A sad day. Jean Paul has died.
Jean Paul was a typical Frenchman, a short man with a stocky build, a thick black moustache and a navy blue beret.
He lived alone and was the village gardener. As the church bells chimed at mid-day, Jean Paul could always be seen making his way home on his blue mobliette with a baguette sticking out of the left hand black leather pannier.
Jean Paul was known and liked by everyone, and on his short ride home from the Marie, he would wave and nod to everyone he passed.
Today was his funeral and the whole village is sombre. Even though I did not know him personally, I too, feel a sense of loss.
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