The Importance of Seeing the Cloth

The emperor wanted to know what men in his realms were unfit for their office. Two impostors told him that they knew how to wheeze stuff so the most beautiful colors and elaborate patterns. Both two pretended weavers set up two looms and affected to work very busily, though in reality they did nothing at all. The emperor was embarrassed when he remembered a simpleton would be unable to see the manufacturer.