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20. It was Benny’s 16th birthday and she was looking forward to seeing her friends. They were meeting at Mamma Mia’s, her favourite Italian restaurant, for a special birthday dinner. Benny was excited and got to the restaurant at exactly 7 o’clock, the time they had arranged to meet. She looked around for a familiar face, but no one had arrived yet. So, she decided to wait outside and stood patiently in the warming evening sunshine. The restaurant quickly filled up with customers, but none of them were Katia’s friends. ‘Where are they?” she thought. At half past seven she was still waiting, so she called her best friend Lisa. ‘Why doesn’t she answer her phone?’ Benny asked herself. Then she called Sofia, Mary, Alex, but they wouldn’t answer either. “What’s going on?” she wondered. At 8 0’clock Benny went home. Her friends had forgotten her birthday and she felt lonely and miserable. She opened the front door and walked into the dark house. The living room was closed. “How strange,” she thought because she always left it open. Nervously, she opened the door. Suddenly the lights went on and all the friends jumped up and shouted ‘Surprise!’. So, they hadn’t forgotten and in the end it was the best birthday ever.