In August, Betty married Wil, who had a three-year-old son, Scott. Scott's birthday was at the end of September. Betty had not baked anything special for the family yet, and she so wanted to surprise Scott (and Wil) with a special sheet cake for Scott's birthday. She carefully mixed the ingredients and got the oven ready. She inserted the cake pan and closed the oven door.

After the proper time, she checked on the cake. To her horror, the cake in the front of the pan was only an inch thick and burnt to a crisp. The cake in the back of the pan was overflowing the edge and was still not cooked. What had happened?

Well, when Betty and Wil were first married, he had helped her clean out the kitchen. Wil took the dirty job of cleaning the oven, and when he put the shelves back in, he put them in crooked.

But the whole family got a big laugh out of the cake fiasco. "I better make sure from now on that all my baking is on the level," Betty told them.

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