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“Now, let’s see Mark, we could have a cherry cake, but only if

everyone agrees,” Miss Tweedy used to say, “We could have

some suggestions first and then count how many hands go up

for each one.”

We always voted like that and sometimes I was lucky. I didn’t

mind because I like chocolate cake and lemon cake too.

I was telling you about the Upside-down cake, wasn’t I? Well

my class won the best behavior prize, but we forgot to vote for

what kind of cake to have. Miss Tweedy just got on and made

one anyway.

She asked the class if they had ever heard of upside-down cake.

One of the girls put her hand up and said her grandma made it

sometimes.

“Ah,” said Miss Tweedy, “then I must tell you about my silly

mistake. I thought I might get away without letting you know

about it, but as Sarah knows what upside-down cake should be

like, I can’t pretend, Can I?”

Miss Tweedy took the lid of the tin and showed us the cake.

I jumped up and down and clapped my hands. Cherries were

gathered at the top of the cake, so many that there was hardly

any yellow cake to be seen! Everyone giggled and shouted. They

all liked the cherry cake too.

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