Book review of the Umbrella Man from the Ten Short Stories by Roald Dahl

The writer is a 12 years old girl and her mother is 34 years old. They went to London for a dentist appointment. They went to a cafe right after the dentist appointment. When they came out of the cafe,it started to rain. Just then, a men in his seventies came up to them and offered to sell a 20pound silk umbrella for only a pound. He claims that he needed that money for the taxi fare as he left his wallet at home. After they bought the umbrella, they decided to follow the old man. They realised that the old man stole umbrellas from bars, sell them to people and than go to another different bar for a drink of whiskey before repeating it over again. I feel that this old man is very smart and sharp to think of such a trick without getting caught. One day, he would be left with no more bars to go and would be broke.