A married couple was fast asleep when, at exactly 2:00 a.m., the wife suddenly shook her husband awake.<\/p>\n
“Honey!” she whispered.<\/p>\n
“I think there’s a burglar downstairs!”<\/p>\n
The husband barely opened one eye.<\/p>\n
“Hmm…”<\/p>\n
He rolled over.<\/p>\n
“Call the police.”<\/p>\n
Then he went right back to sleep.<\/p>\n
Five minutes later…<\/p>\n
Another shake.<\/p>\n
“Honey!”<\/p>\n
“I heard footsteps!”<\/p>\n
The husband groaned.<\/p>\n
“Fine.”<\/p>\n
Still half asleep, he stumbled out of bed wearing nothing but his boxers.<\/p>\n
He grabbed an old baseball bat from the closet.<\/p>\n
Trying to look brave, he slowly crept downstairs.<\/p>\n
He searched the kitchen.<\/p>\n
Nothing.<\/p>\n
He checked the dining room.<\/p>\n
Nothing.<\/p>\n
He looked behind the curtains.<\/p>\n
Nothing.<\/p>\n
He even opened the pantry.<\/p>\n
Only cereal boxes stared back.<\/p>\n
Finally, after checking every room, he returned upstairs.<\/p>\n
“Nobody’s there,” he sighed.<\/p>\n
His wife looked disappointed.<\/p>\n
“Are you sure?”<\/p>\n
“Positive.”<\/p>\n
He climbed back into bed.<\/p>\n
Two minutes later…<\/p>\n
Tap.<\/p>\n
Tap.<\/p>\n
Tap.<\/p>\n
“Honey…”<\/p>\n
“What now?”<\/p>\n
“I definitely heard someone.”<\/p>\n
The husband jumped up again.<\/p>\n
Back downstairs.<\/p>\n
This time he checked the garage.<\/p>\n
The laundry room.<\/p>\n
The backyard.<\/p>\n
Even under the dining table.<\/p>\n
Still nothing.<\/p>\n
Completely exhausted, he returned to bed.<\/p>\n
“I searched everywhere.”<\/p>\n
“There isn’t a burglar.”<\/p>\n
His wife nodded slowly.<\/p>\n
“Okay.”<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
Thirty seconds passed.<\/p>\n
Then…<\/p>\n
“Honey?”<\/p>\n
He buried his face in the pillow.<\/p>\n
“What?”<\/p>\n
“What if he’s hiding under the bed?”<\/p>\n
The husband sighed dramatically.<\/p>\n
“Fine.”<\/p>\n
He knelt down.<\/p>\n
Lifted the bedspread.<\/p>\n
Looked underneath.<\/p>\n
Nothing.<\/p>\n
He stood up.<\/p>\n
“There!”<\/p>\n
“Happy?”<\/p>\n
His wife smiled.<\/p>\n
“Very.”<\/p>\n
He crawled back into bed.<\/p>\n
Closed his eyes.<\/p>\n
Exactly one minute later…<\/p>\n
Knock.<\/p>\n
Knock.<\/p>\n
Knock.<\/p>\n
Someone was pounding on the front door.<\/p>\n
The husband froze.<\/p>\n
His wife whispered,<\/p>\n
“See? I told you!”<\/p>\n
Grumbling, he stomped downstairs and opened the door.<\/p>\n
Standing there was a police officer.<\/p>\n
“Sir, are you the one who called about a possible burglar?”<\/p>\n
The husband looked confused.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t call.”<\/p>\n
The officer smiled.<\/p>\n
“Your wife did.”<\/p>\n
He slowly turned around and looked at his wife standing at the top of the stairs.<\/p>\n
She shrugged innocently.<\/p>\n
“You told me to call the police.”<\/p>\n
The husband couldn’t argue.<\/p>\n
The officer chuckled.<\/p>\n
“Since we’re here…”<\/p>\n
He glanced around.<\/p>\n
“…mind if we make a quick check?”<\/p>\n
A few minutes later, after confirming the house was perfectly safe, the officer prepared to leave.<\/p>\n
Before walking out, he smiled at the husband.<\/p>\n
“One piece of advice.”<\/p>\n
“What’s that?”<\/p>\n
The officer laughed.<\/p>\n
“Next time your wife says she heard something…”<\/p>\n
“…believe her.”<\/p>\n
The husband nodded.<\/p>\n
“I will.”<\/p>\n
The officer walked away.<\/p>\n
The husband locked the door.<\/p>\n
Turned off the lights.<\/p>\n
Finally climbed back into bed.<\/p>\n
His wife smiled sweetly.<\/p>\n
“I’m sorry for waking you.”<\/p>\n
He smiled back.<\/p>\n
“It’s okay.”<\/p>\n
Then she whispered,<\/p>\n
“By the way…”<\/p>\n
He closed his eyes.<\/p>\n
“…I forgot to tell you…”<\/p>\n
“What now?”<\/p>\n
“I wasn’t worried about a burglar.”<\/p>\n
“You weren’t?”<\/p>\n
She grinned.<\/p>\n
“No.”<\/p>\n
“I heard a mouse.”<\/p>\n
The husband stared at the ceiling for a full ten seconds.<\/p>\n
Then burst out laughing.<\/p>\n
“So I searched the whole house with a baseball bat…”<\/p>\n
She nodded.<\/p>\n
“…because of a mouse?”<\/p>\n
She smiled.<\/p>\n
“A very suspicious mouse.”<\/p>\n
The next morning, he went to the hardware store.<\/p>\n
Not for another baseball bat.<\/p>\n
For mouse traps.<\/p>\n
And his wife still reminds everyone that he bravely defended the house from the most dangerous mouse in town. \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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