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The birthday party
Tessa was hosting her birthday party at home. Her parents had helped her to
make bunches of balloons and curly streamers for decorations. The decorations,
adhered by sticking plaster, hung from the ceiling and the walls around the dining
room. The room’s large table was set with birthday gifts and treats. On it were
Tessa’s two-tier birthday cake with layers of coloured icing; party foods, like chips
and sandwiches and lollies; and a jug of punch. The punch was fizzy pink lemonade
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with pieces of fruit. Some gifts were easy to guess, like the hockey stick; but others,
in bright-coloured wrapping paper, were not. Tessa started the party formally. She
had practised how to do it before anyone had arrived. She faced her friends and
thanked them for coming and for their gifts. Then she suggested games that she
had ready. She liked games with uncertainty in their play. ‘Pass the parcel’ was
one. The wrapped parcel for it was on the floor next to her. ‘Blind man’s buff’ was
another of her favourites. Then, there could be ‘Pin the tail on the donkey’. Everyone
began to talk at once.
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