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Chapter1

Once upon a time, there was a rich Emperor. He lived in a big castle and

had many servants. The emperor loved good music and good food. But

most of all, he loved good clothes. He had different clothes for every day

of the week, and different clothes for every hour of the day.

On his birth day, he always asked for new shirts, new pants and new shoes.

And that’s what he always got.

One day, two poor men named Buster and Clyde came to the emperor’s

city.They wanted to make money in the city, but they didn’t want to

work hard. They heard some towns people talking about the emperor.

The Emperor will hold another parade tomorrow.

Oh really? I wonder what he will be wearing.

Excuse me. What did you say about a parade?

Our emperor loves new clothes. When he gets a new suit, he has a parade.

Then every one in the city can see his nice, new clothes.

I see. Thank you.

Hey Clyde, did you hear that?

Hear what?

The emperor loves new clothes. I have a great idea. We can make lots of

money.

What’s your idea?

We will pretend to be tailors. We will tell the emperor that we can make

magic clothes. Only smart and hard working people can see the magic

clothes.If some one can’t see them, then they must be stupid or lazy.

But Buser, we don’t know how to make clothes.

That’s the best part. We only pretend to make clothes. No one will be

able to see them, but every one will be afraid to say any thing. If they say

they can’t see the clothes, all their friends will think they are stupid. Even

the emperor will say he can see the clothes. He doesn’t want people to

think he is stupid. We’ll be rich!

Wow! That’s a great idea.

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Chapter2  

The next day, they went to see the emperor.

Good morning, your majesty. I am Buster, and this is my partner, Clyde.

We are the greatest tailors in the world. We use the best silks and jewels

to make the most beautiful clothes. But our clothes are also very special.

The cloth is magic. Only smart, talented people can see it. People who are

stupid or lazy can not see the clothes at all.

Is this true? Are your clothes really magical?

Oh yes, your majesty. We made a suit for the king of france. Ten of his

advisors could not see the suit. So he found ten new advisors who could

see it.

Amazing! I must have a magic suit, too. You may begin today.

But your majesty, we need money. We must buy the silk for your new

clothes.And we need a big loom to weave the cloth and sewing tools to

sew the clothes.

You may have as much as you need. Here are two bags of gold. If you

need more, please tell me.

The emperor gave buster and clyde a sewing room in his castle. He gave

them a big loom to weave the cloth and sewing tools to sew the clothes.

Buster and clyde took the emperor’s gold and hid it in their bags. Then

they pretended to buy silk for the emperor’s new clothes.

The next morning, they pretended to set up the loom and weave cloth.

When ever any one looked into their room, they saw the tailors busy at the

loom.No one could see the clothes, but every one was afraid to look

stupid. So they all pretended to see the beautiful clothes.

Soon,every one in the castle was talking about the tailors and their

wonderful clothes. A few days later, the emperor wanted to know how the

new tailors were doing. So he sent one of his advisors to check on them.

Good morning, gentlemen. How is everything?

Good morning, sir. Every thing is very well. We have started weaving

already. Would you like to see?

Yes, I would. Um, is this the loom you are working with?

Yes,it is. Isn’t the color wonderful? We were lucky to find such good silk.

The advisor was very confused.

He looked all over the loom for the cloth. But of course, he couldn’t see

any thing at all. He didn’t want any one to think he was stupid or lazy, so

he pretended to see the cloth.

Oh yes! Very nice. Very nice. Indeed. The emperor will be very happy

when he sees it. This will make a wonderful suit.

Would you please tell the emperor that we need more money? We need to

buy gold thread for his new clothes.

Yes, I will. I’ll tell him today.

That afternoon, the advisor went to see the emperor. He was afraid to say

he couldn’t see the cloth. So he made some thing up.

Advisor,how do my new clothes look?

They are beautiful, your majesty. I have never seen such wonderful cloth

before.

What color is it?

Um,color? Well, it’s , um, … blue, your majesty.

Blue! I love blue. This will be my most beautiful suit.

One more thing. The tailors said they need more money. They need to

buy gold thread for your new clothes.

Here are two more bags of gold. Please give them to the tailors right

away.

The advisor gave the gold to buster and clyde. They hid the gold in their

bags and pretended to buy gold thread. Then they pretended to buy gold

thread.Then they pretended to weave cloth and sew clothes with the gold

thread.

A few more days passed, and the emperor sent another advisor to check

on the tailors.

Good morning, gentlemen. How is the new suit coming along?

Good morning , ma’am . we have been working very hard. We are almost

done weaving the cloth. Then we can begin to cut out the pieces. Would

you like to see?

Yes,I would.

Buster pretended to hold up a piece of cloth. The advisor looked at

buster’s hands. But of course, she could not see any cloth. She didn’t

want any one to think she was stupid or lazy, so she pretended to see the

cloth.

Oh,my. This is very nice. The emperor will be so happy with his new suit.

Would you please tell the emperor that we need more money? We need to

buy silver trim for his new clothes.

Yes,I will. I’ll tell him today.

That afternoon, the advisor went to see the emperor. She was afraid to say

she couldn’t see the cloth. So she made some thing up.

Advisor, how do my new clothes look?

You will be very happy, your majesty. Red is your best color.

Red? I thought the suit was blue.

Oh,I mean, the lining is red. They were weaving the lining when a saw

them.

Blue with a red lining. This truly will be my most beautiful suit.

One more thing. The tailors said they need more money. They need to

buy silver trim for your new clothes.

Here are two more bags of gold. Please give them to the tailors right

away.

The advisor gave the gold to buster and clyde. They hid the gold in their

bags and pretended to buy silver trim. Then they pretended to cut the silk

cloth and sew silver trim on to the clothes.