One afternoon going to the field a farmer saw his neighbour, Thomas, who was sitting in the kitchen garden not far from his house and eating his dinner alone.
The farmer approached him and asked:
"What are you doing here? Why are you having your dinner here, alone and not at home?"
"Well," answered Thomas after a short pause, "the chimney smokes."
"That's too bad," said the farmer, "let's have a look at it, I shall help you to repair it."
And the farmer went to enter the house. But as soon as he opened the door, a broom fell on his head and a woman's voice cried.:
"Oh, you old rascal, go away, or I'll kill you...!"
The farmer left the house at once and came up to Thomas. He put his hand on his neighbour's shoulder
and said to him smiling:
"Never mind, my chimney smokes sometimes too."
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