Happy Halloween everyone! I hope you all had a day (and evening) that was just a touch of spooky, and sprinkle of sweet, and a whole lot of fun.
Over on Susanna Leonard Hill’s blog, she’s sponsoring her annual Halloweensie contest. We are challenged to write a 100-word Halloween story for children using the words pumpkin, broomstick, and creak.
Every year I find the 100-word limit VERY challenging, but here goes:
WHERE’S THE TRICK?
Witches, wizards, living down my street
Why do they pick tonight to come and trick or treat?
Skeletons, ninjas, knocking on the door
I give them each a candy but they try to get quite more.
Pieces, handfuls, candy quickly gone
Running up and down my street and traipsing ‘cross the lawn.
One has a pumpkin head and one flies on a broom
One makes a creaking noise and howls up at the moon.
I think I’ll skip this holiday until I’m big and tall
I hope I’ve grown a little bit around this time next fall.
Head over to Susanna’s site and check out all the great entries!
A Life Spent Reading 
Cute! I’ve never thought about how Halloween would be for a little one handing out candy! Nice POV
Thanks Penny!
This made me miss having loads of trick or treaters at my door. 🙂
We started giving out candy this year after taking the last few years off. I had trick or treaters until 9 pm!
Sweet perspective!
Thanks for stopping by, Julie!
Aw, I hope so, too!
Thanks for stopping by, Cathy!
Wonderful job showing Halloween from the POV of a little one handing out candy at the door! It could be a little bewildering and spooky! And what a busy street they must live on with all those visitors! Thanks so much for joining in the Halloweensie fun, Katie 🙂
Thanks, Susanna. Your contests are always so much fun!
This ties up nicely at the end. Good job.
Thanks!
My son was one of the little ones handing out candy this year. Well, he visited a few houses. He wanted to go back out on Saturday. Great job.
Thanks, Stacy! My kids were finally old enough this year that they weren’t too scared to hand out the candy.
Handing out the candy is a very BIG job! I’m always grateful when my kids want to help 🙂 Cute story!