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An elderly man was walking through the French countryside,
admiring the beautiful spring day, when over a hedgerow he
spotted a young couple making love in a field.
Getting over his initial shock he said to himself, "Ah,
young love... ze spring time, ze air, ze flowers... C'est
magnifique!", and continued to watch, remembering the good
old day's that he'd once enjoyed.
Suddenly he gasped and said, "Mais... Sacre bleu! Ze woman
she is dead!" before heading off as fast as he could to the
town to tell Jean, the police chief.
He arrived at the Police Station, out of breath, and
shouted, "Jean...Jean...zere is zis man, zis woman ... naked
in farmer Gaston's field making love."
The police chief smiled and said, "Come, come, Henri you
are not so old, remember ze young love, ze spring time,
ze air, ze flowers? Ah, L'amour! Zis is OK."
"Mais non! You do not understand, ze woman, she is dead!"
Upon hearing this, Jean, leapt up from his seat, rushed out
of the station, jumped on his push-bike, pedaled down to
the field, confirmed Henri's story, and pedaled all the
way back to call the doctors.
He picked up the telephone and screamed, "Pierre, Pierre!
This is Jean, I was in Gaston's field, zere is a young
couple naked having sex!"
To which Pierre replied, "Jean, I am a man of science. You
must remember...it's spring, ze air, ze flowers,
Ah, L'amour! Zis is very natural."
Jean, still out of breath, grasped in reply, "non, you do
not understand, ze woman, she is dead!"
Hearing this, Pierre exclaimed, "Mon Dieu!" grabbed his
black medicine bag, stuffed in his thermometer, stethoscope,
and other tools, jumped in his car, and drove like a madman
down to Gaston's field.
After carefully examining the participants he drove calmly
back to Henri and Jean, who were waiting at the station.
When he got there, went inside, smiled patiently, and said,
"Ah, mes amis, do not worry. Ze woman, she is not dead, she
is British!"
"There is nothing more frightening than ignorance in action." (Goethe).
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