New Concept English II - 92 (03/29/09)

Asking for trouble

It must have been about two in the morning when I returned home. I tried to wake up my wife by ringing the doorbell, but she was fast asleep, so I got a ladder from the shed in the garden, put it against the wall, and began climbing towards the bedroom window. I was almost there when a sarcastic voice below said, 'I don't think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night.' I looked down and nearly fell off the ladder when I saw a policeman. I immediately regretted answering in the way I did, but I said, 'I enjoy cleaning windows at night.'

'So do I,' answered the policeman in the same tone. 'Excuse my interrupting you. I hate to interrupt a man when he's busy working, but would you mind coming with me to the station?'

'Well, I'd prefer to stay here,' I said. 'You see. I've forgotten my key.'

'Your what?' he called.

'My key,' I shouted.

Fortunately, the shouting woke up my wife who opened the window just as the policeman had started to climb towards me.

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• very funny story, enjoying your reading. -活着乐着- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2009 postreply 16:46:26

• Thanks for the comments. -eyeyey- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/30/2009 postreply 11:47:34

• asleep, cleaning, tone -马奎- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/29/2009 postreply 18:37:27

• Thanks for the listening. Can you tell me what -eyeyey- ♀ (226 bytes) () 03/30/2009 postreply 11:50:20