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Many years ago, there was an emperor who did not hesitate to spend all his money in order to dress beautifully. He didn't care about his army, he didn't like going to the theater, and he didn't like to go to the park in a horse-drawn carriage - unless it was to show off his new clothes. He had to change a new set of clothes every hour of every day. People always mentioned him and said, "The emperor is in the dressing room." ”

One day, two deceivers came to his kingdom, claiming to be tailors, who said they could weave the most beautiful cloth in the world. Not only is the color and pattern of this cloth extraordinarily beautiful, but the sewn garment has a strange property: it is invisible to anyone who is incompetent or incorrigibly stupid.

"That's the perfect outfit!" The Emperor thought to himself, "I can see which people in my kingdom are incompetent; You can discern who is smart and who is stupid. yes, I'm going to tell them to weave such cloth at once! He paid the two crooks a lot and told them to start working right away.

They set up two looms and pretended to be working, but there was not even a trace of anything on them. They urgently begged to be given some of the finest raw silk and the finest gold. They put them in their pockets and toss on the two empty looms until late at night.

"I'd love to know how the fabric is woven," thought the Emperor.

However, the thought that all the stupid or incompetent people could not see the cloth did feel something unnatural in his heart. He believed that he had nothing to fear, but still felt that it would be better to send someone to see how the work was going.

The whole town had heard of the amazing power of this fabric, and everyone was eager to take the opportunity to test how stupid and stupid their neighbors were.

"I will send an honest old minister to the weavers," thought the Emperor, "and he can best see what this cloth looks like, for he is sensible, and no one is better than him in this matter." ”

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