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= **A fire engine, an ambulance, and a police car ** =


 * “Hey, Tanaka! Please listen to a strange happening which I saw yesterday.” one day in summer, my friend, Yamada said. **
 * 　 　 “Oh, what happened?” I said. **
 * “It is so unusual that you seem to be confused.” **
 * “I saw a fire engine stop in front of my apartment yesterday.” She said. **
 * “It is not very surprising for me.” **
 * “That wasn’t the end . Moreover, amazingly, an ambulance and a police car came there soon. Then they returned soon.” **
 * “It is strange indeed. And do you have any idea about it?” **
 * “I have several facts but cannot figure out clearly what happened. So I want you to think about it with me.” She said. **


 * To tell the truth, I’m a lover of detective stories. I know, however, that I’m not a detective and cannot deduce the truth. But at the time, that happening was so interesting for me that I want to get a convincing idea. **


 * “All right. Please tell me whatever you know. Let’s think about it.” I said. **
 * 　 　 “Well, I didn’t see any fire, injured person, or ill person. And it seemed that my neighbor next-door had something to do with that happening. He apologized “I’m sorry that was because I was sleeping carelessly, I couldn’t notice it.” However, I couldn’t understand that meaning of his words. ” **
 * 　 　 “Does your neighbor have kids? His kids caused it, didn’t they?” **
 * <span style="font-family: 'ＭＳ ゴシック';">　 　 <span style="font-family: 'Century','serif';">“No, he lives with only his wife, though he was alone then. Oh, I have just remembered that he cooked fish.” **

** <span style="font-family: 'ＭＳ ゴシック';">　　　 <span style="font-family: 'Century','serif';">439words ** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Century','serif'; text-align: right;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century','serif'; margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt; text-indent: 26.25pt;">Suddenly, a wonderful idea flashed into my mind then. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'ＭＳ ゴシック';">　 　 <span style="font-family: 'Century','serif';">“Didn’t you hear an alarm ringing?” I asked with confidence. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'ＭＳ ゴシック';">　　 <span style="font-family: 'Century','serif';"> “Oh, I feel like having heard ringing.” **
 * <span style="font-family: 'ＭＳ ゴシック';">　　 <span style="font-family: 'Century','serif';"> “An alarm responded smoke of grilling fish. These days, there are alarms which report to fire station through a security company.” **
 * <span style="font-family: 'ＭＳ ゴシック';">　　 <span style="font-family: 'Century','serif';"> “Wait, a police car also came then. It doesn’t come from fire station.” **
 * <span style="font-family: 'ＭＳ ゴシック';">　　 <span style="font-family: 'Century','serif';"> “Maybe someone saw smoke rise from a window of your neighbor, which was open because it was one of the hottest days this summer, and he or she tried to call fire station. However, unfortunately, one pushed not “119” but “110”. These two numbers looks very similar.” **
 * <span style="font-family: 'ＭＳ ゴシック';">　 　 <span style="font-family: 'Century','serif';">“But I think in the middle of call we could notice that we call wrong number.” **
 * <span style="font-family: 'ＭＳ ゴシック';">　　 <span style="font-family: 'Century','serif';"> “It is said that whether you report to fire station or police what you are asked, for example, “where?” or “How?” are almost the same. When in a flurry, we cannot notice our mistakes, canwe?” **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century','serif'; margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;">“So, in this case, what should we laern?” **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century','serif'; margin: 0mm 0mm 0pt;">“People often know little of what is happening, I think, and we must be careful when we grill fish.” **