Doreen set the table as usual. So far no one had wished her a Happy Birthday. Perhaps they were keeping something as a surprise. Meal time approached.
Husband Peter phoned and said he’d be late. “Just put something aside and I’ll warm it up when I get home.”
Johnny scoffed his meal down and took off to a friend’s place.
Mary took her plate to her room because she was so far behind on her mathematics project she simply had to catch up.
David sat and ate his dinner without saying a word. Typical sullen teen.
Annie bolted her food down and went off to practice her guitar.
William asked forty-four times “What’s for dessert?” “Yuk!” he said. “I hate sponge cake.”
It was Doreen’s 40th birthday. She hadn’t planned anything, although she secretly planned a nice family meal.
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