"This is the story of a little town in Germany called Schilda and of the people who lived there. They did everything wrong--like building a three-cornered town hall with no windows, and sowing the field with salt to grow more salt ... Oh, they were simpletons indeed! But, if the truth must be told, they weren't always so stupid." Publisher's note.
"Wißt Ihr eigentlich, wer die Schildbürger waren? Im Mittelalter lag mitten in Deutschland eine Stadt, die Schilda hieß, und ihre Einwohner nannte man deshalb die Schildbürger. So einfach war das also. Doch sonst waren es merkwürdige Leute. Alles, was sie anpackten, machten sie verkehrt. Und alles, was man ihnen sagte, nahmen sie wörtlich. Wenn ein Fremder ärgerlich ausrief: "Bei euch piept es ja!", so lauschten sie drei Minuten lang und antworteten dann: "Das muß ein Irrtum sein. Wire hören nichts piepen." Und alle Leute riefen: "Wie kann man nur so dumm sein!" Hier muß ich euch ein Geheimnis anvertrauen. Es heißt: So dumm kann man nicht sein! Daraus folgt einwandfrei, daß auch die Schildbürger nicht so dumm waren, sondern daß sie sich nur dumm stellten! Und das ist natürlich ein großer Unterschied. Aber ihr werdet es beim Lesen selber merken. - Back cover."
""This is the story of a little town in Germany called Schilda and of the people who lived there. They did everything wrong--like building a three-cornered town hall with no windows, and sowing the field with salt to grow more salt ... Oh, they were simpletons indeed! But, if the truth must be told, they weren't always so stupid." Publisher's note."@en
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