In the last post featuring the engagement present , I chronicled his close encounter with a squirrel . This time , unfortunately , the engagement present encountered a car . While Lauren and I were at work on Thursday , Butter was out in the backyard with the landlord , who was hammering or sawing something or other . A friend of the landlord 's came over through the fence 's back door .
Question: Why did the narrator leave the yard unattended ?
The answer to the above question:


The narrator was working at her place of employment .