这个【小小故事】专栏是特别为一些想学好基本日 常英文用语的朋友而设。因此故事以较简单家庭用语，从青 少年的角度写出，对需要练习及提高听力的学生，尤其适合。

The Open Door

The other day, something strange happened when we came home. When Daddy opened the door and we walked into our flat, we heard a sound. It came from the kitchen. It sounded like the back door closing. Mommy went for a look. The back door was not shut. She thought that we might have forgotten to close it before we went out. But when she closed it, she heard noises from the outside. It sounded like someone bumping into our trash can. Then she heard the back elevator close.

Daddy said that he remembered closing the back door that morning before we left. So he thought that someone might have been in our house and that the person left by the back door when he heard us come in. But Daddy said that we did not have to be scared because Buster would be there to protect us, and that God was always in control.