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"Do you believe them  the persons that you say tell you these tales?" I ask. "Personally I do not," he replies. DO YOU BELIEVE THEM THE PERSONS THAT YOU SAY TELL YOU THESE TALES I ASK PERSONALLY I DO NOT HE REPLIES
ifty-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. "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. They tell me, also, that while it will be pouring with rain just in the village the sun will be shining brightly all round about, and that the villagers, when the water begins to come in through their roofs, snatch up their children and hurry off to the nearest field, where they sit and wait until the storm is over. OR 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 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 THEY TELL ME ALSO THAT WHILE IT WILL BE POURING WITH RAIN JUST IN THE VILLAGE THE SUN WILL BE SHINING BRIGHTLY ALL ROUND ABOUT AND THAT THE VILLAGES WHEN THE WATER BEGINS TO COME IN THROUGH THEIR ROOFS SNATCH UP THEIR CHILDREN AND HURRY OFF TO THE NEAREST FIELD WHERE THEY SIT AND WAIT UNTIL THE STORM IS OVER
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