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"Talk about the weather. People who have stayed here for any length of time tell me that it rains at Ober Ammergau three days out of every four, the reason that it does not rain on the fourth day being that every fourth day is set apart for a deluge. TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE STAYED HERE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME TELL ME THAT IT RAINS AT OBER AMMERGAU THREE DAYS OUT OF EVERY FOUR THE REASON THAT IT DOES NOT RAIN ON THE FOURTH DAY BEING THE EVERY FOURTH DAY IS SET APART FOR A DELUGE
 exposed corner some unfortunate saint, more cruelly dealt with by the weather than he ever was even by the heathen, has been deprived of everything that he could call his own, with the exception of half a head and a pair of extra-sized feet. "Explain how all the houses are numbered according to the date they were built, so that number sixteen comes next to number forty-seven, and there is no number one because it has been pulled down. Tell how unsophisticated visitors, informed that their lodgings are at number fifty-three, go wandering for days and days round fifty-two, under the not unreasonable impression that their house must be next door, though, as a matter of fact, it is half a mile off at the other end of the village, and are discovered one sunny morning, sitting on the doorstep of number eighteen, singing pathetic snatches of nursery rhymes, and trying to plat their toes into door-mats, and are taken up and carried away screaming, to end their lives in the madhouse at Munich. N THE OTHER WHILE AT AN EXPOSED CORNER SOME UNFORTUNATE SAINT MORE CRUELLY DEALT WITH BY THE WEATHER THAN HE EVER WAS EVEN BY THE HEATHEN HAS BEEN DEPRIVED OF EVERYTHING THAT HE COULD HAUL HIS OWN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HALF A HEAD AND A PAIR OF EXERCISED FEET EXPLAIN HOW ALL THE HOUSES ARE NUMBERED ACCORDING TO THE DATE THEY WERE BUILT SO THAT NUMBER SIXTEEN COMES NEXT TO NUMBER FORTY SEVEN AND THERE IS NO NUMBER ONE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN PULLED DOWN TELL HOW UNSOPHISTICATED VISITORS INFORMED THAT THEIR LODGINGS ARE AT NUMBER FIFTY THREE GO WANDERING FOR DAYS AND DAYS ROUND FIFTY TWO UNDER THE NOT UNREASONABLE IMPRESSION THAT THEIR HOUSE MUST BE NEXT DOOR THOUGH AS A MATTER OF FACT IT IS HALF A MILE OFF AT THE OTHER END OF THE VILLAGE AND ARE DISCOVERED ONE SUNNY MORNING SITTING ON THE DOORSTEP OF NUMBER EIGHTEEN SINGING PATHETIC SNATCHES OF NURSERY RHYMES AND TRYING TO PLAT THEIR TOES INTO DOOR MATS AND ARE TAKEN UP AND CARRIED AWAY SCREAMING TO END THEIR LIVES IN THE MADHOUSE AT MUNICH
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