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tokes 21st by eva mum,have you seen my black boots can t find them anywhere,and they re not in the basket i bellowed through the house there was a faint `no coming from the deck i ran back up to my room and tore into my wardrobe sadly i couldn t find them in their spot i didn t know but at the time they were hiding behind a pillow stuffed in their spot anyway i had to settle with my black flats i wore red and black because it was an alice in wonderland themed party the party was for my cousins 21st it was just a short 40 minute ride to tokatoka tavern which was totally closed for the event 40 minutes later we found ourselves pulling into the pub and the white car behind us pulled up soon after us and who should step out of the car but auntie susie and uncle merv they were dressed up in fabulous card outfits they were really good we all made our way into the pub and found my cousins rushing

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around getting dressed into their costumes liddy my cousin,and i went outside into the garden bar and then turned at the stage we went into the the small garden behind the kitchen a largish tent was pitched in the middle of the little lawn liddy wanted me to help her get into her mad hatter costume we went into the private quarters at the back of the pub once she was dressed she wanted me to sort out her make-up it didn t take long and soon we were playing cards in the private lounge an hour passed and lots more family had come but not many of her friends lid and i were asked to bring out some cheese and crackers once we had done that one of my older cousins sophie said we should set up a little tea party in the dining room of the pub she was dressed as the cheshire cat she dyed the dress herself and so we did we found the teapots and filled them with lovely `drink-me punch we also put some cute little cupcakes in the middle of the table we all sat around the table scoffing the little cupcakes come get your dinner was yelled by someone in the courtyard us kids and old people were meant to get

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our food first so we weren t trampled by lots of hungry teenagers we went into the garden bar so we were out of the way while we ate and so uncle jeff could get his dinner it was a bit slow because most people had gotten their drinks before dinner dinner tasted a bit weird because the lamb spit caught fire earlier because of the fat dripping of it but it didn t go to waste because the dogs ate the scraps the next day it was starting to get late and dark so mum and dad had to go home and of course i had to go with them so not that long after dinner we went home i think i fell asleep along the way home i m not sure it was enjoyable and the punch was good but the lamb was a charred for me i am also really happy for my cousin for finishing a warm yard poured at four and drank at half past eight i wasn t there at the time i was searching for a bottle of bubbles i really had fun and i can t wait to go back to toke interesting recount of your holiday eva well done with using paragraphs you still need to work on using commas correctly many of your comas should be full stops.

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