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"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. 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
, with the cross-crowned Kofel for their chief, like stern, strong sentinels guarding its old-world peace from the din and clamour of the outer world. Describe how the square, whitewashed houses are sheltered beneath great overhanging gables, and are encircled by carved wooden balconies and verandahs, where, in the cool of the evening, peasant wood-carver and peasant farmer sit to smoke the long Bavarian pipe, and chat about the cattle and the Passion Play and village politics; and how, in gaudy colours above the porch, are painted glowing figures of saints and virgins and such-like good folk, which the rains have sadly mutilated, so that a legless angel on one side of the road looks dejectedly across at a headless Madonna on 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 call his own, with the exception of half a head and a pair of extra-sized feet. OBED HILLS WHICH STAND WITH A CROSS CROWNED COFFER FOR THEIR CHIEF LIKE STERN STRONG SENTINELS GUARDING ITS OLD WORLD PEACE FROM THE DIN AND CLAMOUR OF THE OUTER WORLD DESCRIBE HOW THE SQUARE WHITEWASHED HOUSES ARE SHELTERED BENEATH GREAT OVERHANGING GABLES AND ARE ENCIRCLED BY CARVED WOODEN BALCONIES AND VERANDAHS WHERE IN THE COOL OF THE EVENING PEASANT WOOD CARVER AND PEASANT FARMER SIT TO SMOKE THE LONG BAVARIAN PIPE AND CHAT ABOUT THE CATTLE AND THE PASSION PLAY AND VILLAGE POLITICS AND HOW IN GAUDY COLORS ABOVE THE PORCH ARE PAINTED GLOWING FIGURES OF SAINTS AND VIRGINS AND SUCH LIKE GOOD FOLK WHICH THE REINS HAVE SADLY MUTILATED SO THAT A LEGLESS ANGEL ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD LOOKS DEJECTEDLY ACROSS AT THE HEADLESS MADONNA ON 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
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