安徒生童話01THE EMPERORS NEW CLOTHES 皇帝的新裝

<p>[00:33.72]THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES</p> <p>[00:37.01]Many years ago, there was an Emperor, who was so excessively fond of new<br /> [00:41.42]clothes, that he spent all his money in dress. He did not trouble himself in<br /> [00:46.33]the least about his soldiers; nor did he care to go either to the theatre or<br /> [00:51.32]the chase, except for the opportunities then afforded him for displaying his<br /> [00:55.81]new clothes. He had a different suit for each hour of the day; and as of any<br /> [01:00.64]other king or emperor, one is accustomed to say, "he is sitting in council,"<br /> [01:05.46]it was always said of him, "The Emperor is sitting in his wardrobe."</p> <p>[01:11.94]Time passed merrily in the large town which was his capital; strangers arrived<br /> [01:17.91]every day at the court. One day, two rogues, calling themselves weavers, made<br /> [01:23.62]their appearance. They gave out that they knew how to weave stuffs of the most<br /> [01:28.60]beautiful colors and elaborate patterns, the clothes manufactured from which<br /> [01:33.35]should have the wonderful property of remaining invisible to everyone who was<br /> [01:37.49]unfit for the office he held, or who was extraordinarily simple in character.<br /> [01:42.26]<br /> [01:43.65]"These must, indeed, be splendid clothes!" thought the Emperor. "Had I such a<br /> [01:50.13]suit, I might at once find out what men in my realms are unfit for their<br /> [01:54.88]office, and also be able to distinguish the wise from the foolish! This stuff<br /> [01:59.51]must be woven for me immediately." And he caused large sums of money to be<br /> [02:05.01]given to both the weavers in order that they might begin their work directly.<br /> [02:08.14]<br /> [02:09.62]So the two pretended weavers set up two looms, and affected to work very<br /> [02:15.03]busily, though in reality they did nothing at all. They asked for the most<br /> [02:20.63]delicate silk and the purest gold thread; put both into their own knapsacks;<br /> [02:26.03]and then continued their pretended work at the empty looms until late at<br /> [02:30.67]night.<br /> [02:32.03]<br /> [02:33.71]"I should like to know how the weavers are getting on with my cloth," said the<br /> [02:36.11]Emperor to himself, after some little time had elapsed; he was, however,<br /> [02:41.78]rather embarrassed, when he remembered that a simpleton, or one unfit for his<br /> [02:46.19]office, would be unable to see the manufacture. To be sure, he thought he had<br /> [02:51.94]nothing to risk in his own person; but yet, he would prefer sending somebody<br /> [02:56.27]else, to bring him intelligence about the weavers, and their work, before he<br /> [03:01.22]troubled himself in the affair. All the people throughout the city had heard<br /> [03:06.24]of the wonderful property the cloth was to possess; and all were anxious to<br /> [03:10.10]learn how wise, or how ignorant, their neighbors might prove to be.<br /> [03:13.32]<br /> [03:14.96]"I will send my faithful old minister to the weavers," said the Emperor at<br /> [03:20.77]last, after some deliberation, "he will be best able to see how the cloth<br /> [03:25.62]looks; for he is a man of sense, and no one can be more suitable for his<br /> [03:29.86]office than he is."<br /> [03:31.15]<br /> [03:32.71]So the faithful old minister went into the hall, where the knaves were working<br /> [03:37.69]with all their might, at their empty looms. "What can be the meaning of this?"<br /> [03:44.70]thought the old man, opening his eyes very wide. "I cannot discover the least<br /> [03:49.50]bit of thread on the looms." However, he did not express his thoughts aloud.<br /> [03:54.72]<br /> [03:55.28]The impostors requested him very courteously to be so good as to come nearer<br /> [04:02.97]their looms; and then asked him whether the design pleased him, and whether<br /> [04:06.78]the colors were not very beautiful; at the same time pointing to the empty<br /> [04:11.18]frames. The poor old minister looked and looked, he could not discover<br /> [04:16.44]anything on the looms, for a very good reason, viz: there was nothing there.<br /> [04:22.16]"What!" thought he again. "Is it possible that I am a simpleton? I have never<br /> [04:29.92]thought so myself; and no one must know it now if I am so. Can it be, that I<br /> [04:35.85]am unfit for my office? No, that must not be said either. I will never confess<br /> [04:41.45]that I could not see the stuff."<br /> [04:42.46]<br /> [04:43.26]"Well, Sir Minister!" said one of the knaves, still pretending to work. "You<br /> [04:49.42]do not say whether the stuff pleases you."<br /> [04:52.56]<br /> [04:53.96]"Oh, it is excellent!" replied the old minister, looking at the loom through<br /> [04:58.59]his spectacles. "This pattern, and the colors, yes, I will tell the Emperor<br /> [05:03.85]without delay, how very beautiful I think them."<br /> [05:07.94]<br /> [05:08.65]"We shall be much obliged to you," said the impostors, and then they named the<br /> [05:13.75]different colors and described the pattern of the pretended stuff. The old<br /> [05:19.40]minister listened attentively to their words, in order that he might repeat<br /> [05:24.38]them to the Emperor; and then the knaves asked for more silk and gold, saying<br /> [05:29.18]that it was necessary to complete what they had begun. However, they put all<br /> [05:34.25]that was given them into their knapsacks; and continued to work with as much<br /> [05:39.59]apparent diligence as before at their empty looms.<br /> [05:42.38]<br /> [05:43.16]The Emperor now sent another officer of his court to see how the men were<br /> [05:49.18]getting on, and to ascertain whether the cloth would soon be ready. It was<br /> [05:53.31]just the same with this gentleman as with the minister; he surveyed the looms<br /> [05:59.29]on all sides, but could see nothing at all but the empty frames.<br /> [06:02.09]<br /> [06:03.05]"Does not the stuff appear as beautiful to you, as it did to my lord the<br /> [06:08.73]minister?" asked the impostors of the Emperor's second ambassador; at the same<br /> [06:15.05]time making the same gestures as before, and talking of the design and colors<br /> [06:19.51]which were not there.<br /> [06:21.18]<br /> [06:21.77]"I certainly am not stupid!" thought the messenger. "It must be, that I am not<br /> [06:28.39]fit for my good, profitable office! That is very odd; however, no one shall<br /> [06:33.23]know anything about it." And accordingly he praised the stuff he could not<br /> [06:39.72]see, and declared that he was delighted with both colors and patterns.<br /> [06:43.79]"Indeed, please your Imperial Majesty," said he to his sovereign when he<br /> [06:51.29]returned, "the cloth which the weavers are preparing is extraordinarily<br /> [06:55.51]magnificent."<br /> [06:56.15]<br /> [06:56.97]The whole city was talking of the splendid cloth which the Emperor had ordered<br /> [07:03.55]to be woven at his own expense.<br /> [07:04.44]<br /> [07:05.05]And now the Emperor himself wished to see the costly manufacture, while it was<br /> [07:11.74]still in the loom. Accompanied by a select number of officers of the court,<br /> [07:17.00]among whom were the two honest men who had already admired the cloth, he went<br /> [07:22.09]to the crafty impostors, who, as soon as they were aware of the Emperor's<br /> [07:26.55]approach, went on working more diligently than ever; although they still did<br /> [07:31.39]not pass a single thread through the looms.<br /> [07:35.32]<br /> [07:35.90]"Is not the work absolutely magnificent?" said the two officers of the crown,<br /> [07:41.48]already mentioned. "If your Majesty will only be pleased to look at it! What a<br /> [07:46.14]splendid design! What glorious colors!" and at the same time they pointed to<br /> [07:52.83]the empty frames; for they imagined that everyone else could see this<br /> [07:56.83]exquisite piece of workmanship.<br /> [07:58.39]<br /> [07:58.97]"How is this?" said the Emperor to himself. "I can see nothing! This is indeed<br /> [08:06.47]a terrible affair! Am I a simpleton, or am I unfit to be an Emperor? That<br /> [08:12.33]would be the worst thing that could happen--Oh! the cloth is charming," said<br /> [08:18.57]he, aloud. "It has my complete approbation." And he smiled most graciously,<br /> [08:26.24]and looked closely at the empty looms; for on no account would he say that he<br /> [08:32.28]could not see what two of the officers of his court had praised so much. All<br /> [08:36.59]his retinue now strained their eyes, hoping to discover something on the<br /> [08:42.14]looms, but they could see no more than the others; nevertheless, they all<br /> [08:47.00]exclaimed, "Oh, how beautiful!" and advised his majesty to have some new<br /> [08:53.87]clothes made from this splendid material, for the approaching procession.<br /> [08:57.56]"Magnificent! Charming! Excellent!" resounded on all sides; and everyone was<br /> [09:06.63]uncommonly gay. The Emperor shared in the general satisfaction; and presented<br /> [09:13.24]the impostors with the riband of an order of knighthood, to be worn in their<br /> [09:17.93]button-holes, and the title of "Gentlemen Weavers."<br /> [09:21.16]<br /> [09:21.67]The rogues sat up the whole of the night before the day on which the<br /> [09:28.06]procession was to take place, and had sixteen lights burning, so that everyone<br /> [09:33.32]might see how anxious they were to finish the Emperor's new suit. They<br /> [09:37.82]pretended to roll the cloth off the looms; cut the air with their scissors;<br /> [09:42.94]and sewed with needles without any thread in them. "See!" cried they, at last.<br /> [09:49.34]"The Emperor's new clothes are ready!"<br /> [09:52.44]<br /> [09:53.43]And now the Emperor, with all the grandees of his court, came to the weavers;<br /> [09:59.80]and the rogues raised their arms, as if in the act of holding something up,<br /> [10:04.91]saying, "Here are your Majesty's trousers! Here is the scarf! Here is the<br /> [10:11.42]mantle! The whole suit is as light as a cobweb; one might fancy one has<br /> [10:18.46]nothing at all on, when dressed in it; that, however, is the great virtue of<br /> [10:23.16]this delicate cloth."<br /> [10:24.67]<br /> [10:25.42]"Yes indeed!" said all the courtiers, although not one of them could see<br /> [10:32.22]anything of this exquisite manufacture.<br /> [10:34.87]<br /> [10:35.93]"If your Imperial Majesty will be graciously pleased to take off your clothes,<br /> [10:40.80]we will fit on the new suit, in front of the looking glass."<br /> [10:45.38]<br /> [10:46.10]The Emperor was accordingly undressed, and the rogues pretended to array him<br /> [10:52.11]in his new suit; the Emperor turning round, from side to side, before the<br /> [10:56.86]looking glass.<br /> [10:57.76]<br /> [10:58.30]"How splendid his Majesty looks in his new clothes, and how well they fit!"<br /> [11:03.71]everyone cried out. "What a design! What colors! These are indeed royal<br /> [11:10.80]robes!"<br /> [11:11.95]<br /> [11:12.75]"The canopy which is to be borne over your Majesty, in the procession, is<br /> [11:17.92]waiting," announced the chief master of the ceremonies.<br /> [11:21.31]<br /> [11:21.74]"I am quite ready," answered the Emperor. "Do my new clothes fit well?" asked<br /> [11:28.46]he, turning himself round again before the looking glass, in order that he<br /> [11:35.34]might appear to be examining his handsome suit.<br /> [11:36.97]<br /> [11:37.66]The lords of the bedchamber, who were to carry his Majesty's train felt about<br /> [11:43.05]on the ground, as if they were lifting up the ends of the mantle; and<br /> [11:46.75]pretended to be carrying something; for they would by no means betray anything<br /> [11:52.48]like simplicity, or unfitness for their office.<br /> [11:53.58]<br /> [11:55.02]So now the Emperor walked under his high canopy in the midst of the<br /> [12:00.97]procession, through the streets of his capital; and all the people standing<br /> [12:05.58]by, and those at the windows, cried out, "Oh! How beautiful are our Emperor's<br /> [12:11.63]new clothes! What a magnificent train there is to the mantle; and how<br /> [12:16.46]gracefully the scarf hangs!" in short, no one would allow that he could not<br /> [12:22.85]see these much-admired clothes; because, in doing so, he would have declared<br /> [12:28.02]himself either a simpleton or unfit for his office. Certainly, none of the<br /> [12:31.21]Emperor's various suits, had ever made so great an impression, as these<br /> [12:37.42]invisible ones.<br /> [12:40.44]<br /> [12:40.92]"But the Emperor has nothing at all on!" said a little child.<br /> [12:46.49]<br /> [12:46.93]"Listen to the voice of innocence!" exclaimed his father; and what the child<br /> [12:52.26]had said was whispered from one to another.<br /> [12:55.34]<br /> [12:55.85]"But he has nothing at all on!" at last cried out all the people. The Emperor<br /> [13:04.01]was vexed, for he knew that the people were right; but he thought the<br /> [13:08.57]procession must go on now! And the lords of the bedchamber took greater pains<br /> [13:13.77]than ever, to appear holding up a train, although, in reality, there was no<br /> [13:19.74]train to hold.</p> <p> </p>

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