George Phillips, an elderly man, fromWalled Lake, Michigan, was going up to bed, when his wife told him that he'dleft the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroomwindow. George opened the back door to go turn off the light, but saw thatthere were people in the shed stealing things.

乔治·菲利普斯是一个住在寨湖--密执安州的老人，正要就寝的时候，他太太告诉他，她从卧室的窗户看过去，当他离开花园的小屋时忘了关灯。乔治开了后门要去关灯，却看见几个人正在小屋里偷东西。

He phoned the police, who asked "Issomeone in your house?"

他打电话给警察，警察问道：“有人进到你屋子里面了吗？”

He said "No, but some people arebreaking into my garden shed and stealing from me."

他说：“没有，但那些人正闯入我花园的小屋里偷东西。”

Then the police dispatcher said "Allpatrols are busy. You should lock your doors and an officer will be along whenone is available"

然后这名警察调度员说：“目前所有巡逻人员都很忙，你应该锁好你的门，一旦有警员可以调度时就会过去。”

George said, "Okay."

乔治说，“好吧。”

He hung up the phone and counted to 30.Then he phoned the police again.

他挂了电话，然后数到30。接着，再打电话给警察。

"Hello, I just called you a fewseconds ago because there were people stealing things from my shed. Well, you don'thave to worry about them now because I just shot and killed them both, the dogsare eating them right now." and he hung up.

“你好，我就是刚才打电话过去，说有人闯进我小屋偷东西的那个人。现在，你不用担心了，因为我已经开枪把他们给干掉了，几只狗正在吃着他们呢。“讲完他就把电话给挂了。

Within five minutes, six Police Cars, aSWAT Team, a Helicopter, two Fire Trucks, a Paramedic, and an Ambulance showedup at the Phillips' residence, and caught the burglars red-handed.

不到五分钟，6辆警车、特警队、一架直升机、两辆消防车、一个医务人员、和一辆救护车出现在菲利普斯的住所，并将窃贼人赃俱获。

One of the Policemen said to George,"I thought you said that you'd shot them!"

一名警察对乔治说：“我以为你真的开枪射杀了他们！”

George said, "I thought you said therewas nobody available!"

乔治说，“我以为你们真的没有一个人调度得过来！”