It was sue's birthday. but her mom and dad were away. she was staying at aunt jane's. she felt sad. her birthday hopes shrank.

sue always had a birthday picnic with mom and dad. the three of them had fun. but what would she do with aunt jane?

time for our silly supper, said aunt jane. on birthdays, i like to eat out of order.

we will start with strawberry cake, said aunt jane. then we will have pasta. sue smiled. this would be a good birthday!

1.paragraph 1, the author used this clue to tell us that sue missed her mom and dad.

2. paragraph 2, the author used this clue to tell us that sue was worried aunt jane would not be fun.

3. how did the author use the character of aunt jane on paragraph 3 to give readers a clue about theme?

4. how can we tell sue is happy at the end?