A good deed


Een padvinder kwam een half uur te laat op de bijeenkomst.

A boy scout was half an hour late for a meeting.
Zijn vriend vroeg: "Waarom ben je zo laat?"

His friend asked: "Why are you so late?"
"Ik heb een oude man geholpen met oversteken.", antwoordde hij.

"I was helping an old man cross the street.", he answered.
"Dat is aardig van je", zei zijn vriend. "Maar een half uur te laat alleen daarom?"

"That's a nice thing to do," said his friend. "But half an hour late because of that?"
"Wel, het probleem was dat hij niet wilde.", antwoordde hij.

"Well, the problem was he didn't want to go," he answered.


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