Suzie was in the kitchen putting dinner together and holding a baby that had been fussing when the doorbell rang. Foolishly Suzie thought it was her husband home early to relieve her of the children. As she put the dish in the oven the two oldest boys shout, "Mommy, Mommy there's a policeman at the door!" "Great," she thinks, "the neighbors down the street must be fighting again." As she sees the police officer she realizes he looks very familiar but can't put her finger on it. Anyway she clears a path to the door, shooing children and dog aside, unlocks the bolts and cracks open the door. Oops! She forgot that the dog would want to sniff Mr. Policeman so she grabs the dog by the collar and keeps the door cracked open with a foot. She must have been a sight. Standing at the glass door baby in one arm bent over holding the lurching dog back and beside her three starring silent boys. Mr. Policeman looks on and asks, "Is someone at this residence in need of help?" Suzie could have said, "Yes Please!" and handed him the baby, but instead she said and half asked "No?" Mr. Policeman says,"We received a 911 call from this residence." "Are you sure? from this house?" she asks confused. He repeated the address and yes it was her house alright. "I'm sorry but I didn't call....." her voice trailed off as she looked at her oldest boys, who were both looking at her with big eyes. "OK who called 911?" she asked. "Not me Mommy." they both said at once. Tyler's denial was a little too week in the delivery so without hesitation Suzie told Tyler, "Tyler, say your sorry to the police man." Tyler looks down and says, "Sorry officer."
Suzie apologised again to the officer and said it wouldn't happen again. Mr. Policeman looked like he wanted to say more but thankfully realized he'd be better off leaving so he said into his CB "It's OK. Just kids playing." He reluctantly said "bye." and turned to leave.
It turns out that Tyler made the phone call in the upstairs hallway because he "wanted to see if it worked." Suzie gave him a time out and talked to him about why "we only dial 911 for emergencies". She figured Tyler learned his lesson by seeing the policeman come to the house. As Suzie finished making dinner she figured out why Mr. Policeman looked so familiar. He was the same police man that pulled her over just a few months ago and gave her a ticket. Her very first ticket in all her years of perfect driving (this is a future story).
"No wonder he looked reluctant to leave. He probably wanted to give me another ticket" she thought. As Nate opened the door and walked in he was greeted by three swarming boys all screeching about 911 and Mr. Policeman.