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THIS IS MY BIRTHDAY!
It was going to be a beautiful day for {fullname}. "Today is
my day!" {heshe} thought.
Today was {dimen}'s birthday and already {heshe} was thinking about the
wonderful presents {heshe} was going to receive and the delicious cake
{heshe} would get to eat.
{HeShe} dressed quickly in {hisher} favorite pants, shirt and
sneakers. {dimen} wanted to make sure that {heshe} didn't miss one
moment of fun on {hisher} birthday.
"I know," {heshe} thought. "When I walk into the kitchen,
{aname} and {bname} will probably jump up and yell, surprise!"
{aname} and {bname} were always there for {dimen}'s birthday.
{dimen} walked into the kitchen, but no one was there. "That's odd,"
{heshe} whispered.
While {heshe} was in the kitchen {dimen} decided to look around for
{hisher} birthday cake. Because there would certainly be a birthday
cake in the kitchen today.
{HeShe} looked in all of the cabinets.
{HeShe} looked in the refrigerator, but found no cake.
Next {heshe} tried the pantry. All {heshe} could find in the pantry were
bread, crackers, cans of soup, beans, beets, and peas. {HeShe} did
find two chocolate cupcakes, but surely more than two people had
been invited to {hisher} birthday party. "That is, if there is going to
be a party?" {heshe} thought.
{dimen} felt glum.
"Where is everybody!" {heshe} shouted walking into the living room.
{HeShe} listened for a moment. No one answered.
"Is it possible that everyone could have forgotten my birthday?"
worried {dimen}.
{HeShe} thought for a moment and then decided to look outside for any
signs of Aunts, Uncles, presents, cake, or a birthday surprise of
any kind.
{dimen} stood on the front porch and looked for {aname} and {bname}'s
car. But it was no where to be found. As {heshe} stood looking around,
the neighbors cat walked up and sat down beside {himher}. {dimen} gently
stroked the cat's head and asked, "Did you know that today is my birthday?"
The cat rubbed against {dimen}'s legs and then trotted off down the
sidewalk.
The mailman walked up.
"Hello," he said handing the mail to {dimen}.
{dimen} set the mail on the step next to {himher} and began to dream
about the birthday party {heshe} had last year. There were balloons,
and games, and presents, and lots of cake and ice cream at that
party.
"There were also birthday cards!" {dimen} shouted to no one in
particular. {HeShe} started thumbing through the mail looking for
something addressed to {fullname}. There it was, an envelope with
{dimen}'s name and address. {HeShe} opened it quickly.
There was a card inside and it read, "Come To The Kitchen."
How odd. Was this a mystery? Why would someone write come to
the kitchen on a card and send it to {dimen}? And whose kitchen
was {heshe} supposed to go to -- {hisher} kitchen or somebody else's
kitchen?
{HeShe} had just searched in {hisher} own kitchen for birthday
surprises and had found nothing. But then, maybe this card had
nothing to do with {hisher} birthday. Maybe it had something to do
with some kind of special mystery that only {heshe} could figure out.
{dimen} didn't want to wait any longer. {HeShe} ran into the living
room and dashed toward the kitchen. But right before {heshe} got to
the kitchen door {HeShe} stopped and listened for a moment. No,
{heshe} couldn't hear a sound.
{dimen} took a deep breath and walked into the kitchen with {hisher} eyes
closed. When {heshe} opened them {heshe} couldn't believe what {heshe} saw.
Sitting in the middle of the kitchen table was the biggest
birthday cake {dimen} had ever seen. And sitting around the table
was everyone {heshe} had hoped would be there to celebrate {hisher}
birthday. {aname} and {bname}, all of {dimen}'s friends and
relatives. Even the cat from next door was there. The cat
walked over to {himher} and rubbed {hisher} chin against {dimen}'s legs as if
to say "Happy Birthday {fullname}!"