Once upon a time, there was an emperor. |
从前,有一位皇帝。 |
He loved buying and looking at clothes. |
他喜欢买衣服和看衣服。 |
One day, two brothers came to the city. |
一天,两个兄弟来到这个城市。 |
They told the emperor that they could make beautiful clothes for him, |
他们告诉皇帝,他们可以为他做漂亮的衣服, |
but he must give them silk and gold. |
但他必须给他们丝绸和黄金。 |
The brothers were bad people. |
兄弟俩都是坏人。 |
They kept all the silk and gold for themselves. |
他们把所有的丝绸和黄金都留给了自己。 |
They told the emperor the clothes they made were special |
他们告诉皇帝他们做的衣服很特别 |
because only clever people could see them. |
因为只有聪明人才能看到它们。 |
When the emperor put on the clothes, |
当皇帝穿上衣服时, |
all he could see was his underwear. |
他只能看到他的内衣。 |
But he didn’t want people to think he was stupid, |
但他不想让人们认为他很愚蠢, |
so he said the clothes were beautiful. |
所以他说衣服很漂亮。 |
Then he walked around the city in his new clothes until one boy shouted, |
然后他穿着新衣服在城市里走来走去,直到一个男孩喊道, |
“The emperor isn’t wearing any clothes” |
“皇帝没有穿衣服!” |