5.A Tip for Readers Living Alone

Lesson 5 A Tip for Readers Living Alone. For years my Great Aunt Maud lived alone in a remote cottage beside a road in the Welsh hills.

Yet she was never afraid of being attacked or robbed because she had devised a unique way of protecting herself. Hanging in the lobby of her house, and visible from the front door was a policeman's hat.

Naturally anyone calling at the house immediately noticed the hat and assumed that there was a policeman living there. Aunt Maud never had any trouble from doorstep dodgers or people calling at the house to try and find out if it was worth burgling.

She felt quite safe. After her death, her cottage was cleared out, and the policeman's hat was packed away in a suitcase and forgotten. [00:59.52]Just the other day I came across it, and remembering Aunt Maud's idea

I hung it on a peg in the hall for any caller to see as soon as the door opens. I really feel safe and snug now that it's there!