All these untold stories are built on the same model (lead the reader to a "fall" unexpected or hot); the writing process is almost unique (the reader must decode the real meaning of the story behind the naive version of Nicolas); the characters are stereotyped (the fayot Agnan, etc.) And yet ... is "on" 80 times, laugh heartily, were both 8 and 40 (or 50, or 80 ...) Conclusion Goscinny was awesome. (And Sempé, not bad either!)