In the middle of the night we wake up by the ringing of a bell. It seems like the neighbour is locked out by his girlfriend and desperately tries to get in. He keeps on ringing, with short pauses in between. After ten minutes or so I get out of bed and walk to the front door. The ringing stops. I get back into bed and a few minutes later it starts again. We curse the neighbour and try to get back to sleep. But the ringing continues with some gaps of silence in between. I get up again and walk to the door. The bell rings again, but now i hear that it comes from the basement and not from upstairs. I open the basement door and there it is, a ringing bell. I’ve never seen it before, our front door bell is a ding-dong type of chime, not a bell. Alison later tells me it might be the backdoor bell. Because of the freezing rain it apparently got shorts circuited somewhere. I get my cutting tool and cut the wires. Finally, silence.
Dec 8 2004
Bell
In the middle of the night we wake up by the ringing of a bell. It seems like the neighbour is locked out by his girlfriend and desperately tries to get in. He keeps on ringing, with short pauses in between. After ten minutes or so I get out of bed and walk to the front door. The ringing stops. I get back into bed and a few minutes later it starts again. We curse the neighbour and try to get back to sleep. But the ringing continues with some gaps of silence in between. I get up again and walk to the door. The bell rings again, but now i hear that it comes from the basement and not from upstairs. I open the basement door and there it is, a ringing bell. I’ve never seen it before, our front door bell is a ding-dong type of chime, not a bell. Alison later tells me it might be the backdoor bell. Because of the freezing rain it apparently got shorts circuited somewhere. I get my cutting tool and cut the wires. Finally, silence.
I hope the neighbours aren’t mad at us now.
By mare • english •