 The Indonesian literary scholar Ajip Rosidi writes that the vast majority of the stories in Kawan Bergeloet are meant as comedy . He considers only one story — " Piloe " — to have been intended as more serious or sad . Several of the stories use tropes previously seen in Kasim 's Teman Doedoek , such as conflict arising from a misunderstanding , and the contents of some other stories are similar . 
