“天啊，这身衣服太合身了!样子也好看极了!”大家一同赞美道，“瞧那花纹多美!色彩多亮丽!真是一件完美的衣服!”
这时典礼官说：“华盖已经准备好了，陛下一出去，游行就可以开始了!”
“我已经准备好了。”皇帝说，“这身衣服很适合我吧?”说着，又在镜子前转动着身体，他想让大家认为他在很仔细地欣赏他的衣服。侍从伸出手装作在地上拿起后裾，然后做出将后裾托起的动作。他们认真地把空手举在胸前，很怕让人看出其实他们手里什么也没有。
游行正式开始了。街道上站着的人、窗口里伸出脑袋的人都说：“天啊，皇帝身上的衣服真漂亮!衣服的后裾又长又华丽!瞧，真是太合身了!”谁都不愿意让别人知道，其实自己什么都没有看见，因为那样就会暴露自己愚蠢或者不称职。皇帝的新衣从未得到像这次普遍的赞美。
“可是，他根本什么也没穿呀!”最后，一个小孩说道。
“上帝啊，你听，多么天真的话!”孩子的父亲说道。于是，大家开始偷偷传播孩子讲的话。
“有个小孩说，他根本什么也没穿!”
最后所有人都说：“他的确什么衣服也没穿呀!”皇帝开始紧张起来，因为他也觉得百姓讲的话是真的。不过，他心里却想：“我必须完成这次的游行!”于是，皇帝装出更加骄傲的神情，侍从手中托着那并不存在的后裾，跟在他的身后。
3Long, long time ago, there lived a very fancy king. The king changed his clothes 12 times a day. He really liked to show off to his subjects. "My clothes are the best in the world."
One day, two tailors planned a trick. "Why don't we teach that stupid and extravagant king a lesson. He doesn't even worry about his starving people." "That's right! He thinks he's the best."
The two men went to see the king. "Oh, the world's most marvelous king! We have brought the most beautiful cloth in the whole world." "However, not everyone is able to see the cloth. Those that tell lies and have bad hearts are not able to see this fine cloth."