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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." 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
 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. "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. XERCISED 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 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
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