Flashback 2015: How Dan (4) note to baker went

As the year draws to a close we come up with a daily retrospective of news that hit us the deepest and most was read on AD.nl. In this last episode, how the note, which the four-year Daan went to the bakery, thousands of people managed to move.

On December 14 this year went to the small Daan (4) to the bakery in his hometown Raamsdonkveer. The youngster, determined to go on your own path, had up his sleeve enough money for a wholemeal bread and clutching a note from his mother. What was written on the note, Daan was unknown. Reading he was not powerful.

Manon van der Westen, Bakery Van Der Westen, the youngster sees coming. ,, I know him and even asked: "Are you alone?". ,, Yes, "said the boy and handed the baker's note:. Hi I just wanted to go to the bakery Dad followed me, but I do not know So one whole wheat bread Greetings...," They read.

Manon tells afterwards how she responded to her young client: ,, Of course I had to laugh at the note, but I have played. He had neatly pennies in and went proudly to the door again, "said Manon, who is somewhat amazed about the four-year-old all came alone. ,, It was already after 17:00, so pretty dark. I immediately after his mother Patty sent a message. "

Tens of thousands of people
The note was preserved by the bakery and placed on a whim on the facebook page. Soon it was picked up by loyal customers of the Brabant bakery. The photo of the note, for many recognizable and endearing, also found quickly its way outside of North Brabant. Within no time the message was shared, liked and people were getaged under the photo. Meanwhile, more than 27,000 Dutch message on the facebook page of the local bakery liked. A lot of attention, a baker from Raamsdonksveer, where 13,000 people live.

The media also hooked on the story. The message about Daan clears through the AD both online and on paper tens of thousands of people to move.

The bakery has been Daan's note inundated with positive reactions. Even from Canada came a bell, says Manon. Daan has become a true celebrity in the Brabant village. ,, He once even get recognized in the supermarket! "The bakery is afterwards happy with all the attention, but admits that sometimes what is tiring, all that attention. That attention now is a little saggy, is for both parties desirable. ,, That man did not know what hit him. "

Big smile
Father Pascal explains afterward that he first piece to the bakery is walked back to his son. At a busy intersection near the shop he helped even just cross his son. ,, Then I saw thrilled him to enter. With a smile from ear to ear, he came with the bread out. "

Daan did as his father once before on your own walking to his grandmother. Even when he went proud path, to be sure, followed by his mother. ,, He is very enterprising, "laughs Father Pascal.

And Daan? Who still thinks that he only went to the bakery and that all those people were just very, very special.

By: Bonne Kerstens / AD.nl/ © Facebook