This week’s puzzle:

A poor joke-teller travels the world looking for something that was taken from him, but he never asks people for help. Meanwhile, his son joins a rebellious gang and is nearly killed when a sabotage plan goes horribly wrong.

Last week’s puzzle:

A businessman gets held up on a trip when his customers insist that he stay longer. He ends up leaving something behind, and an old friend goes to pick it up, but by the time the friend comes back he’s already got a replacement.

And the answer is . . . ▼