oh, of course, boot agrees with that. some pranks are fun even for the person being pranked, just because they are so funny.
boot has been thinking more about this and remembered a story he heard in the camps once. Did you ever hear the one about the King Who Had No Clothes? There were wizards who came to the King and said, 'We can make the most beautiful clothes for you. They are so magical, that only those who have the purest blood can see them. If you can't you are only a stupid mudblood.' So the King of course wanted to prove he had the purest blood, so he told the two men to make him a suit. But they were pranksters, and they only pretended to cut the air with their scissors and to sew it with their needles.
Then came the day the King was to try on the magical clothes and wear them in a grand procession. The pranksters pretended to put the suit on him, and the King pretended to see it, because he did not want anyone to think his blood was not pure. So he walked out before all the people, but he was naked.
But a little boy saw and said loudly, 'But he doesn't have any clothes.' And the people laughed and said the boy must be a mudblood, but everyone knew his parents were pure. so the people all started whispering, and the King was very unhappy but he had to pretend he was in a grand suit and keep marching, even if everyone saw he was the one who was a fool. A naked fool.
So maybe the boy was simple, but he was the one who told the truth. And maybe no one would have known that the king was a fool, if the pranksters hadnt played their trick. were they doing the people a favour?
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Date: 2009-02-11 11:42 pm (UTC)boot has been thinking more about this and remembered a story he heard in the camps once. Did you ever hear the one about the King Who Had No Clothes? There were wizards who came to the King and said, 'We can make the most beautiful clothes for you. They are so magical, that only those who have the purest blood can see them. If you can't you are only a stupid mudblood.' So the King of course wanted to prove he had the purest blood, so he told the two men to make him a suit. But they were pranksters, and they only pretended to cut the air with their scissors and to sew it with their needles.
Then came the day the King was to try on the magical clothes and wear them in a grand procession. The pranksters pretended to put the suit on him, and the King pretended to see it, because he did not want anyone to think his blood was not pure. So he walked out before all the people, but he was naked.
But a little boy saw and said loudly, 'But he doesn't have any clothes.' And the people laughed and said the boy must be a mudblood, but everyone knew his parents were pure. so the people all started whispering, and the King was very unhappy but he had to pretend he was in a grand suit and keep marching, even if everyone saw he was the one who was a fool. A naked fool.
So maybe the boy was simple, but he was the one who told the truth. And maybe no one would have known that the king was a fool, if the pranksters hadnt played their trick. were they doing the people a favour?