Mrs Brown was going out for the day. She locked the house and tacked1 a note for the milkman on the door: NOBODY HOME. DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING.
When she got back that night, she found her door broken open and her house ransacked2(洗劫,掠夺) . On the note she had left, she found the following message added:
THANKS! WE HAVEN'T LEFT ANYTHING!
布朗太太要外出一天。 她锁好了房门,在门上给送牛奶的人钉了一张便条:家没人,请勿留下任何东西!
她当天晚上回家后发现房间门被撞开,房屋被洗劫一空。在她留给送奶人的便条上,她发现被补充了一句:谢谢!大家什么也没留下!