The Kind Stranger

An older man who never learned to read or write met a stranger in a bar one afternoon. After about two hours the stranger asked his new friend if he could do him a favour. He wanted him to go to the betting shop across the road and put some money on a horse that was running that afternoon. When the man explained he was illiterate and he couldn't write out a docket the stranger said it was ok as he already had one written out. So the man went to the betting shop and handed in the docket.When the teller took the docket from him and read it she screamed help and dived on the ground. The man was standing at the counter bewildered when all of a sudden five regular customers from the betting shop set upon him and began to beat him. Then the police were called and the man was arrested.When he asked why he was being arrested when he was the one that was attacked and they told him it was for attempted robbery and he could expect a long spell in prison.When he asked how they had come to that conclusion they read the docket to him which read "This is a robbery i have a gun, give me all the money". When he explained about the stranger the police checked it out but no one could be found fitting that description in the bar.