French Text

Une bonne action

A good deed

Un boy-scout avait une demi-heure de retard pour une réunion.

A boy scout was half an hour late for a meeting.

Son ami lui demanda : "Pourquoi es-tu si en retard ?"

His friend asked: "Why are you so late?"

"J'aidais un vieil homme à traverser la rue.", répondit-il.

"I was helping an old man cross the street.", he answered.

"C'est gentil", dit son ami. "Mais une demi-heure de retard pour ça ?"

"That's a nice thing to do," said his friend. "But half an hour late because of that?"

"Eh bien, le problème, c'est qu'il ne voulait pas traverser.", répondit-il.

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

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