THE TWIG FAMILY HALLOWEEN

IT WAS HALLOWEEN NIGHT AND THERE WAS NO MOON SHINING. THICK BLACK CLOUDS FILLED THE SKY AND IT WAS VERY DARK. THE TWIG CHILDREN WANTED TO GO OUT TRICK OR TREATING. LEAFY SAID IT WAS O. K. BUT THEY SHOULD NOT GO NEAR THE OLD HOUSE ON THE HILL. SHE TOLD THEM IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HAUNTED AND AN OLD WITCH LIVED THERE. EACH OF THE CHILDREN GOT A SACK FOR CANDY AND THEY STARTED OUT FOR TRICK OR TREATING.

THEY DID NOT GO VERY FAR WHEN THEY CAME TO THE OLD HOUSE ON THE HILL. THORNY KNEW THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS WITCHES BUT HE THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE SOME FUN WITH FUZZY. FUZZY LOOKED AT THE HOUSE AND SAID, "I'M SCARED!" THORNY SAID, "WE ARE GOING UP AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR. IF YOU DON'T COME ALONG, YOU WILL HAVE TO STAY HERE BY YOURSELF." FUZZY WAS TOO SCARED TO STAY BY HERSELF SO SHE WENT ALONG.

THEY KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND IT STARTED TO OPEN VERY SLOW WITH A LOUD CREEKING SOUND. KNOBBY AND THORNY DID NOT EXPECT THIS TO HAPPEN AND BEGAN TO GET NERVOUS. SUDDENLY THEY SAW AND OLD WITCH WITH A BENT BACK LEANING ON A CANE. SHE WAS EVIL LOOKING AND HAD BLOOD DRIPPING DOWN FROM THE CORNERS OF HER MOUTH. SHE SAID IN A SHAKY VOICE, "YOU KNOCKED!"

THAT WAS TOO MUCH FOR THORNY AND KNOBBY. KNOBBY YELLED, "I AM GETTING OUT OF HERE!" THORNY HOLLERED, "I'M RIGHT BEHIND YOU!" FUZZY WAS SO SCARED SHE DID NOT SAY ANYTHING BUT SHE RAN FASTER THAN HER BIG BROTHERS.

WHEN THEY GOT A LONG WAY FROM THE HAUNTED HOUSE THEY STOPPED AND FUZZY SAID SHE WANTED TO GO HOME. THORNY AND KNOBBY SAID THEY WERE TIRED TOO. SO THEY WENT HOME. WHEN THEY CAME IN THE DOOR TWIGMAN SAID, "YOU WERE NOT GONE VERY LONG AND YOU DO NOT HAVE VERY MUCH CANDY. WHAT HAPPENED.?" THORNY AND KNOBBY SAID THEY HAD GOTTEN TIRED BUT FUZZY SAID, "I WAS SCARED. WE SAW A WITCH AT THE HAUNTED HOUSE!" TWIGMAN JUST LAUGHED AND LAUGHED BECAUSE HE KNEW THE WITCH WAS REALLY LEAFY WHO HAD PUT ON MAKE UP JUST TO SCARE THE LITTLE ONES AND WOULD SOON BE HOME TO HAVE A GOOD LAUGH AT HER CHILDREN.