A Haunting Halloween

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Rain poured out of the sky. Wind bent trees to their limits. Leaves, once green, now brown, spun through the air. Ghosts, goblins and other creepy creatures prowled up and down the dark streets searching for their just rewards. Terror inched its way from my toes to my head every time the doorbell rang. Would they jump on me and convert me into a goblin? Or would they simply yell, “Trick-or-treat”? None of it happened. Not even the rain and fifty miles an hour wind gusts forecast by the weatherman. We had a few drops of rain here and there, but not the down pour predicted. We had a slight breeze but not the blasts forecasted. If anyone came to my door they were truly ghosts. No one stroll up and down the streets looking for anything. I saw my neighbor, his wife and kids hop into their car and leave. I thought for sure he would let his kids come over. But, no, they did not. My neighborhood reminded me of something ghostly–a ghost town! I did not have even one trick-or-treater. This morning when I saw some teenagers walking down the road I thought about grabbing my candy bowl, dashing to my door, whipping it open and yelling, “You want some candy?” But I thought better. What if they thought I was some creepy old man trying to lure them into my house? I even thought about taking my bowl of candy and going door to door. When someone answered their door I would yell, “Treat-or-trick!” Then tell them that means they needed to take a treat or I’d trick them. But that would be creepy, too. So I guess I just put a bunch of candy in a FoodSaver bag, seal it up and freeze them. That should keep me from pigging out on the candy all at one time. Next year I plan to shut off all my outdoor lights to basically tell everyone that I’m not participating in Halloween. It’s no longer like the old days when everyone in the neighborhood came to your house.