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because she had put a lot of work into helping

organize the auction and in making her cake. He
decided that he had to do something to show her
he desired to be there.
He called his first congregational assistant,

but all he got was an answering machine. Dean
left a message telling his assistant to bid on the
cake his wife had made.
"Bid as high as you need to go to get it for

me, and I will pay you back," Dean said.
As Dean headed to work, he got thinking
that his first assistant might not be able to make it

to the auction because of the work he did, so Dean
pulled out his cell phone and called his second
assistant. When Dean's second assistant
answered, Dean explained the situation.

"I want you to buy my wife's cake for me,"
Dean said. "Bid whatever amount needed to get
it, and I will pay you back."

The man agreed to do so, and Dean went to
work feeling better. When he finished taking care
of problems at work, he returned home. The
auction was over, and his family was already

there.
"How did the auction go?" Dean asked.
"Really well," his wife answered. "We took

in a lot of money. But the strangest sale item was
my cake."
"How so?" Dean asked.

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