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We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers.Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the bookshelf.
It stood outside a furniture(家具)shop.“Buy it,” she said at once, “We’ll carry it home on the roof-rack(車頂架).I’ve always wanted one like that.”
What could I do?Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof-rack.It was tall and narrow, quite heavy too.
As it was getting darker, I drove slowly.Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening.The police even stopped traffic to let us through.Carrying furnit ure was a good idea.
After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars behind.Why don’t they overtake(超車)?”
Just at that time a police car did overtake.The two officers inside looked at us seriously when they went past.But then, with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic.The police car stopped at our village church.One of the officers came to me.
“Right, sir, ” he said.“Do you need any more help now?”
I didn’t quite understand.“Thanks, officer, ” I said.“You’ve been very kind.I live just down the road.”
He was looking at our things:first at the flowers, then at the bookshelf.“Well, well, ”he said and laughed.“It’s a bookshelf you’ve got there!We thought it was…or, something else.”
My wife began to laugh.Suddenly I understood why the police drove here.I smiled at the officer.“Yes, it’s a bookshelf, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.