Two years ago, when I was in London, I used to stay in an apartment alone. I had a fairly large house, well furnished. I used to keep all my clothes in my grandmother's wooden cupboard. It was old and slightly imbalanced. The problem with it was that when its stuffed fully, if even by mistake I open the upper rack of it, the whole cupboard falls on me. I never got the time to rectify it and since it was in my bedroom, no one used to open it except myself.
It was mid April and I was away at work. I had a late night dinner at my workplace and got home only by 12. The whole driveway was buzzing with sirens which blew my head off. The thoughts that came to my mind were horrible " what will mom say if my granny's silver set is stolen?", "How horrible will I feel if the diamond chain that Harry gave me is lost!" etc... I was stopped and my ID checked. "There has been a burglary in your apartment ma'am, please come with my and check for the missing items." I felt so horrible.. all my savings had be drawn outa the bank since I wanted to start a new account in NY to where I was moving. I ran into the secret place where the money was kept... phew! it was still there, oops, Silver set.... it was intact in the dining room...OMG, the diamond necklace.... i ran to the bed room to find that the whole cupboard has fallen down becoz of the upper imbalance. With the help of cops, I got it to stand straight and checked for the chain... n voila.. its still there. "So then whats missing..ma'am?" I said .."seems like nothings gone".... There was a beep sound coming from between my clothes and the cop gave me the cell fone and said " ma'am ur cell fone is ringing.."; "but officer, this is not my cell fone!!"....Suddenly they looked at each other and left the place in a hurry... 24 hours later I get a call from the Police Department telling me that they have caught the thief and apparently he was trying to rob the place when by mistake he opened the upper rack of my cupboard first and the whole thing fell on his knee with a LOUD thud. He was alone and injured and just wanted to leave the place..and in a hurry forgot to check for his cell fone that fell off his pocket as he hit the ground. The cops not only caught him but all his accomplice as well by calling them up! --- "You r a very lucky young lady ma'am, these people are notorious gangsters. Your cupboard saved the day" I expected a bravery award for myself, well for my cupboard... but I haven't received it yet.....
It was mid April and I was away at work. I had a late night dinner at my workplace and got home only by 12. The whole driveway was buzzing with sirens which blew my head off. The thoughts that came to my mind were horrible " what will mom say if my granny's silver set is stolen?", "How horrible will I feel if the diamond chain that Harry gave me is lost!" etc... I was stopped and my ID checked. "There has been a burglary in your apartment ma'am, please come with my and check for the missing items." I felt so horrible.. all my savings had be drawn outa the bank since I wanted to start a new account in NY to where I was moving. I ran into the secret place where the money was kept... phew! it was still there, oops, Silver set.... it was intact in the dining room...OMG, the diamond necklace.... i ran to the bed room to find that the whole cupboard has fallen down becoz of the upper imbalance. With the help of cops, I got it to stand straight and checked for the chain... n voila.. its still there. "So then whats missing..ma'am?" I said .."seems like nothings gone".... There was a beep sound coming from between my clothes and the cop gave me the cell fone and said " ma'am ur cell fone is ringing.."; "but officer, this is not my cell fone!!"....Suddenly they looked at each other and left the place in a hurry... 24 hours later I get a call from the Police Department telling me that they have caught the thief and apparently he was trying to rob the place when by mistake he opened the upper rack of my cupboard first and the whole thing fell on his knee with a LOUD thud. He was alone and injured and just wanted to leave the place..and in a hurry forgot to check for his cell fone that fell off his pocket as he hit the ground. The cops not only caught him but all his accomplice as well by calling them up! --- "You r a very lucky young lady ma'am, these people are notorious gangsters. Your cupboard saved the day" I expected a bravery award for myself, well for my cupboard... but I haven't received it yet.....
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