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2021 Birthday, The Life Of, A Human Being Named Westley

Decorated
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The dining room table, and the space above it, were decorated and ready for Westley to arrive.


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Presents
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Presents were wrapped and stacked on the dining room table. They awaited the arrival of Westley to unwrap them.


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Instead Of Cake
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Instead of a birthday cake, a glass tray was loaded with doughnuts for Westley's birthday.


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Westley Pondered
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Westley sat at the head of the dining room table and pondered the meaning of a bacon maple doughnut.


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Closer View
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A closer view of the top of the bacon maple bar. Flecks of wax showed where the candles had been placed. Naturally Westley blew them all out to get his wish.


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Oliver's Doughnut
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Oliver (Westley's younger brother) had a smaller doughnut instead of cake.


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Sunflowers
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The center of the dining room table was decorated with a vase filled with sunflowers.


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Second Doughnut
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Westley filled a glass with mostly ice, and then sat and ate his second doughnut, a glazed cinnamon swirl.


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First Present
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Westley's first present was a t-shirt decorated with characters from a video game.


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Revolting Recipes
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Westley smiled, and showed off his gift of a book of "Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes."


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Puzzled
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Westley opened a can and inside that can found puzzle pieces.


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Remote Controlled Light Bulb
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Westley displayed another gift, a remote controlled light bulb the could become almost any color.


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Lightening Globe
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One of Westley's final gifts was a small globe, inside of which were many lightening bolts.


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Counted Money
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Westley opened a birthday card from his grandfather in LA. Inside were several bills. Westley counted them.


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Birthday Shirt
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Westley wore his new birthday t-shirt.


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Game
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Westley challenged his grandmother to a guessing game. In this game, one had to correctly guess the characters on the shirt front. His grandmother, who also played video games, was very successful at character identification.


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