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The villagers treat the old man like a ''circus animal;’’ they toss him food and speculate about what should be done with him. Some think he should be made ''mayor of the world,'' others want him to be a ‘‘five-star general in order to win all wars,’’ and still others hope he will father a superrace of ''winged wise men who could take charge of the universe.’’ The village priest arrives to inspect the captive, and presumably to make a more reasoned judgment on his nature. Father Gonzaga suspects ''an impostor'' at once and finds the old man's pathetic appearance to be...
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