What a Surprise!!

It was Salama's 13th birthday and she was looking forward to seeing her friends and family. They we’re meeting at Vapiano, her favourite Italian restaurant, for a special birthday dinner. Salama was excited and got to the restaurant at exactly 8 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 warm evening sunshine.

The restaurant quickly filled up with customers, but none of them were Salama's friends or family. “Where are they?” She thought. At half past eight she was still waiting, so she called her best friend Huda. “Why doesn't she answer her phone?” Salama asked herself. Then she called Sara, Fatima and Aisha, but they didn't answer either. “What's going on?” she wondered. At 9 o'clock Salama went home. Her friends and family had forgotten her birthday and she felt lonely and miserable.

She opened the front door and walked into the dark house. The living room door was closed. “How strange ” she thought because she always left it open. Nervously, she opened the door. Suddenly the lights went on and all her friends and family jumped up and shouted: “Surprise!”

So, they hadn't forgotten and in the end it was the best birthday ever..