The emperor’s new clothes

Long long ago, there was a stupid emperor. All he loved was his clothes.

One day tow men came to his palace. They said they could make the most wonderful clothes in the world. The emperor was glad. He gave them a lot of money and asked them to make the clothes at once. So the two men pretended to be working hard in a room. After a day or two, the emperor sent an old minister to see the clothes. But to his surprise, he could see nothing. Then the minister came back to see the emperor and praised the two men’s hard work.

At last the clothes were ready and the emperor went to try them on. The emperor wouldn’t like others to think he was stupid, so he praised the clothes. And then so did his ministers. So the emperor took off all his clothes, and with the help of two men, put on the new clothes he could not see. The naked emperor went out of his palace to show off his new clothes. The pe ople were shocked when they saw him. But after a while, some people started praising the clothes. Suddenly a child’s voice was heard：“But mummy, he’s got nothing on!”. Then the crowd became silent.

很久以前，有一个愚蠢的皇帝，他只喜欢他的衣服。

一天，有两个人来到了他的皇宫，他们说能做出世界上最好的衣服。皇帝非常高兴，他给了他们很多钱并让他们马上就做这种衣服。于是这两个人就假装拼命地工作了起来。过了一两天，皇帝派一个老臣去看衣服织得怎么样了。但是令他吃惊的是，他什么都没看见。然后大臣回来见了皇帝，并对那两个人的工作大加赞赏了一番。

终于，衣服织完了，皇帝去试穿。皇帝不想让别人知道他是愚蠢的，就对衣服大加赞扬，随后他的大臣们也附和着赞扬起衣服来。于是皇帝脱下了身上所有的衣服，在那两个人的帮助下，穿上了他看不见的新衣服。一丝不挂的皇帝走出皇宫去炫耀他的新衣服。人们看到他的时候，都惊呆了。但是过了一会儿，一些人开始赞扬起他的衣服。忽然，传来一个孩子的声音：“但是妈妈，他什么也没穿呀！”随后，人群一片寂静。