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[A Hall in the Emperor’s Palace]

[As the curtain goes up, the Emperor is seen coming out of his
dressing room into the hall where his Chief Adviser is waiting. The
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Emperor is in a very angry mood.]
Emperor: [Pointing to something in his dressing room]: Useless!
All these clothes are useless! Not one of the suits can be worn by me.
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chief adviser: Your Majesty, these are the best that I could get for
you today.

Emperor: ‘The best’ did you say? If these are the best, then my
empire is full of worthless tailors. Banish them all! Send them one and
all out of the country. I want new clothes. I want new clothes. I want
a tailor who can make me a different set of clothes every day. You may
go now. Come to me only when you find a new tailor.

[The Chief Adviser bows and takes a few steps towards the door,
then stops and turns towards the Emperor again]

Emperor: Have you something more to say?
chief adviser: Your Majesty, since yesterday two weavers from a
distant place have been waiting outside the palace to see you.

Emperor: [in an angry tone] Weavers! But I don’t need weavers.
I want good tailors. I want tailors who’ll make me new clothes.

chief adviser: Your Majesty, these men say that they’ve found a
secret way of weaving the finest silk cloth and making the most beautiful
clothes from the cloth that they weave. They claim to be magic tailors.

Emperor: Magic tailors! Who make the most beautiful clothes! Then,
why are you wasting your time here? Go and bring them in at once.
[The Advisor goes out. The two weavers enter the court and bow to
the Emperor]

Emperor: Come in, come in, my men. I hear you have some very fine
clothes to show me. The clothes that you make must be very wonderful
indeed!

first Weaver: They are, Your Majesty. But before we begin our work,
we require a large quantity of the finest silk and the purest gold thread.

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