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RE: INKtober 2026 - That Dapper Emperor
There are many anecdotes about tailors who can achieve the impossible—namely, convincing a person that they will look their absolute best, sharp as a tack, if they only don a suit tailored by them.
Just as the tale of the fisherman and the fish is not really about a spiteful old woman, but rather about the old man’s devoted love for her, the story of the naked emperor is likely not about the emperor’s inflated ego, but about the tailors’ talent for granting someone a fleeting moment of happiness—even while deceiving their client, the naked emperor himself! :)
An excellent drawing! It transported me back to a fairy tale I read in my childhood :)
If you ask me the Emperor is about politics and ranks ...
The plebs are the sheep, too scared to say the truth, same for the servants. Those scammers do not care about ranks, they go where the money goes and know the weak points of the system and how to get what they want. A bit flattery... Sounds like Rutte praising Trump while kicking the Dutch into the mud.
Which fish? I only know the golden fish and the three wishes. As a child I had a beautiful book with pictures. All green and gold. And of course a sausage hanging at the tip of the nose... Also a lesson ..never wish if you do not know the consequences, have a partner, feel annoyed and are hungry (who knows even not if you are poor).
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Throughout history and across all nations, there have always been those who sought to make life miserable for the common people—typically the ruling class. Yet, there have also been those who showed how one ought to deal with such petty bureaucrats. People often forget that their own ancestors had some remarkable teachers! For instance, in the countries of Central Asia, there was the wise Hodja Nasreddin; and in your own native land, there was the equally wise and spirited Till Eulenspiegel—a man who never lost his love for life, even amidst the tyranny of the Inquisition and a culture where people routinely denounced their neighbors just to get their hands on their property. :)
Don’t pay any attention to politicians; they aren’t worth the honor! :)
As for the tale about the fish—I was referring to the work by Pushkin. :)