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The emperor and all his barons then came to the hall; the swindlers held their

arms up as if they held something in their hands and said: “These are the trousers!”
“This is the coat!” and “Here is the cloak!” and so on. “They are all as light as a cobweb,

and one must feel as if one had nothing at all upon the body; but that is just the
beauty of them.”
Do you keep your clothes
“Indeed!” said all the courtiers; but they could not
neat and dy?
see anything as there was nothing to be seen.

“Does it please your Majesty now to graciously undress,” said the swindlers, “That

we may assist your Majesty in putting on the new suit before the large looking-glass?”

The emperor undressed and the swindlers pretended to put the new suit upon
him, one piece after another; and the emperor looked at himself in the glass from

every side.
“How well they look! How well they fit!” said all. “What a beautiful pattern! What

fine colours! That is a magnificent suit of clothes!”

The master of the ceremonies announced that the bearers of the canopy, which
was to be carried in the procession, were ready.

“I am ready,” said the emperor. “Does my suit not fit me marvelously?” Then he

turned once more to the looking-glass, that people should think he admired his
garments.

The chamberlains , who were to carry the train, stretched their hands to the

ground as if they lifted up a train and pretended to hold something in their hands;
they did not like people to know that they could not see anything.

The emperor marched in chamberlains : officials
the procession under the

beautiful canopy, and all
who saw him in the street
and out of the windows

exclaimed: “Indeed, the
emperor’s new suit is

incomparable! What a
long train he has! How
well it fits him!” Nobody

wished to let others know

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