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We often celebrate birthdays at school. We sing ‘Happy Birthday’ and share some cake together. And we usually circulate a birthday card that everyone can sign. It’s a pleasant custom that is repeated in offices and schools and homes everywhere. But yesterday it was a little different. It was a quiet afternoon when Sylvia came into the class at about 2 o’clock, just before our break. She said it was Kim’s birthday so she was going to bring in a cake for her. Kim is a cheerful, helpful woman who works in the office and many of the students know her. Sylvia rounded up some of the other people at the school and they started coming into the classroom. It’s not too difficult to find people when cake is going to be served! Sylvia brought in a big, rectangular slab cake. It was a chocolate cake, with chocolate icing. There was a little owl piped onto the cake with Kim’s name because Kim loves owls. In fact, she collects them. Sylvia put some candles on the cake and lit them. And the secretary, Ruth, went to get Kim. Kim looked pleasantly surprised when she walked into the room and everyone started singing. But her look of surprise turned to shock as she leaned forward to blow out the candles and her long, blonde hair caught fire. Well, there was a domino effect. One thing led to another. First, Sylvia quickly reached out to put the fire out with her hand. As she did so, the cake flew out of her other hand. It sailed through the air and flipped up-side down. Judy, who had been standing nearby, lunged forward and stuck out her hand. Amazingly, she caught the cake with one hand. Luckily, it didn’t fall on the floor. And fortunately, Kim’s hair was only singed a little bit on the end. After everyone recovered from the shock and stopped laughing, we all had some cake. It was really quite delicious, too!
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