"Walter Schnaffs' Adventure" - is a fascinating short story by the world famous French writer Guy de Maupassant (French: Guy de Maupassant, 1850 - 1893). Walter Schnaffs - is a lazy and cheerful German. He has a wonderful wife and four wonderful children, and he is absolutely happy. However, the careless life ends, when he is sent as a soldier to the war with France.