One day in Gotham, a few miles southwest of Nottingham in England, the villagers gathered in the square. The new king planned to visit the village that day, and they were there to greet him. He sent his servants to make sure the village was safe to visit.

It was a beautiful day. The sun shone and a slight, chilly breeze blew.

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Then the barber looked west and saw the distant hills draped in snow. "Look at that!" the barber cried. "The hills are glistening!" !ТｗｗＷ．ｆaiｒy-Ｔａlｅ。IＮfo

Everyone turned to look at the beautiful snow. Then they looked down at the ground under their feet, and there they saw tufts of spindly grass and patches of dirt. And near the stream that ran through the village, they saw that the banks were nothing but mud.

"How I wish snow would cover this mess," said the village farrier. "My horses' hooves are so muddy."

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"And my carriage is forever getting stuck in the mud," the grocer agreed. "How lovely it would be to have some snow here." Zo9ミσwWW．ＦＡiRｙ－ＴALｅ。ｉNFoìj∩υS

Everyone nodded. At that moment nothing seemed more pleasing than those hills covered in snow. 

"I have it," the mayor said, stroking his beard. "We'll move the village to the snow." +WWＷ。FAｉrｙ-ＴＡＬｅ。ＩNＦOちょ낱ツ≡ゃū

"Yes!" the barber agreed. ㄆЫㄌㄦǔｗWｗ.ｆａｉRy-taＬe.ＩnｆoH

The servants listened closely, for this conversation was puzzling. ЕㄧㄎЩＷＷw.ＦaIＲＹ-ｔAＬe．iNfO∝ωTB√

"We must move west!" said the mayor. "After all, the sun lives in the east. It's very hot there. Snow never falls in the east."

"No one can live in such a place," the schoolteacher said. "It would never do for my pupils, who would never sleep, and those who do not sleep cannot learn." ЕㄧㄎЩＷＷw.ＦaIＲＹ-ｔAＬe．iNfO∝ωTB√

"Indeed," everyone said. wＷw.FaｉＲＹ－ＴａｌＥ．ｉｎFo¤∽تر

The king's servants stared at each other. "So these are the fools of Gotham," said the first servant. ì∈∧WWw。ＦａIｒy－tＡＬE。ＩｎｆＯㄠZ

 "Indeed," the second servant whispered. "All those rumors must be true." ǐfWｗw.fＡIＲY－ｔaＬE。inFOM±pゅūそ

There had long been rumors about the people of Gotham. The village was composed of lunatics and fools, people said. There was one instance, they said, where the people had tried to drown an eel to teach it a lesson for eating all the fish in the stream. Drown an eel!

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So now the new king's servants conferred. "What do you think?" the first man asked. "Wise men or fools?" ネムｗwｗ。ｆａｉＲy-ｔａle。iNFOВぅsㄒ96

Then they looked up and saw that all the villagers were gathering at the eastern end of town, and there they were pushing against the tallest building. ォ⊥ｗWW．ｆAIｒY-ＴAlＥ。iNFＯっ々aけМūみ

The servants approached the mayor. "What are you people doing?" the servants asked.

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"We're moving west," the mayor said. "We're moving to a place where snow falls." ツUφㄏクWｗW．ｆＡiｒＹ-ＴaLe.iＮfＯnūκ9

The servants looked at each other. "Let us go tell the king what we've seen," the first servant said. wｗＷ。ｆａｉＲy-ＴaｌＥ.INＦOǚみ

"Tell the king to visit us after we've moved," said the mayor. "That way his carriage's wheels won't sink in the mud!" The servants quickly rode back to the palace to tell the king what they had witnessed. útMWwＷ.ＦＡIＲY-TalE.ｉnＦO

"I do not wish to visit a village of fools," said the new king. "We will stay here today." ǔさBwＷＷ.faIｒy-talＥ.InfＯ말ㄊ

So you decide, are the people of Gotham fools? Or are they, in fact, truly wise?
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