‘Look what I found on the street!’
‘What is it?’
‘It’s a wallet.’
‘Wallet? Is there any money in it?’
‘Yes, there is. There is a lot of money in it.’
‘How much?’
‘About two thousand euro.’
‘Two thousand euro! That’s a lot of money,’
‘Yes, it is a lot of money. I am a happy man.’
‘Why do you think that you’re a happy man?’
‘What do you mean “Why”? I didn’t have two thousand euro and now I have two thousand euro.’
‘But the wallet is not yours!’
‘And whose is it?’
‘I don’t know.’
‘So I will keep it, It’s mine now. What else can I do?’
‘There are two possibilities.’
‘Really? OK, tell me. What is the first possibility?’
‘The first possibility is that you will go to the police.’
‘Do you really think that I should go to the police? They will take my name, my address, my phone number. I will have to spend a few hours there.’
‘Yes I know. They will keep you there for a few hours.’
‘But I don’t have much time. I don’t want to stay at the police station for a few hours. And what is the other possibility?’
‘The other possibility is that you will keep the wallet.’
‘And the money.’
‘Yes, and the money, But I don’t think that it is a good thing.’
‘Why?’
‘Well, someone lost the money. Perhaps he needs it now.’
‘So you think that I should go to the police.’
‘Yes, I think that you should. And I think that you shouldn’t keep the money. It isn’t yours.’
‘I don’t see it that way.‘
‘What do you mean?’
‘Look. Imagine that I’ll go to the police. What will happen? I will lose a lot of time because they will ask me many questions. They will write down my name, my address and my phone number and many other things.’
‘OK, that’s true. You will need to spend a few hours there. So what?‘
‘I will leave the wallet with the money in their hands. What will happen next? Do you think that they will find the owner of this wallet?’
‘Yes, I think that they will find the owner of the wallet. They are the police. They are good at finding people.’
‘No, they won’t find him.’
‘How do you know?’
‘They won’t find him because they will never look for him. They will take the money and they will never look for the man. And do you know the worst thing about this?’
‘Tell me. What is the worst thing about this?’
‘The worst thing is that they will think that I am stupid.’
‘Why?’
‘They will think that I am stupid because I didn’t keep the money, but brought it to them.’
‘I see what you mean.’
‘Do you still think that I should go to the police?’
‘No way! You found it, you should keep it. It’s yours!’
‘I think you’re right. Let’s go for a beer. I pay.’
‘Good. Let’s go!’
What do you mean? – Ako to myslíš?
What else – Čo iné/ Čo ešte
I don’t see it that way. – Ja to tak nevidím.
So what? – No a?
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