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From the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen. The Emperor loves fine clothes. One day two crooks offer to make him some magical clothes that can only be seen by the wise. The Emperor parades through the city. No-one admits that they cant see the clothes, until a little child speaks out.
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The two men chose a room with big windows and lots of light. The Emperor gave them money for the most expensive thread, red and purple and gold. They brought their weaving machines and started to work, but there was nothing on the machines, There was no thread and no cloth, nothing at all. They pretended to work for days.

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