77.In through the Window

One day my father took us for a family drive in the country. We arrived home before seven. Dad pulled into the driveway and we got out. Dad walked to the door. His hand came out of his pocket. He tried his other pockets, but they too were empty. He realized that he didn's have his door keys. He tried the window. It was firmly shut. He went around to the back, and we followed, but mother was always afraid of burglars, and the rear windows were just as tightly closed. "John, run up to Mr. Wilson and ask if you can borrow his ladder,"he said. I went too, and in a few moments we were back with it. "Mr. Wilson says he wants the ladder back right away."We took it around to the back, and David went up the ladder while Dad held it. The front door was soon open, and we left Mary and Susan to prepare dinner while we returned the ladder.

driveway 車道

firmly 緊緊地

burglar 竊賊，夜盜

rear 后面的，背面的

ladder 梯子，階梯

right away 立刻，馬上

從窗戶進去

一天，我爸爸帶我們一家到鄉下兜風。我們七點到家。爸爸把車開進車道，我們下了車。爸爸朝大門走去。他的手從口袋里拿出來。他又試了一下其他口袋，但它們都是空的。他意識到他沒有帶大門鑰匙。他試了試窗戶。窗戶都緊緊地關著。他繞到屋后，我們都跟著他，但媽媽總是害怕有竊賊，所以后窗同樣也關得緊緊的。“約翰，快去找威爾遜先生，問他是否能借他的梯子?！彼f。我也去了，幾分鐘后，我們帶著梯子回來了?！巴栠d先生說他希望梯子馬上就還回去?！?我們把梯子拿到后面，大衛爬上梯子，爸爸幫他扶著。前門很快就開了，我們留下瑪麗和蘇珊準備晚飯，而我們去還梯子。