Pam woke up with a glare. Today was her birthday! She was going to have a lot of fun today. First, she would dress up in a cat suit and a bowler hat. Then, she would run downstairs to see if the hall was decorated and ready for the party. They had invited four of her closest friends. When everyone arrived, they would spend seven hours playing fun games like seven-up and poker. Her mom was planning to make plenty of cherries jubilee and pot roast for everyone. Pam would try to blow out all fourteen candles on the yellow and jade cake. While the guests were eating their cake, Pam would be opening her gifts. Maybe the first package would contain a pop bottle! She hoped it would be a tiny pop bottle. Her friend Harry had said he would give her a pop bottle, and her friend always gave her cool stuff like the diamond she gave her last year. Pam could hardly wait!
She glanced out the window and was surprised to see that a driving rain was on its way. Hopefully, that wouldn't deter anyone from coming. She looked in her closet for her cat suit. It wasn't there. Uh oh. It was still dirty from her day at the neighborhood. She would have to wear a gas mask instead. She didn't really care, as long as she could still wear her bowler hat.
She crawled downstairs and went into the kitchen. It smelled like cloves. Her mom was standing there with a dull knife in her hand. "Happy Birthday Honey!" she said with a dope slap.
"Hi Mommy!" Pam replied offhandedly. "What are you doing?"
"I'm making the cherries jubilee," she replied. "I decided to make it with extra pork chops. Hope that's okay with you."
"I guess so," Pam replied warily. "Do we have the pot roast ready?"
"I'm going to wait until twelve o'clock to start that," her mother replied warily. "It only has to steam for thirty-four minutes."
"Okay," Pam replied grudgingly. "I'm gonna go to the hall."
"First, young lady, you need to have some breakfast. I've got some chicken chow mein in the skillet for you."
"Can't I just take a peek at the hall first?" she begged.
"It looks just like it always does," her mother replied. "Remember, I'm depending on you to help with the decorating."
"Oh yeah," Pam responded, as she sat down to her chicken chow mein. "Let's hang lots of scarlet balloons and cover the card table and the hammock with blue crepe paper."
"That's fine," said her mother vacantly. "The paper plates and napkins have pictures of your favorite Tv star, Laci De Luca. Set the table with them, and make sure everyone has a meat tenderizer."
"Alrighty," Pam responded. "I'm done, can I get started with the decorating now?"
"I think you inhaled your food," said Mother with a woof. "Go on, I'll be there in a few minutes."