TRICK OR TREAT

Sunday, October 31st, 2010, rolled around and it was Halloween night. The weather was beautiful so I figured I would stock up on a couple of bags of Reese's Pieces and wait for the little devils with Okie, my dog. I decided that I would beat them to the punch and before they could say anything, I would say "Trick or Treat?" to them. So I did.

Well there were cute little boys and girls dressed in various outfits. Some very creative and some not. One little girl of about 7 was a little angel with wings. Maybe a woodland faerie. Cute as all get out with her mother in the background, so I said "Trick or Treat" She got confused and stood there speechless. I told her she was supposed to say that to me and proceeded to compliment her on her outfit, especially her wings. I told her she must be getting tired from all that flying. She held out her bag and I gave her a little extra. Her mother thanked me and said I was a good neighbor.


After a couple of hours of this, things quieted down, so I decided to turn off the outside lights, but then decided to leave them on. No reason to make things easy for the bigger kids that may be running around thinking of causing a little trouble. The area where I live is pretty quiet and the neighbors are all polite as well as their kids so I wasn't concerned but I left the lights on anyway.

It turned out to be a good thing because a few minutes later, the doorbell rang and two kids were outside, one guy and one girl. They were pretty big, so I said"aren't you two a little big for Trick or Treating? How old are you". So the boy said "I'm only 12." So I said "Trick or Treat?" He looked at me and said "treat". So I gave him a couple of "Reese's Pieces".

I asked the girl the how old she was. She looked at me and said "19!!". She definitely was at least that age and really made up. Very cute. So I said not realizing a possible double meaning "Trick or Treat" and she replied instantly, staring me straight in the eyes, "I don't do tricks."

Well, I was taken aback and speechless. For me that is unusual. She said"I'll take some of those chocolates though". "You want candy? " said I. "Well I didn't spend 4 hours getting made up for nothing." So I said to myself"this girl's too smart for me, gave her the rest of the bag and decided to go inside and turn out the lights. In parting she said "Goodnite Mr. Verdi, we're your neighbors from across the street. Thanks".

I'm sure she had a good laugh and a few stories to tell her friends about her Halloween as did I.