I was sitting at the dinner table with my family. Without warning, my brother smiled and turned down the kitchen lights so we all were sitting in darkness. Then my mom walked over, carrying a big, chocolate cake decorated with red icing. The cake was lit up with ten birthday candles, and everyone started singing to me!
My favorite part of birthdays is getting the chance to make a wish. Sometimes wishes come true, and sometimes they don’t, but the fun of waiting and hoping makes me happy. It’s like magic is in the air or something. Maybe I’m too old to believe in magic and wishes, but I don’t care. I still do it.
I closed my eyes, made a wish, and blew. My grandparents clapped and my little sister stuck her finger into the clouds of icing. She’s always doing stupid things like that. Mom took the cake away to cut it into slices. She gave me the first piece, and it was awesome. Chocolate with vanilla (香草味的)cream in the middle-delicious.
Ding-dong! The doorbell rang. We weren’t expecting anybody else. "Why don’t you go answer the door, kiddo?" suggested Dad. He likes calling me kiddo. Mom says it’s because he’s always calling us kids by the wrong names. I frowned (皱眉) trying to think. Was this a trick? Was I about to be made fun of?
"Okay," I said slowly and headed for the door. I couldn’t see anybody through the glass window. Cautiously I opened the door. There was a large box on the doorstep decorated with a note on it that read, "Happy Birthday! Open me!"
"What’s this?"Now I was confused, but excited. The box wasn’t very heavy, so I bought it inside. My family crowded all around me. "What is it? "asked my grandma.
"Open it!" My brother was impatient, as usual. "Box ,box!" yelled my little sister, trying to get her hands on it.
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“Hold on, everybody,” I said.
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My heart melted as I picked it up.
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