As they travel, the hitchhiker is evasive about his profession, only describing himself as being in a "highly skilled trade". The tension rises when the hitchhiker bets that the narrator’s car cannot actually reach its advertised top speed of 129 mph. Egged on, the narrator accelerates to 120 mph, only to be promptly pulled over by a rude and bullying motorcycle policeman.
The story begins with an unnamed narrator—a wealthy writer—driving his brand-new BMW toward London. Remembering his own difficult days of hitchhiking, he stops to pick up a small, "rat-faced" man. hitchhiker roald dahl
The officer aggressively takes down the driver’s details and the hitchhiker’s information (who claims to be a "hod-carrier"). After the officer leaves, the narrator is distraught over the impending heavy fine and potential prison time. However, the hitchhiker calmly reveals his true identity: he is a —a professional pickpocket of such extreme skill that he has already stolen the narrator’s watch, belt, and even his shoelaces without the driver noticing. As they travel, the hitchhiker is evasive about