The Emperor`s New Clothes
Once upon a time there was a really popular man who was head
of his kingdom. He had a thing for expensive clothes. The man enjoyed
wearing expensive clothes. It took a long time to change clothes.
One day two guys walked into town. They said they were very good at
weaving clothes and could weave neat stuff. They knew how to make
very colorful clothes. The clothes were invisible to some people. ‘’Only
people who were smart could see the cloth,’’ they said. ‘’Dumb people
cannot see it.’’ The king got excited and ordered some cloth for himself.
The two guys got busy. First the asked for bead to buy the finest silk
and gold thread. The king gave it to them, but instead of buying thread
they pocketed the money into their backpacks. Then they pretended to
weave, standing by the spinning wheels and pulling imaginary thread
through the air. The king kept sending people to see what was going
on. Each person saw and was scared to see nothing. Not wanting
anyone to think he was dumb, he went back to the king and lied. ‘’The
stuff is amazing,’’ each reported. Finally the king went to see the cloth
for himself. ‘’like it?’’ Smiled one of the weavers. ‘’Isn’t it neat,’’
‘’Yeah,’’ said the king, who was getting real scared. He took a deep
breath to calm himself and said, ‘’I mean, well, of course. Its neat stuff.
I want you to make me some new clothes for the parade.” After
tomorrow.” “No sweat,” said the weavers. “We’ll need more bread, and
then we’ll get right on it.” The king gave them more cash, which they
again struck in their packs. They began pretending to cut and sew the
invisible cloth. They really got into it, putting on quite a show. At last,
they said they were ready and called the king. “I can’t believe these
clothes!” cried the king. “I love them!” of course he was lying. He
couldn’t even see them. Still, he nervously stripped down his clothes
and let the weavers pretend to dress him in the new clothes. When the
people saw the king parading down the street in nothing but his under
ware, they freaked. They didn’t want anyone to think they were stupid,
so they clapped and cheered and said, “Nice! Awesome! Cool!” The
king smiled proudly, happy to see what cool subjects he had. But at last
one little girl turned to his father and said very loudly, “Hey, Dad. That
guy has nothing on!” Everyone was shocked, but they knew this little
kid wasn’t stupid. After all, he was the only first grader in the kingdom
to have a perfect report card. Everyone began whispering, repeating
what the kid had said. Soon everyone was shouting, “The king turned
bright red, form head toe. At last he saw that he had been ripped off.
The two weaving guys split and lived happily ever after .