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The emperor's new clothes

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There was an Emperor who very vain. All his life, his courtiers him how wonderful he was. It was not surprising that he had begun to believe it himself.

One day, the Emperor decided that he would like a new suit of . It so happened that in the court at that time there were two wicked men. They told the Emperor that they him a suit that was unlike anything that had ever been made before.

"It is made of a new material," said one, "so fine that only the truly can see it".

This sounded just what the Emperor . He asked them to begin at once. And so the performance began. The two were given a room in the palace and every day they more money to buy the thread and cloth they . In fact, they did not buy anything at all, but kept the money for themselves.