him the new clothes they had just sewn. They around his waist for a while, as if they were tying something to him, which was the back skirt. The emperor turned around in front of the mirror and twisted his waist.

"God, how fitted this garment is! How beautiful the cut is!" Everybody said, "What a beautiful pattern!" What a beautiful color! It's really expensive clothes. ”

"Everyone was waiting outside, ready their canopy so that they could be lifted above His Majesty's head for the parade." The ceremonial officer said.

"Yes, I'm already dressed." The Emperor said, "Does this dress fit me?" So he turned his body in front of the mirror again, because he wanted to make everyone think that he was seriously watching his beautiful new clothes.

The courtiers who were holding the skirts all touched their hands on the ground as if they were picking up their dresses. They walked, holding the air in their hands, and they did not dare to let people see that they really did not see anything.

In this way, the emperor marched under the rich canopy. People standing in the street and in the windows said, "Be obedient! The emperor's new clothes are really beautiful! How beautiful the back skirt under his shirt is! This dress really fits his figure!" No one wants to let people know that they can't see anything, because then they will show that they are incompetent or too stupid. All the emperor's clothes never received such praise.

"But he's not wearing anything!" A small child finally called out.

"God, listen to this innocent voice!" Dad said. So everyone whispered the child's words in private.

"He's not wearing anything!" There was a little kid who said he wasn't wearing anything!"

"He's really not wearing anything!" Finally all the people said. The emperor trembled a little, for he felt that what the people were saying seemed to be true. But he thought to himself, "I must finish this parade." So he put on a more proud look. His courtiers followed him, holding a non-existent back skirt in their hands.