Is There a Problem, Officer?

I have to tell the story of our brush with the law the other morning. It was early in the morning and I was lying on the couch in the family room because I was having trouble sleeping. That wasn't working much better because our hyper cat kept jumping on me. Just as I was drifting off to sleep at about 5:00 am I heard someone banging on our front door. I couldn't imagine who it was -all our kids were home when we went to bed, and Spunky was snoring in his kennel. I had heard about burglers who knock first to see if you are home, then break in if you don't answer, so I thought I'd better see who it was. As I looked out the glass by the door the men outside said "Police" and flashed a badge in front of their flashlight. Now I was really freaked out. I mean, I trust my kids, but all kinds of scenarios went through my mind. I opened the door and they said that they had recieved a 911 call from our home. Well, that was weird, because our phone line had been dead all day since our neighbor's landscapers had damaged it. When I told them this, they didn't even seem surprised, so I guess it has happened before. How a dead phone line calls 911, I don't understand, but they didn't seem to have a problem with it, they just apologized and said good bye. I didn't realize how fast my heart was beating and how much I was shaking until I closed the door. That was it for sleep for me!