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Mo had great news for Henk. Paul was gonna
be a father. "Didn't Allard tell you that?" And
turning to grandpa: "Aren't you proud to become
great-grandfather?" When pa Winkelhaak heard
that Norma was pregnant, he had bought a terraced
house for her. "Okay, living in a caravan, but with
a baby, my grandchild, that's out of the question."
He also asked: "Are you gonna get married? No? Okay,
leastwise her name won't be 'Pot'." To the disappointment
of Paul it was a house on the 'Kanunnik van de Putstraat'.
In the Brakkenstein district, close to the university
complex. But whether Paul's study would last? He
was expelled from a seminar and failed two exams.



"Yesterday she got the results of the ultrasound
and ... it's twins." Of course Paul and Norma
could talk about nothing else. About the names
they would choose and that parakeets would
have to go. "A wonder that she is not knitting."
Henk had this barely thought this when Paul said:
"And the grandma's now must crochet twice as much."
Therefore Henk suggested to Paul: "Feel like going
to Ien tonight?" "Yes, but I believe, she no longer
lives above 'the Racehorse' and I don't know her new
address." "Then we have to see her mother first."
Henk stayed for dinner and was full of stories about
Italy and Boet ... but came to a halt when he suddenly
realized: "It wouldn't surprise me if I was the only
bachelor of all the old friends ... although Victor ..."