The Emperor’s New Clothes (Danish: Kejserens nye klaeder) is a short tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, about two weavers who promise an emperor a new suit of clothes that they say is invisible to those who are unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent - while in reality, they make no clothes at all, making everyone believe the clothes are invisible to them. When the emperor parades before his subjects in his new clothes , no one dares to say that they do not see any suit of clothes on him for fear that they will be seen as stupid! The Emperor’s New Clothes was first published with The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen, by C. A. Reitzel, on 7 April 1837, as the third and final installment of Andersen’s Fairy Tales Told for Children.