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Once upon a time, there was a king who dandy, and very fond of wearing new clothes. He spent much time just looking at herself in the mirror, and always wanted to wear new clothes in the morning, noon and even in the night when he went go to bed!
On one day, came two fraudsters posing as a great dress maker. They claim that they are good at weaving and making clothes with very good quality, to the extent that the cloth they use to make clothes will not be seen, except by smart people.
When the king heard this, he was very interested. "That's good, so I can know who is stupid and who is smart in this kingdom." He thought. The king immediately ordered the two men to make new clothes for him, using a special fabric. They were given a special room in the palace, along with threads of gold which they have requested. Both fraudsters hide the threads of gold which they receive, and then pretend to work hard to make a dress.
A few days later, the impatient king sent his ministers to look at clothes that are being made it special. When the minister visited the deceiver in disguise, he was confused. "I do not see anything here" he thought. But the minister did not want to admit it because he did not want to be regarded stupid. So he was praised both deceiver and said that the clothes they make are very beautiful. After the minister out of the room, both trickster burst out laughing.
Shortly thereafter, the king came to see the clothes for themselves. He tried to see the whole room, but he did not see anything. However, because he do not want to regarded stupid, the king pretended to see the special clothes and said, "The very-very beautiful clothes, I cannot wait to wear them"
The next day is the days that the king will wear his new shirt at the parade around the city. Both of fraudsters who have said goodbye and went undercover with a reason will make clothes for the king of the other kingdoms. Of course, they do not forget to bring the threads of gold which they had hidden, and gold money wages to make clothes.
When the king wearing his new clothes, he still could not see the clothes and soon he felt cold because he didn’t wear anything actually. But because they do not want to say stupid, the king was circling in front of the mirror and admiring his new clothes, although he did not see anything. All the royal officials also said that the new clothes were beautiful, because they also do not want to be regarded as a stupid.
All people have heard that the king will wear a new special dress that day. When the king appeared, all surprised. But they also had heard the news that a special new outfit that can only be seen by people who are smart, and because they do not want to be regarded stupid either, they cry out praising the king.
Suddenly a small child's voice shouting, "but, he did not wear clothes, the king is naked!"All was silent. King realized that the child was telling the truth, and with a rush he walked back to the palace.
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