The Emperor
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
PEOPLE often quote bits of the Hans Christian Andersen story, and then just as soon forget it, about an Emperor with a single obsession: fine clothes. All he thinks about is how to parade in his carriage showing off the latest fashion.
The story tells that one day two scoundrels offer the emperor a set of clothes the like of which no one has ever seen: made from cloth woven on magical looms, so fine that it can only be seen by the wise and
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