It was a Sunday afternoon. My younger brother and I were alone at home. My parents went for a party and asked me to look after my younger brother. I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Ding 一 Dong! My younger brother thought that it was our parents, so he opened the1quickly.
A tall man wearing a black raincoat stood outside. He said that he came to sell
books and he2politely, "Are your parents at home?"
Without thinking, my younger brother said, "No." Then the man asked, "Would you like to3some books?" I told him we didn't want to buy any books. When I wanted to close the door, he suddenly pushed (推) the door very heavily and came into our house. He took out a4and ordered me to tie (绑) up my younger brother's hands with a rope (绳子). I tied up his hands in a special way so that my younger brother could untie5easily. The man then tied my hands up and locked6of us in the kitchen. Soon, he went upstairs to7money. I taught my younger brother to untie the rope on his hands. He then untied me. I rushed to the telephone to call the police,8the line was dead. The doors were all locked. It was lucky that the man9to lock the kitchen window. So we got out of the house through the kitchen window and went to the10pay phone to call the police.
Soon the police came to our house and the police11the man later. By that time, my parents had come home, We told them the whole story. My parents were happy that we were not hurt. They told us that we shouldn't12the door to strangers. We learnt a lesson on safety.
