The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen

Two swindlers pose as tailors and convince a vain emperor they can make him a magical suit invisible to fools and the incompetent. Afraid to appear ignorant, everyone pretends to see the nonexistent clothes—until a child innocently cries out the truth. The plot builds on tension between truth and pretense, leading to a comic and revealing climax. Andersen delivers a brilliant satire on vanity, conformity, and collective delusion. A timeless moral tale that remains strikingly relevant.