68. Read the text and translate it.

I PREPARE MY DINNER

As my mother was out I decided to prepare my dinner myself. I went into the kitchen and saw lots of tins there. There were tins of soup, tins of fish, tins of vegetables and tins of fruit. It was difficult for me to choose. At last I took down from the shelves a tin of tomato soup and a tin of sardines [sa:'di:nz].

For a long time I could not find the tin opener. At last I found it: it was in a drawer¹. At last I opened the tin of soup, I thought I was very clever because I have done it without cutting my fingers. Then I poured² the soup into a pan and put it on the gas-stove.

Then I decided to open the other tin. It was very difficult to do because it had a different kind of opener: it was like a key and I had to turn it round and round. The sardines were in olive [aliv] oil. Once again I thought I was very clever because I opened the tin without cutting myself. So I emptied³ the sardines out to a dish.

When I emptied sardines out to the dish, I heard a noise and looked out quickly: the top and the sides of the stove were a beautiful pink⁴ colour. The pan was almost empty. When I turned away from the stove, I saw my black cat Murka — she was licking the dish clean⁵. I threw a pan at the cat but missed⁶ her.