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Short stories: The Halloween mystery

by Tyler Pickrell

Created on: April 18, 2008   Last Updated: June 11, 2008

Three kids about the age of 13 went to house to house having a blast until the story began at one house.
"Trick or treat." The group of kids said.
"Well what do we have here?" The man in a devil costume asked.
"I'm a ghost!" My friend Chris replied cheerfully.
"I'm a pirate" My other friend Sarah grinned.
"I'm Darth Vader." I announced (me Andy).
"Well let me just give you little monsters a treat." The man said.


Before he went inside he gave all of us a look of interest. We all waited about three minutes until the man finally arrived with the candy.
"Pick your choice." He explained.
We all looked inside the large bowl of scattered chocolate, peppermint, and taffy.
"Go ahead grab what you want!" The man said.
We all took some candy then headed on our way. Before we left he gave us all the look again. Then we all walked on, very fast!
"That guy really creeps me out." I said.
"Yeah and what was with the looks he was giving us?" Chris asked.
"I know!" Sarah cheerfully said.
"What?" We asked.
"He's a alien." She replied.
"An alien?" We yelled.
"Shh, yes an alien, he can't look at us right without giving us a long look which looks very creepy to us. Then he goes inside and plugs in a cord to his brain to visualize what he sees!" Sarah explained.
Then there was a long pause as we all just stared into Sarah.
"You had too much candy haven't you?" I asked.
"Maybe a little." She replied embarrassed.
"Well lets all just have a good time trick or treating." Chris replied.
We all headed down to the next house and knocked on the door. Then the door opened.
"Trick or treat!" We all said.
Then we look at the person and gasped.
"Well what do we have here?" The person asked.
As we stared into the mans eyes as his locked on to all of ours. I turned to Chris.
"He's the same man from the last house we went to." I whispered.
"How did he do that?" Chris asked.
"Let's just act natural." I explained.
We turned back to him as he waited for our response, as if he were wanting to know what we really are.
"I'm Darth Vader, he's a pirate and she's a ghost." I explained.
"Well that's wonderful, let me just get the candy." He replied.
Then he looked at us with interest and went off inside his house.
"Not again." I said.
"Don't worry he's probably a twin or something." Sarah explained.
Then the man came back with the sweets which were the exact same thing!
"Choose what you want, don't be shy." The man said.
We took a piece and then blasted off with out saying thank you.
"I'm starting to get a little shaky." I said out of breath.
"Well

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