The King's New Clothesit is a fairy tale written by the Danish Hans Christian Andersen. Its first publication was in 1837 and since then several adaptations, in different languages, have been made.
The author, when writing the short story, based himself on a story in the Book of examples, a medieval collection that featured 55 moral tales by various writers, including Aesop, who wrote such classics as The grasshopper and the ant.
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Andersen's tale focused on courtly vanity and intellectual arrogance.
In the context, two swindlers, knowing of the King's passion for clothes, pretended to be weavers and promisedto the monarch a richly embroidered garment that would be invisible in the fools or bastards who wore it.
With the idea, the King soon thought that the costume would be magnificent, moreover, he loved the idea of being able to distinguish himself from fools.
The order was placed, the robes “were ready” and the King, ambitious, pretended that he would have seen the complete costume, as well as his subjects.
With that, the monarch walked the streets in only long drawers, so as not to be known as a fool.
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He was once a King so vain of his person that he only needed to step over the people.
Once, some men were looking for him who said they were wonderful weavers and would make an enchanted garment, the most beautiful and rare in the world, but with a unique feature, since only the eyes of those who were legitimate children, only these lucky ones, would be able to see such exotic and unique attire.
The King found the proposal very funny and ordered the costume, giving a lot of money for its manufacture. The men worked day and night on a magic loom, sewing with invisible thread a cloth that no one saw.
The King always sent ministers to visit the workshop and they returned dazzled, praising the clothes and the skill of the tailors.
Finally, after a lot of money spent, the King received the said outfit and arranged a public party to have the pleasure of showing it to the people.
The tailors came to the palace, dressing the King in drawers, and covered him with the pieces of that enchanted costume, richly embroidered, but invisible to the eyes of the bastard children.
The people waited outside for the King's presence and when he appeared, everyone applauded with great enthusiasm. The tailors, taking advantage of the party, disappeared into the middle of the world.
The King followed with the procession, but, crossing one of the poor streets of the city, from the middle of the crowd, a boy shouted: “The King is wearing long underwear!”.
Everyone there noticed and saw that the King was really only wearing long underwear.
A great and resounding boo was heard. The King ran to the palace in shame. From that day forward he corrected himself of his pride. And while his reign lasted, he was a just and simple King to his people.
*Adaptation Credits: Tips Site
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