All make-believe, you see, only we hate to admit it! The different thing about Greenwich is that there they do admit it, quite a number of them.

They accept the pretending, play-acting spirit as a perfectly natural--no, as an inevitable--part of life, and, with a certain whimsical seriousness, not unlike that of real children, they provide for it.

You know children can make believe, _know_ that it is make believe, yet enjoy it all the more for that.

So can the Villagers.
Hence, places like--let us say, as an example--"The Pirate's Den." It is a very real pirate's den, lighted only by candles.

A coffin casts a shadow, and there is a regulation "Jolly Roger," a black flag ornamented with skull and crossbones.