1Mrs. Berry baked a chocolate cake for the school fair.
2She left it on the kitchen table to cool down.
3When she returned an hour later, the cake had disappeared.
4Only a few brown crumbs were left on the empty plate.
5She questioned her husband, who had been reading in the garden.
6He swore that he had not entered the kitchen all morning.
7Their daughter Emma was at dance practice across town.
8The only other suspect was their clever dog, Rusty.
9Rusty was sleeping peacefully in his basket by the door.
10Mrs. Berry noticed something brown on the dog's white paws.
11Then she found chocolate marks on the kitchen chair leg.
12It seemed the dog had climbed up to reach the table.
13But Rusty had never managed to climb a chair before.
14Emma came home and confessed that she had helped him.
15She had placed the cake on the floor for a joke.
16She had not expected the dog to eat the whole thing.
17Mrs. Berry was angry for a minute, then started laughing.
18They baked a second cake together that same afternoon.
19This time, they put it high on top of the cupboard.
20At the fair, everyone agreed it was the best cake there.