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agged clothes. But I‘m already familiar
with the trick „I have a baby and
need money to buy milk“. I would
always rather give something to
eat than cash. Today, it is different.
I stand in his shoes and can understand
how he feels. I therefore press
a tenner into his hand. It doesn‘t matter
whether he will drink it up in the
next pub!
The ferry toward the Italian mainland
had just pulled out when
Herbert‘s cell phone rang. At the
other end was Toni, a 1200 GS rider,
whom he had met on the ferry
from Genoa to Palermo. Toni excitedly relates that he had
a call from the police in Taormina. A slip of paper with
his address had turned up in the wallet of a certain Signor
Schwarz that an honest finder had turned in at the police station.
The next morning, Herbert rides to the police. Nothing is
missing. Not a single cent. And we‘re in Sicily! Now is that
luck or what? Or are the wise words true that you simply get
back what you give?
Inquiries reveal that a certain Vincenzo Paletta from the Lombard
town of Pavia is the finder. Herbert calls and thanks
him and asks how he might show his appreciation. Finder‘s
reward? Absolutely not! For Vincenzo to help someone in
need went without saying. The passport photos of the children
might have played no minor role in his decision ...