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How, during the performance of the Passion Play, they act and sing and stand about upon the uncovered stage without taking the slightest notice of the downpour of water that is soaking their robes and running from their streaming hair, to make great pools upon the boards; and how the audience, in the cheaper, unroofed portion of the theatre, sit with equal stoicism, watching them, no one ever dreaming even of putting up an umbrella  or, if he does dream of doing so, experiencing a very rude awakening from the sticks of those behind." HOW DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PASSION PLAY THEY ACT AND SING AND STAND ABOUT UPON THE UNCOVERED STAGE WITHOUT TAKING THE SLIGHTEST NOTICE OF THE DOWNPOUR OF WATER THAT IS SOAKING THEIR ROBES AND RUNNING FROM THEIR STREAMING HAIR TO MAKE GREAT POOLS UPON THE BOARDS AND HOW THE AUDIENCE IN THE CHEAPER UNROOFED PORTION OF THE THEATRE SITS WITH EQUAL STOICISM WATCHING THEM NO ONE EVER DREAMING EVEN OF PUTTING UP AN UMBRELLA OR IF HE DOES DREAM OF DOING SO EXPERIENCING A VERY RUDE AWAKENING FROM THE STICKS OF THOSE BEHIND
on 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." "Do you believe them--the persons that you say tell you these tales?" I ask. "Personally I do not," he replies. "I think people exaggerate to me because I look young and innocent, but no doubt there is a ground-work of truth in their statements. I have myself left Ober-Ammergau under a steady drenching rain, and found a cloudless sky the other side of the Kofel. "Then," he continues, "you can comment upon the hardihood of the Bavarian peasant. How he or she walks about bare-headed and bare-footed through the fiercest showers, and seems to find the rain only pleasantly cooling. 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 DO YOU BELIEVE THEM THE PERSONS THAT YOU SAY TELL YOU THESE TALES I ASK PERSONALLY I DO NOT HE REPLIES I THINK PEOPLE EXAGGERATE TO ME BECAUSE I LOOK YOUNG AND INNOCENT BUT NO DOUBT THERE IS A GROUNDWORK OF TRUTH IN THEIR STATEMENTS I HAVE MYSELF LEFT OBER AMMERGAU UNDER A STEADY DRENCH IN RAIN AND FOUND A CLOUDLESS SKY THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COFFIN THEN HE CONTUES YOU CAN COMMENT UPON THE HARDIHOOD OF THE BAVARIAN PEASANT HOW HE OR SHE WALKS ABOUT BAREHEADED AND BAREFOOTED THROUGH THE FIERCEST SHOWERS AND SEEMS TO FIND THE RAIN ONLY PLEASANTLY COOLING
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