The Emperor's new clothes...
Recently I read the story of the Emperor’s new clothes to my kids as they prepared for bed. The background of the story is where two swindlers arrived at the capital city of an emperor who spends lavishly on clothing at the expense of state matters. Posing as cloth makers, they offered to supply him with magnificent clothes that are invisible to only those who are stupid. The emperor hired them, and they went to work. Each time the emperor and his officials visited to check with the progress of these new clothes, the looms were empty but they pretended to avoid being thought stupid. Finally, the weavers reported that the emperor's suit was finished. They pretended dressing him up and he then he sets off in a procession before the whole city. The townspeople uncomfortably went along with the pretense , not wanting to appear stupid. Suddenly a child blurts out – “The Emperor is naked - he is wearing nothing at all”! The people then realized that everyone had been fooled. A