Who Ate the Cake? (Part 1)
A slice of cake disappears from the fridge, and the suspect list keeps getting stranger.
昨天晚上，我在冰箱里放了一块蛋糕，准备今天早上吃。Last night I put a slice of cake in the fridge, planning to eat it this morning.
可是早上打开冰箱一看，蛋糕不见了！But when I opened the fridge this morning, the cake was gone!
难道是爸爸吃了吗？他昨天还说他要减肥啊。Don't tell me Dad ate it? Just yesterday he said he was going on a diet.
难道是弟弟吗？可是他昨天晚上不在家。Could it have been my little brother? But he wasn't home last night.
我去问妈妈，妈妈说她从来不吃甜的东西。I went to ask Mom, and she said she never eats sweets.
难道是我们家的猫吗？可是猫怎么会开冰箱呢？Was it our cat, then? But how would a cat open a fridge?
我又想：难道是我自己记错了，其实昨天已经把它吃了？Then I thought: don't tell me I remembered wrong and actually ate it yesterday?
我越想越糊涂——难道有小偷进了我们家，只偷走一块蛋糕吗？The more I thought, the more confused I got — surely a thief didn't break in just to steal one slice of cake?
这个时候，爸爸走了过来，嘴边有一点白色的奶油。Just then, Dad walked over with a bit of white cream at the corner of his mouth.
他不好意思地说：“对不起，我半夜实在太饿了……”He said sheepishly, "Sorry, I was just too hungry in the middle of the night..."
我笑着问他：“你不是说要减肥吗？”I laughed and asked him, "Didn't you say you were on a diet?"
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