A married couple was fast asleep when, at exactly 2:00 a.m., the wife suddenly shook her husband awake.
“Honey!” she whispered.
“I think there’s a burglar downstairs!”
The husband barely opened one eye.
“Hmm…”
He rolled over.
“Call the police.”
Then he went right back to sleep.
Five minutes later…
Another shake.
“Honey!”
“I heard footsteps!”
The husband groaned.
“Fine.”
Still half asleep, he stumbled out of bed wearing nothing but his boxers.
He grabbed an old baseball bat from the closet.
Trying to look brave, he slowly crept downstairs.
He searched the kitchen.
Nothing.
He checked the dining room.
Nothing.
He looked behind the curtains.
Nothing.
He even opened the pantry.
Only cereal boxes stared back.
Finally, after checking every room, he returned upstairs.
“Nobody’s there,” he sighed.
His wife looked disappointed.
“Are you sure?”
“Positive.”
He climbed back into bed.
Two minutes later…
Tap.
Tap.
Tap.
“Honey…”
“What now?”
“I definitely heard someone.”
The husband jumped up again.
Back downstairs.
This time he checked the garage.
The laundry room.
The backyard.
Even under the dining table.
Still nothing.
Completely exhausted, he returned to bed.
“I searched everywhere.”
“There isn’t a burglar.”
His wife nodded slowly.
“Okay.”
Silence.
Thirty seconds passed.
Then…
“Honey?”
He buried his face in the pillow.
“What?”
“What if he’s hiding under the bed?”
The husband sighed dramatically.
“Fine.”
He knelt down.
Lifted the bedspread.
Looked underneath.
Nothing.
He stood up.
“There!”
“Happy?”
His wife smiled.
“Very.”
He crawled back into bed.
Closed his eyes.
Exactly one minute later…
Knock.
Knock.
Knock.
Someone was pounding on the front door.
The husband froze.
His wife whispered,
“See? I told you!”
Grumbling, he stomped downstairs and opened the door.
Standing there was a police officer.
“Sir, are you the one who called about a possible burglar?”
The husband looked confused.
“I didn’t call.”
The officer smiled.
“Your wife did.”
He slowly turned around and looked at his wife standing at the top of the stairs.
She shrugged innocently.
“You told me to call the police.”
The husband couldn’t argue.
The officer chuckled.
“Since we’re here…”
He glanced around.
“…mind if we make a quick check?”
A few minutes later, after confirming the house was perfectly safe, the officer prepared to leave.
Before walking out, he smiled at the husband.
“One piece of advice.”
“What’s that?”
The officer laughed.
“Next time your wife says she heard something…”
“…believe her.”
The husband nodded.
“I will.”
The officer walked away.
The husband locked the door.
Turned off the lights.
Finally climbed back into bed.
His wife smiled sweetly.
“I’m sorry for waking you.”
He smiled back.
“It’s okay.”
Then she whispered,
“By the way…”
He closed his eyes.
“…I forgot to tell you…”
“What now?”
“I wasn’t worried about a burglar.”
“You weren’t?”
She grinned.
“No.”
“I heard a mouse.”
The husband stared at the ceiling for a full ten seconds.
Then burst out laughing.
“So I searched the whole house with a baseball bat…”
She nodded.
“…because of a mouse?”
She smiled.
“A very suspicious mouse.”
The next morning, he went to the hardware store.
Not for another baseball bat.
For mouse traps.
And his wife still reminds everyone that he bravely defended the house from the most dangerous mouse in town. 😂
