ant ; ▁he ▁returns ▁as ▁a ▁business - man ▁taking ▁with ▁him ▁his ▁second - born ▁son ▁Les ley . ▁T ij s , ▁twelve ▁years ▁Simon ' s ▁junior , ▁was ▁eight ▁when ▁his ▁father ▁K arel ▁van ▁der ▁Ho ed ▁dropped ▁dead ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁birth day - ca ke . ▁T ij s ▁was ▁made ▁the ▁owner ▁of ▁the ▁house ▁to ▁prevent ▁ev iction . ▁He ▁could ' ve ▁move ▁out , ▁but ▁chose ▁not ▁to ▁because ▁of ▁his ▁imm atur ity . ▁T ij s ▁sp ends ▁his ▁time ▁e ating , ▁falling ▁victim ▁to ▁older ▁men ▁fancy ing ▁young ▁boys ▁and ▁purs uing ▁passing ▁interests . ▁For ▁instance , ▁he ▁joins ▁the ▁Je h ova ' s ▁Wit ness es ▁which ▁helps ▁him ▁bed ding ▁a ▁female ▁convert . ▁▁▁ ▁Usually ▁Sch ipp ers ' ▁characters ▁lose ▁their ▁faith , ▁and ▁like ▁all ▁his ▁shows ▁We ▁zijn ▁weer ▁th uis ▁pok es ▁fun ▁at ▁all - to o ▁serious ▁att itudes ▁and ▁rel ishes ▁word play . ▁Word play ▁often ▁consists ▁in ▁taking ▁met ap hor ical ▁expressions ▁literally , ▁and ▁the ▁lingu istic ▁j ok ery ▁often ▁placed ▁high ▁demand ▁on ▁the ▁actors . ▁Walter ▁C rom mel in , ▁for ▁instance , ▁who ▁played ▁Uncle ▁Ger ard , ▁compla ined ▁that ▁text ▁such ▁as ▁" T egen ▁de ▁tijd ▁dat ▁T ine ke ▁terug ▁is ▁van ▁haar ▁Tib eta anse ▁tar be inen j acht ▁en ▁th allo f yt ento erne e ▁door ▁de