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"Well, most of the food items sold for less

than twenty-five dollars. But your two assistants
kept bidding on my cake until it sold for five-
hundred dollars. Then, strangely, the winner gave
it to me to bring home, telling me to give it to

you."
Dean gasped. He hadn't realized what he
was doing in calling both assistants. He found out
which one had won the bidding, and then Dean

drove to the man's house and paid the five-
hundred dollars for the cake. When Dean returned
home, he explained to his wife what he had done.

Dean then ceremoniously called the family
together. He placed the beautiful cake in the
middle of the kitchen table. "Tonight, after we
have finished our family bedtime routine, we are

going to each have a piece of your mother's five-
hundred-dollar cake."
After they finished their evening family

activities, everyone trouped into the kitchen to
share the cake. But as they came through the
door, they were in for a disappointment. Their
little dog was on the table, covered in chocolate,

standing in the midst of the crumbs of what was
left of the cake.
So, Dean never even got to taste the most

expensive cake he had ever bought.

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