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THE EMPEROR'S
NEW
CLOTH
 IIVO MATTER WHO WISHED TO SEE HIN
THE ANSWER WAS ALWAYS THE SAME.

THE EMPEROR IS WELL, I'LL TELL HIM.

ALWAYS IN HIS BUT I'M SURE IT'S NO
DRESSING ROOMf USE. HE'S TRYING ON
but this is very, A NEW SUIT, AS USUAL,
VERY IMPORTANT. AND HE WON'T CARE
HOW IMPORTANT YOUR
-i BUSINESS IS. r—< MOMENT LATER
PARDON ME, TELL HIM TO GO
YOUR MAJESTY AWAY. CAN'T YOU SEE
THE MINISTER I'M BUSY TRYING ON
OF PEACE [-> MY NEW THREE-
WISHES TO U O'CLOCK- IN- THE
SEE YOU. Uf AFTERNOON-SUIT?
IT'S VERY r
IMPORTANT.! |
The emperor had different clothes EXCUSE ME,YOUR
FOR EVERY HOUR OF THE DAY. MAJESTY. THE KING
OF BARBARIA HAS
THIS SUIT WILL BE FINE. BUT I WANT A ARRIVED FOR j—i
NEW NINE-O'CLOCK-IN-THE-MORNING-SUIT. A V(£IT. j—-
TELL THE NINE O'CLOCK TAILOR .-—^
s^TO COME HERE AT ONCE,

YES, YOUR
MAJESTY.

HOW DULL IT IS
TO WEAR THE
SAME DINNER-ON-
WEDNESDAY-SUIT
OVER AND OVER k
ina again ./*■£
 OH, PERHAPS HE
HAS SOME NEW
CLOTH TO SHOW
ME/ TELL HIM

i am TOLD That thF THE CLOTH THEY WEAVE IS SAID TO BE

TWO FINEST WEAVERS IN MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN ANYONE CAN
The whole wide world IMAGINE. AND THE CLOTHES THAT ARE
have Come to our city/ MADE FROM THIS prmf .«?.•!« -

CLOTHES/

PEOPLE WHO ARE [ HOW WONDERFUL/

VERY STUPID, OR WHO I MUST HAVE
ARE NOT FIT FOR THEIF i SOME OF THAT
JOBS, CANNOT SEE rV CLOTH WOVEN
THESE CLOTHES PJ W For me at
—751 AT ALL/ jv*
 I WILL HAVE A SUIT MADE FROM THIS
MAGIC CLOTH. THEN, IF ANY OF MY COURT
CANNOT SEE MY SUIT WHEN I'M WEARING
IT, I'LL KNOW THEY AREN'T FIT FOR
-1 THEIR JOBS/

YOU MUST COME TO THE

CASTLE AT ONCE. THE
Emperor wshes you to
WEAVE SOME CLOTH FOR
HIM FOR A NEW I-
SUIT OF CLOTHES. I
 THE CLOTHES YOU MUST GET BUT, YOUR MAJESTY,
iE THAT ARE MADE TO WORK AT WE CANNOT START TO
IAT FROM OUR CLOTH ONCE / I CAN'T WORK UNTIL WE HAVE
N I ARE INVISIBLE TO WAIT TO WEAR SOME MONEY.
;=F-J THE EYES OF THE THESE SPLENDID
STUPID. YOUR MAJESTY, CLOTHES/ Hjrp
OF COURSE, WILL BE
ABLE TO SEE THEM
AND KNOW HOW
BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE.

GIVE THEM GOLD, AND ANYTHING

ELSE THEY NEED. I WANT THEM TO
START WEAVING WITHOUT DELAY/
So THE MINISTER WENT TO THE ROOM WHERE THE TWO WEAVERS
SAT WORKING AT THEIR EMPTY LOOMS. -
CLOTH/

COME A LITTLE CLOSER,

AND TELL US HOW YOU
LIKE THE CLOTH WE
'-i ARE MAKING, t-
 OH, YOUR MAJESTY./
IT IS INDEED A j
-1 BEAUTIFUL ra-4
I MATERIAL/!

DO YOU THINK THERE CAN BE NO WHAT WILL BECOME OF ME IF THE

THE COLOR DOUBT OF IT. IT WILL EMPEROR DISCOVERS THAT I REALLY
, WILL LOOK BE THE MOST HANDSOM! COULD NOT SEE THE CLOTH ?
WELL ON ME? SUIT YOU HAVE EVER OH, DEAR, I WILL LOSE MY JOB/
•-1 WORN. i-:
The people in the castle were so excited that they stood
HALLWAYS TALKING AND WHISPERING LATE INTO THE NIGHT.
OH, NO, YOU HAVE
IT ALL WRONG f IT
>, IS MOSTLY pig
j PURPLE WITH Jg
I GOLD THREAD E
ko RUNNING J§
^■through it. Jy ■
The emperor was completely dressed, from head to toe, in his wonderful
NEW CLOTHES. AROUNO AND AROUND HE TURNED, ADMIRING, IN THE MIRROR, THE
CLOTHES HE COULD NOT SEE.
SPLENDID/ MAGNIFICENTt
WHAT BEAUTIFUL COLORS/
WHAT A PERFECT FIT I rf:
HOW BECOMING r-
THAT SUIT IS/ j 'M

HEN IT WAS TIME TO START THE

PARADE.

READY.
AND I WANT
YOU TWO
WEAVERS
TO MARCH
BEHIND ME.
Everywhere the emperor marched, the people pretended to admire the
CLOTHES THEY COULD NOT SEE, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT ANYONE TO THINK
THEY WERE STUPID.
HERE COMES THE EMPEROR/ JUST SEE HOW PERFECTLY
THOSE CLOTHES FIT/ THIS IS THE MOST MAGNIFICENT
SUIT THE EMPEROR HAS EVER WORN/

IT IS A PITY THAT I
CANNOT SEE THESE
CLOTHES. THEY MUST
REALLY BE BEAUTIFUL,
FROM THE WAY ---—
EVERYONE IS 1 ,0 ,
TALKING.
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■cfusr WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS FEELING SATISFIED WITH HIS NEW CLOTHES, A SMALL
CHILD POINTED AT HIM AND $AID IN A VERY LOUD VOICE ...
The EMPEROR KNEW AT ONCE THAT THE
CHILD WAS TELLING THE TRUTH, AND THAI
EVERYONE ELSE HAD BEEN LYING.
There was nothing to do but
CONTINUE WITH THE PARADE AS IF
NOTHING HAD BEEN SAID. SO THE
EMPEROR MARCHED ALONG, PROUDER
THAN EVER.

A CHILD SAYS THE EMPEROR

HAS NOTHING ON/ DID YOU
HEAR? HE HAS NOTHING ON/
 27

ALL OF THESE
CLOTHES WILL BE
GIVEN AWAY TO
-1 YOU MUST FIND NEW JOBS THE POOR PEOPLE
FOR ALL OF MY TAILORS. FROM NOW OF THE TOWN.
ON, I WILL HAVE ONLY ONE SUIT
MADE EACH YEAR, STARTING EXACTLY
ONE YEAR FROM TODAY. THIS WILL
REMIND ME HOW FOOLISH I HAVE
-H BEEN ABOUT CLOTHES, i-J

As PUNISHMENT FOR THEIR WICKED ACTIONS, THE TWO WEAVERS WERE PUT TO WORI
IN A TOWER OF THE CASTLE. ONLY THIS TIME, THEY WERE NOT JUST PRETENDING TO
WORK. THEY WERE KEPT BUSY, FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES, WEAVING CLOTH AND
MAKING CLOTHES FOR ALL THE POOR PEOPLE OF THE EMPIRE.
 JUMP'S MUSS
THE CITY MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE

Once upon a time, a mouse who lived
IN THE CITY WENT TO VISIT A FRIEND
WHO LIVED IN THE COUNTRY.
hi If THIS MUST BE THE
The country mouse was delighted
TO SEE HIS FRIEND. HE SET THE TA8LE
IN THE LITTLE HOLE WHERE HE LIVED
AND BROUGHT OUT ALL THE FOOD HE
COULD FIND.
\^l4

Sfj
HERE, OTTO. HERE IS A GOOD T
DISH OF OATMEAL. AND SOME J

1 ELMER, I DON'T SEE HOW YOU

CAN BEAR TO LIVE IN THIS LITTLE
HOLE AND EAT SUCH POOR FOOD.
ME? THERE ARE 1—, I AM WASTING
MANY GOOD THINGS H MY LIFE AWAY
TO EAT THERE, AND W IN THIS QUIET
WE CAN HAVE A GAY H PLACE.
TIME TOGETHER.
1 (SPEW- m

\ a,/

Y )
Jk /_
 About midnight, the two friends
ARRIVED AT THE GREAT HOUSE IN THE
CITY WHERE THE CITY MOUSE LIVED.
■'t.rtW&GtfPUr

HOW BEAUTIFUL
—) YOUR HOUSE
/ IS, OTTO/

The people of the house had just finished a fine feast,

AND THE TWO MICE FOUND PLENTY OF GOOD SCRAPS __
LEFT ON THE TABLE. >-
WHAT GOOD
CAKE THIS IS/
HERE, ELMER.TRY
SOME OF THIS
DELICIOUS JELLY
ON A PIECE OF
BREAD.
 the swing
How do you like to go up in a swing, %
-Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do/ ’■‘w

Up in the air and over the wall.

Till I can see ^o wide,
Rivers and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside —

Tin I look down on the garden green

Down on the roof so brown —
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in-the air and down /

■ From A Child's Garden of Verses

By Robert Louis Stevenson
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