Hallowe’en can be a completely varied and sugar-drenched experience depending on your age and point of view…
Jack’s Tale
Once, on Hallowe’en, there was a village. It wasn’t an ordinary village, it was a magic village. And the whole family was there, plus my friend James and his mommy and daddy.
Audience: And Alex!
Jack: Alex, you’re part of the family. I said the family was there. So, there was a magic man, who made the village magic. He was a wicked wizard. And one day, we were all playing…
Audience: And Alex too!
Jack: I already SAID that. And so the magic wizard came, and he was chasing us. And we ran away.
Audience: And then what happened?
Jack: Nothing. We ran away. That’s all.
The End
Alex’s Tale
Once, on Hallowe’en, Jack and Alex went to the store to buy toothbrushes. And Jack bought a grown-up toothbrush. But Alex didn’t. He bought a kids’ toothbrush.
The End
Audience: Was the toothbrush haunted?
Alex: No. It was a regular toothbrush.
The End!
p.s. My apologies to those who are annoyed by the apostrophe in Hallowe’en. I can’t help it. It’s a compulsion.
p.p.s. Bite-sized Butterfingers are the devil.
