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The Emperor's New Clothes
A Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Anderson
Once upon a time there was an emperor who loved clothes more than anything else. He cared nothing for his work or parties or the theater. He changed his clothing every hour of the day. He was happy only when he had new clothes.
One day two swindlers came to the city where the emperor lived. They pretended to be weavers who made the finest cloth in the world. Their cloth was extremely beautiful, but it had one amazing quality--only an honest person could see the cloth. Anyone who was a fool could not see it.
The emperor heard about this amazing cloth. "It must be wonderful," he thought. "If I have a suit made out of this cloth, I will be able to know who in my government is a fool. I must order a suit made of this cloth at once."
In a few days, the emperor went back to check on the weavers, but he couldn't see any cloth. "I can't see anything. Oh, my goodness, this is the worst thing that's ever happened. Can it be really true? I'm a fool? I can't breathe a word of this to anyone. Thank you, thank you, thank you" he said to the weavers with a smile. "I have never seen such cloth in all my life."