[00:10.40]Why did the policeman ask the writer to come to the police station?
[00:17.41]It must have been about two in the morning when I returned home.
[00:22.77]I tried to wake up my wife by ringing the doorbell,
[00:26.83]but she was fast asleep,
[00:29.25]so I got a ladder from the shed in the garden, put it against the wall,
[00:34.71]and began climbing towards the bedroom window.
[00:38.60]I was almost there when a sarcastic voice below said.
[00:44.36]'I don't think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night.'
[00:50.07]I looked down and nearly fell off the ladder when I saw a policeman.
[00:56.45]I immediately regretted answering in the way I did, but I said, 'I enjoy cleaning windows at night.'
[01:07.86]'So do I,' answered the policeman in the same tone.
[01:13.36]Excuse my interrupting you.
[01:16.20]I hate to interrupt a man when he's busy working, but would you mind coming with me to the station?'
[01:25.82]'Well, I'd prefer to stay here,' I said.
[01:30.64]'You see, I've forgotten my key.'
[01:34.12]'Your what?' he called.
[01:37.11]'My key,' I shouted.
[01:41.21]Fortunately, the shouting woke up my wife who opened the window just as the policeman had started to climb towards me.
我回到家时，肯定已是凌晨两点左右了。我按响了门铃，试图唤醒我的妻子，但她睡得很熟。于是，我从花园的小棚里搬来了一个梯子，把它靠在墙边，开始向卧室的窗口爬去。快要爬到窗口时，下面一个人用讽刺的口吻说：“我看不必在夜里这个时候擦窗子吧。”我向下面看去。当我看清是一个警察时，差一点儿从梯子上掉下去。我回答了他的话，但马上又后悔不该那样说，我是这样说的：“我喜欢在夜里擦窗子。”
“我也是的，”警察用同样的声调回答，“请原谅我打断了您。当一个人在忙着干活时，我是不愿意去打断他的，但请您跟我到警察局去一趟好吗?”
“可我更愿意呆在这儿，”我说，“您瞧，我忘带钥匙了。”
“什么?”他大声问。
“钥匙!”我喊道。
幸运得很，这喊声惊醒了我的妻子。就在警察开始向我爬上来时，她打开了窗子。