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We are a sheep headed lot. If, by a printer's error, no mention were made in the guide book of the Colosseum, we should spend a month in Rome, and not think it worth going across the road to look at. If the guide book says we must by no means omit to pay a visit to some famous pincushion that contains eleven million pins, we travel five hundred miles on purpose to see it! WE ARE A SHEEP HEADED LOT IF BY A PRINTER'S ERROR NO MENTION WERE MADE IN THE GUIDE BOOK OF THE COLOSSEUM WE SHOULD SPEND A MONTH IN ROME AND NOT THINK IT WORTH GOING ACROSS THE ROAD TO LOOK AT IF THE GUIDE BOOK SAYS WE MUST BY NO MEANS OMIT TO PAY A VISIT TO SOME FAMOUS PINCUSHION THAT CONTAINS ELEVEN MILLION PINS WE TRAVEL FIVE HUNDRED MILES ON PURPOSE TO SEE IT
 him up whenever he attempts to move, so as to hear what he says when he sits down suddenly on the stone floor; and if it can throw him into the bath again just as he has finished wiping himself, it feels that life is worth living after all. We spent two days at Heidelberg, climbing the wooded mountains that surround that pleasant little town, and that afford, from their restaurant or ruin-crowned summits, enchanting, far-stretching views, through which, with many a turn and twist, the distant Rhine and nearer Neckar wind; or strolling among the crumbling walls and arches of the grand, history-logged wreck that was once the noblest castle in all Germany. We stood in awed admiration before the "Great Tun," which is the chief object of interest in Heidelberg. What there is of interest in the sight of a big beer-barrel it is difficult, in one's calmer moments, to understand; but the guide book says that it is a thing to be seen, and so all we tourists go and stand in a row and gape at it.  A WHOLE IS TO TRIP HIM UP WHENEVER HE ATTEMPTS TO MOVE SO AS TO HEAR WHAT HE SAYS WHEN HE SITS DOWN SUDDENLY ON THE STONE FLOOR AND IF IT CAN THROW HIM INTO THE BATH AGAIN JUST AS HE HAS FINISHED WIPING HIMSELF IT FEELS THAT LIFE IS WORTH LIVING AFTER ALL WE SPENT TWO DAYS AT HEIDELBERG CLIMBING THE WOODED MOUNTAINS THAT SURROUND THAT PLEASANT LITTLE TOWN AND THAT AFFORD FROM THEIR RESTAURANT OR RUINED CROWNED SUMMITS ENCHANTING FAR STRETCHING VIEWS THROUGH WHICH WITH MANY A TURN AND TWIST THE DISTANT RHINE AND NEARER NECKAR WIND OR STROLLING AMONG THE CRUMBLING WALLS AND ARCHES OF THE GRAND HISTORY LOGGED WRECK THAT WAS ONCE THE NOBLEST CASTLE IN ALL GERMANY WE STOOD IN AWED ADMIRATION BEFORE THE GREAT TONGUE WHICH IS THE CHIEF OBJECT OF INTEREST IN HEIDELBERG WHAT THERE IS OF INTEREST IN THE SIGHT OF A BIG BEER BARREL IT IS DIFFICULT IN ONE'S CALMER MOMENTS TO UNDERSTAND BUT THE GUIDE BOOK SAYS THAT IT IS A THING TO BE SEEN AND SO ALL WE TOURISTS GO AND STAND IN A ROW AND GAPE AT IT
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