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| The Emperor's New Uniforms |
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| 1998 retelling by Ms Holly |
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| One there was a vain rich Emperor who was a bit on the rolly polly side from eating very very well...He would dress in fine clothing to cover up his being a bit too plump. He was particularily fond of fine uniforms of great grandness in looks and appeal. So much so he would parade through the town weekly to show off his newest uniforms in front of his armies who wore only old drab uniforms. There was a group of swindlers who heard of this Emperor when they had robbed a fine tailor who was coming from a fine tailoring school...they tied him up and left him for the wood folk...and then decided they would be well off if they could sell the Emperor a uniform. So they picked up the finest of cloth and threads in a great and grand trunk which belonged to the tailor they had just robbed. They climbed in the carriage that was attached to a very fine beast...They dressed in the finest of clothing they could find in the tailors baggage and stripped him of his clothes to suffer undressed and cold in the forest. And off they took to swindle the vain Emperor. As they approached the gates to the palace. There they were greated by a rather drab looking guard who told them that the Emperor was too busy eating and trying on his clothes to have them visit so they would just have to leave... They two swindlers whispered to each other, and then the tallest stepped forward and said, "Ah but I have just arrived from the finest of tailoring schools and we heard that the Emperor has need of the finest tailors here..would you send us away to have the wrath upon your head when he finds we have finally arrived?" With that the guard opened the gat and in an apologetic manner replied, "My sincerest apologies fine tailors I had not been informed that you would be coming, please do not mention this to the Emperor when you speak with him." Another guard met them at the door and led them into the palace dining hall where the Emperor in all his finest clothing was seated at a magnificent feast. He turned and looked at the two men in all thier fine clothes and shouted, "How Dare you!" shouted the Emperor. "How dare you bring someone in to my dining hall...much less more slender and better dressed than I am. Off with the heads of the people responsible. Off with the heads of these intruders...and be sure to get their clothing for me." The swindlers kneeled down and said, "Our apologies for our rude intrusion our most Great Emperor. We were sent in great haste from one of the finest of tailoring schools by our masters to serve your needs. Our old teacher is not able to come so he sent us in his place." The Emperor quite forgot about his fine feast and jumped to his feet and ran to the two men saying "We must begin right now as you see the threads on this uniform are of poor quality and I must have something better made quickly." The two swindlers looked at the uniform which had obviously gotten too small for the Emperor's appetite. And shook their head in agreement. They went to the Emperor's private tailoring room and had him take off the uniform...and measured and chalked and turne the Emperor this way and that...and after a long time of writing down odd decipherings (as neither swindler had ever bothered to learn to read much less write)they sent the Emperor in his too tight clothes off to be alone. The first swindler said, "Let us leave before we are surely killed for we know nothing about tailoring." The second swindler said, "Oh don't you worry this Emperor is a vain, and selfish fool. He deserves to learn that there is more to being good and attractive than a uniform. I feel pity for the people who live here. Did you see they suffer worse than we do in these times of not enough. Let us have some fun..for only a fool is selfish, and a fool is easy to fool." So they sat and they stitched and they sewed...but not as a tailor would sew. They would sew with invisible thread and use invisible cloth. When the Emperor would come they would remeasure him then write some more things down that no one could understand...use tailors chalk on him on the floor on the walls..on the ceilings...When the Emperor would get impatient they would whisper to each other then tell the Emperor they were running out of silken thread and gold. Then they would order many many great magnificent expensive things. By then the entire city was talking about the Emperor's new clothes. Everyone began asking the Emperor when he would be ready. The Emperor put all his marches on hold until the new uniform would be done. Finally he could stand it no more so he stormed into the tailors room and demanded they finish that week. So they shook their heads sadly and began to try it on the Emperor. The Emperor exclaimed, "Why there is nothing here." The two swindlers stepped back and said, "Well it seems the Emperor is a Fool for only the wise can see this uniform. And it just will not do without the sleeves. We must go get the sleeves and put them on today even if it will not have all the trimmings if he must go out he must at least have the sleeves. The Emperor turned red with embarrasment for he had not seen the uniform and did not want to be seen as a fool and replied, "Oh no! You must finish it." So the charade went on as the swindlers gained more and more status and the entire town learned that only a wise man could see the Emperor's new uniform. Finally the swindlers had gotten as much as they could so they took it off and sold it all for money then packed up quickly to leave. They helped the Emperor into his fine new uniform and the Emperor walked out to join his forced for his parade march down the main street of town. As the Emperor marched down main street all the adults gathered around to see his new uniform no one wanted to be seen as a fool so they all remarked to each other how fine he looked and how grand his uniform was and then all of a sudden a man arrived all ragged looking and asked a child what was going on. The child replied, "The Emperor has had a grand uniform made by two men and only the wise can see it. Can you see it...???" The man looked at the Emperor and replied, "no." The child then said, "This uniform was made by the two finest tailors from the finest school of tailoring in all of the land." The man looked and said, "I am from the finest school of tailoring and we do not do clothes that cannot be seen by those who are not wise. Those two men that claimed to be tailors stole everything I owned and pretended to be tailors. I am the tailor that was sent to make his new uniform. The Emperor has been made a fool and is wearing no clothes." The child began laughing and shouting "The Emperor has no clothes on!" Then everyone watching the Emperor and his grand army march began shouting and laughing, "The Emperor has no clothes on!" But the Emperor in all his vanity and ego continued to finish his march...and never marched vainly down main street again. |
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