Emperor's New Clothes

Emperor’s New Clothes

 

A story of excess

Emperor in elegant attire

He couldn’t be outdone

He wanted his subjects to admire

 

Two crafty tailors he hired

To make an invisible suit

So vane he pretended to see

While the tailors stowed his loot

 

Villagers feared to admit

Emperor was in his underwear

Only a little child spoke up

And everyone stopped to stare

 

Who was the fool in this story?

The Emperor or all the people there

The title belongs to all

Everyone in the village square

 

 

Except for the child in the crowd

He looked on with innocent eyes

Emperor was the biggest fool

For believing the tailors’ lies