Eric: Tom? Did you close the window before we left?
Tom: Of course I did.
Eric: But the window is open.
Eric: Things are all over the floor.
Tom: Strange! Maybe it was the wind.
Eric: I think we’ve been robbed. I’m missing something.
Tom: Oh no! Let me go check my room.
Tom: Everything is in my room. And the TV is here. What are you missing?
Eric: I don’t understand. Why would anyone take Brownie?
Tom: Eric, I’m sorry, but what is Brownie? Was it really valuable?
Eric: My grandmother gave it to me when I was a kid. It must be worth a lot of money right now! It’s an antique!
Tom: I read an interesting story online about a person sold an old object from the eighteen-hundreds, thinking it wasn’t worth anything – turned out to be an antique worth over million dollars.
Eric: Wow. Tom. Thanks.
Tom: I’m sorry, probably not the best time to be telling you that.
Eric: We should call the police.
Tom: Um…
Eric: Can you do it? I’m very upset right now.
Eric: Please?! Please?
Tom: OK.
Tom: Hi, is this the local police station?
Eric: Tell them we’ve been robbed and I’m very upset.
Tom: Eric, my roommate, believes we’ve been robbed.
Eric: Tell them I’m very upset.
Tom: He says he’s really upset. Mm hm. No, the TV is here. Actually everything is here.
Eric: Except my antique. My grandmother gave it to me in 1996!
Tom: Right. He’s telling me he’s missing an antique from 1996. Mm hm. Hold on. What does it look like?
Eric: It’s round. It’s very small. It’s brown.
Tom: What is it exactly?
Eric: I have a picture of it. Here.
Tom: It’s uh… it’s a teddy bear. Right. OK, thank you officer.
Eric: What did they say?
Tom: That a teddy bear from 1996 is not an antique.
Eric: Well, this is just awful! What could’ve happened?
