At four o’clock I realized that the kids would be on their way home, so I
decided to get their supper ready. I got a recipe book from the shelf and found
what looked like a simple plan for supper. It seemed easy enough, although
there were three parts to the meal. I got the ingredients I needed out of the
cupboard: flour, spices, oil, and vinegar.
I started with the salad. I rinsed a head of lettuce and then chopped it into
large wedges. I sliced tomatoes and green peppersand scattered them over the
lettuce. But I forgot to add the fresh cilantro. I peeled a cucumber and an onion
and added them to the bowl of salad. I sprinkled some oil and vinegarover
the salad and went to place it in the refrigerator. But when I placed the bowl on
the shelf in the refrigerator, the shelf broke and the bowl fell and shattered,
and salad went everywhere.
I couldn’t believe my eyes. There were lettuce and tomatoeson the floor
and green peppers and cucumberson my shoes. I grabbed a broom and swept
up most of it. Then I got a bucket and scrub brush in order to clean the floor
and refrigerator. When I was done, I sat down and rested up from the ordeal.
The roast looked easier to prepare. I placed it in a large pan and covered it
with flour and spices. I sprinkled salt and pepper over the whole roastand
placed pieces of garlic across the top. I peeled three potatoes and six large car-
rotsand placed them around the roast. Before I put the roast in the oven, I
checked the shelf. I didn’t want another accident to happen. Then I carefully
put the roast in the oven and checked the shelf one more time.
For dessert I made vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce and nuts. That
was Anne’s favorite, and John would eat anything that was sweet. I put the
three bowls of dessert on the counter. About four-thirty I heard my son and
daughter come in. They went to their rooms to start their homework.
I set the table and then called them down to supper. They hurried into the
kitchen and took their seats. John was hungry, and Anne sniffed the air trying
to figure out what was on the menu. But something had gone wrong. I hadn’t
put the dessert in the refrigerator, and the ice cream had melted! And I had
forgotten to turn on the oven, so the roast was just a piece of raw flesh!
The kids looked sad and began to complain that they were hungry. So we
got in the car, and I took them to a little Mexican café down the street. We all
love tacos and fajitas.Exercise 4.4Sample answers are provided.
The Circle of Stones
This was the strangest case the judge had ever had. A child had been lost
for six yearsand had been raised by peasants. The poor child did not know220 Answer Key