The Emperor's New Clothes- Traditional Literature

The Emperor's New Clothes is the original version of the story that The Principal's New Clothes was taken from. It is about an Emperor who is obsessed with having only the best clothes. He does not care about his country because he is too preoccupied with buying new clothes. Two people decide to trick him one day because they know about his infatuation. They claimed to be able to make the most beautiful clothes that are invisible to only people who are too stupid and incompetent to appreciate its quality. The emperor wanted so badly to have this amazing new clothing that he offered to pay a very large sum of money for it. While the scoundrels were pretending to work on the clothes, the emperor sent the wise old prime minister to check to see how the clothes were coming along. He could not see anything, but didn't dare tell the emperor that. When it came time for the emperor to see his new clothes, he realized something was terribly wrong. The clothes were invisible to him. There was no way that he could let anyone realize that he was stupid, so he played along like he could see the clothing. He decided to wear his new clothing to the parade. Nobody could see the clothing, but they oohed and awed anyways. It wasn't until a young child shouted that the emperor was naked that everyone realized they had been tricked. If they hadn't been so worried about what others thought of them they would have never been in this predicament to begin with. It's important for children to see that appearance isn't everything and being too focused on that alone can end up badly in the end.