There was an emperor who loved clothes more than anything else. Two swindlers claiming to be weavers convinced the emperor they could make him clothes from a special invisible material meant to expose unfit subjects. Though no one could see the supposed clothes, all were afraid to admit it for fear of being seen as unfit. On the day of a parade, the emperor marched while believing he was finely dressed, until a child shouted that he had no clothes on, exposing the swindle.

5. The Minister saw nothing but was afraid to say so. When the rascals asked him what he thought of the materials he told them they were splendid. Fabulous!

11. By the time people discoved what had happened the two clever weavers were long gone with all the money and all the expensive threads.