On the deck of the ferry to Vlieland, a little girl asks if she can pet the dog of a woman. She says that they also have two dogs at home and that she knows how to do it. It is allowed, and all a conversation relaxes. She is five, the dog is four and it is a Labradoodle. The woman asks the child what for dogs she has. The girl thinks deeply, her forehead frowns and then says very seriously: “I don’t know one, but the other is a Coronahond.”

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