The Emperor loved clothes so much that he had whole rooms full of them! And he loved clothes so much that he would get changed twelve times a day (Oh I feel sorry for the people that had to do his washing)!

One day, two strangers arrived at the Emperor’s palace.

“We can make you the most beautiful clothes in all the world and everyone will want clothes like yours” they said, bowing low to the Emperor.

“Ah, this is what I’ve always wished for” thought the Emperor. “To wear the most beautiful clothes in all the world.”

“You shall make me these beautiful clothes,” ordered the Emperor!

For weeks and weeks and weeks and weeks the strangers worked on the clothes and wouldn’t let anybody see what they were doing.

But the Emperor grew impatient; he wanted to see the new clothes now! So one day he demanded to see them! When the strangers showed them to him the Emperor looked all around the room.  He looked high… and he looked low.  But he couldn’t see the new clothes anywhere!