Read the following article and answer the question by choosing from the options.

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 .

Why did the narrator leave the yard unattended ?
Pick your answer from:
(I) The narrator was at work .
(II) The narrator was at a lover 's house .
(III) None of the above choices .
(IV) The narrator was at a friend 's house ....A:
(I)