here is a king, he likes wearing different kinds of beautiful clothes. He spends lots of money on beautiful clothes.
有一个皇帝，他喜欢各种各样漂亮的衣服。他花了大量的钱买漂亮的衣服。
He doesn’t care about his people, country and army. Every day he changes many clothes and show off on the street. If someone asks: where is the king? The officials would say: he is in the fitting room.
他不关心他的人民，国家和军队。每天，他都要换很多衣服，然后到大街上炫耀。如果有人问：皇帝在哪儿？大臣们会说：在更衣室。
One day, there comes two liars. They tell the king that they can weave the best cloth with the most beautiful patterns.
一天，来了两个骗子，他们告诉皇帝：他们能织出最好的布，并且有最漂亮的图案。
This cloth also has a magical feature: foolish people can’t see it.
这种布还有一个神奇的功能：愚蠢的人看不见他。
The king thinks: this is the cloth I like, I can use this cloth to tell who is clever, who is foolish.
皇帝想：这正是我喜欢的布。我可以用这块布分辨谁是聪明的，谁是愚蠢的。
So he gives lots of money to the two liars, and tells them to start at once. All the people in the city heard about this cloth, they all want to see this magical cloth and check if they are foolish.
于是，他给了这两个骗子很多钱，并告诉他们马上开始。城里的人们都听说了这块布，他们都想看一下这块神奇的布，并检验一下他们是否愚蠢。
The two liars get two weaving machines, pretend to weave on the machines. They ask lots of silk and gold from the king, but all these things go to their pocket.
两个骗子弄来了两台纺织机器，假装在机器上纺织。他们向国王要了很多丝绸和黄金，但是这些东西都进了他们的口袋。