Emperor has no clothes

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The greatest children’s story?

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green eggs and ham

-Imp

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Haven’t read it in a while. Can’t say.

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I haven’t read it in Years: from what I remember it is a good story!

Can anyone encapsulate the general Moral? Analogy of the story for me?

I think it just as relevant today as it every was…

Everything has some relevance to the present, so I guess, making such a statement, is a bit ridiuclousm unnecssary: we are all AWARE how relevant everything is, if only we make it relevant!

Now, where are my clothes?

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There is a tailor. He says he’s going to fashion some new clothes for the emperor. He gives him no clothes and says, “Sir, This is it. Wear this (nothing).” The emperor is like, “huh?, Are you sure?” The tailor says, “Yes, this is it”. The king says, “Well, you’re the tailor. I believe you.”

The emperor has a parade. He says he will be unveiling a new uniform. The greatest of all uniforms. He struts down the parade in his birthday suit buck naked and all the people say, “Damn, now those are some nice duds just like he said” Everyone is impressed. He gets to the end of the parade and some kid says, “Hey look! The emperor has no clothes.”, and the people are like, “What? Those are the finest clothes he’s ever worn.”

That’s the end.

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i like it, teaches kids to be real and not fake. The best thing they can be is themselves.

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Or at least it teaches kids the dangers of believing something just because everyone else agrees with it. Grow some backbone children!
(Yep, good story)

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Thanks for a resfresher on the Story! I migh buy it actually. I love simple fables and tales that have this univeral moral at the end.

I’ve got ordered a copy of the story from amazon - cost 1pence. It was pretty much bought on impulse. But just like: The Little Prince - I love the simple wisdom of some childresn stories. Profoundly simple.

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There are brainwashed how cannot see that the emperor has no clothing. Dogmas are adhered to, blindly. They march in lock step.
Most all of us are opposed to political tyrants and evil doers, yet we inwardly accept the authority, the tyranny, of another to twist our minds and our way of life.
Unfounded believes should be anylized. Question everything.

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I prefer Seuss’ “Hortan Hears a Who” – very pro-life.

…But for how young a child? For older children, The Phantom Tollboth was a favourite of mine – very academic.