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Once upon a time there was a king who loved to
wear new clothes. He wanted a new outfit ___1___
for himself every day, until finally, the royal
tailor ran ___2___
of ideas for his wardrobe.
The tailor ___3___
his brains and then came ___4___
with a plot to teach the vain king a
___5___. He told the king that he would make
him a special robe this ___6___
. It would be the most beautiful robe in the world,
but ___7___
intelligent people would be able to see it. The
foolish, however, would not be ___8___
to see or feel the robe. To make his story sound
even ___9___
credible, the tailor requested ___10___
a week to finish his masterpiece. The king,
fascinated ___11___
the idea of owning the most beautiful robe in the
world ___12___
readily to his request.
The week ___13___
quickly. The king tried ___14___
the robe enthusiastically. To his horror, he could
not see it ! Yet, he ___15___
quiet, fearing that others would say he was foolish ___16___
he could not see the robe. He pretended that he was
really ___17___
into the new robe and echoed the tailor's praises ___18___
the beautiful robe. Finally, he paraded down the
streets unclothed, not realising ___19___
all the subjects of his kingdom were laughing ___20___
him, including the tailor !
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Once upon a time there was a king who loved to
wear new clothes. He wanted a new outfit
made for himself
every day, until finally, the royal tailor ran
out of ideas for
his wardrobe.
The tailor racked
his brains and then came up
with a plot to teach the vain king a
lesson. He told
the king that he would make him a special robe this
time. It would
be the most beautiful robe in the world, but
only intelligent
people would be able to see it. The foolish,
however, would not be able
to see or feel the robe. To make his story sound
even more
credible, the tailor requested
for a week to finish his masterpiece.
The king, fascinated with
the idea of owning the most beautiful robe in the
world agreed
readily to his request.
The week passed
quickly. The king tried on
the robe enthusiastically. To his horror, he could
not see it ! Yet, he kept
quiet, fearing that others would say he was foolish
since he could
not see the robe. He pretended that he was really
changing into
the new robe and echoed the tailor's praises
of the beautiful
robe. Finally, he paraded down the streets
unclothed, not realising
that all the subjects of his kingdom were
laughing at him,
including the tailor !
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