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"THE WILL-O'-THE-WISPS ARE IN TOWN"
you. I do the maddest thing I can: I tell it to a poet and then the whole town soon gets to know it."
"The town will not take it to heart," said the man. "It will not affect a single person. They will believe that I am telling them a fairy tale when I tell them with the most serious face: 'The will-o'-the-wisps are in town, as the woman from the marsh says. Take care of yourselves!'"
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