2-1 A Disastrous Dinner

Last Friday, Mrs. Jason planned to have a delicious dinner. She bought a steak and some cream and apples for an apple pie. When she came home from the store, she put her shopping on the table. While she was setting the table, her two pets sat underneath it and watched her. Then she went to the kitchen to make the pastry for the pie. She was a little forgetful so she didn’t realize the steak, cream and apples were still on the table. While she was making the pastry, the dog jumped on a chair and looked longingly at the steak. At last it took the steak in its mouth and jumped off the chair, just as Mrs. Jason was coming back into the dining room. Mrs. Jason screamed, but the dog ran into the garden. She ran after the dog. While she was chasing the dog, the cat jumped on the table and started drinking the cream. Mrs. Jason didn’t manage to catch the dog, and she came back into the dining room. When she saw the cat, she shrieked, and the cat got such a fright that it jumped a meter into the air, and leapt out the window. Mrs. Jason threw her broom at the cat, but she missed, and broke the window. At the same time she lost her balance and knocked over the cream, spilling it all over the tablecloth. Poor Mrs. Jason - she had no dinner, only a dirty tablecloth and a broken window.