Carlotta's Birthday Feast

Carlotta's Birthday Feast is a midnight feast hosted by Carlotta Brown for her birthday during Second Form at St Clares.

Story
Carlotta impresses her grandmother and father at half-term, so her father gives her £5 and her grandmother gives her a box of goodies for a birthday party. She also decides to order a birthday cake with candles, but the others tell her quite firmly that they must draw the line at frying kippers. Everyone decides quite firmly that they don't want to invite Elsie Fanshawe, but Carlotta and Anna Johnson suggest that they invite her on the promise that she behaves better in future. Elsie rudely dismisses their invitation, but plots to find out when and where the feast is, so that she can sneak to Miss Jenks. Hilary Wentworth gets wind of this plan and alerts the second formers, who immediately move the night of the feast forward by one. They have lots of fun, and are not caught. Alison O'Sullivan and Kathleen Gregory feel sick the next morning. That night, the second formers creep out of bed again, wait until Elsie has gone to Miss Jenks, and then race back to bed. Miss Jenks is scornful and immediately realises that Elsie is trying to sneak on the girls. She goes back to the dormitory, where energy girl is apparently asleep. The next morning, Carlotta approaches Miss Jenks and Elsie each with a large slice of birthday cake.

Food

 * Sardines
 * Pineapple
 * Chocolate cream bars
 * Prawns
 * Gingerbread cake
 * Birthday cake
 * Cakes
 * Buns
 * Biscuits
 * Ginger Beer
 * Fruit Salad
 * Sweets