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Write about someone taking a child trick-or-treating for the very first time.

Posted in Kids on Dec 28, 2020

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Orange Shark

Submitted to Contest #65

“Maisie! C'mere now, we’re gonna choose your Halloween costume, uh-huh?” Floe’s three-year-old, Maisie toddled clumsily over from her mini cooking set, her eager eyes wide with excitement and her mouth made an 'o' shape. “Mama! Mama! Are we going?” Floe nodded, a sense of pride rushing through her. There really were moments where she’d feel glad about making her daughter happy. “YAY! We’re going for Halloweeny!”, she chanted and bounced on the balls of her feet. “But, we won’t be going if you don’t get dressed up right now,” she said, “I’l...

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The first halloween

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The first Halloween by: kenzhin magpayo Once a kid was living in a mansion his parents are Jewish so he cannot celebrate holidays, one day his parents are away for the week and his friends invited him to trick-or-treat. John: "hey ken your parents aren't home right, let's go trick-or-treat" Kennedy: "hmmm I don't know, my mom would kill me if he founds out" Kim: "oh come on ken take this opportunity" Kennedy: "alright" Kennedy goes to his room and changes his PJ into a tux, Kennedy: "how do I look?" Kim: "you look great!' John: "who are yo...

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"Trick Or Treat!" by Natalie Del Carlo

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 Lily has been waiting to go trick or treating, it seems since forever. Her mom has always cooped her inside during Halloween telling her daughter that trick or treating was dangerous and not safe for little children like her. Reminding her daughter to never accept candy from strangers whether it was Halloween or not. So every Halloween she would stare out the window and watch all the kids pass her window in cool costumes, and race to all of the houses around here to get lots and lots of candy, with smiles on their faces. Until her moth...

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Memories of a Halloween

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-The Dad-You may wonder why I would remember such a trivial night from so many years ago. I will tell you what, for us Halloween is everything but trivial. It is more special than any other night of the year, even birthdays or Christmases.Isabella was five years old when we decided to take her trick-or-treating for the first time. A little too late, you might think. But her mom took ill three months after our daughter was born. In between hospitals, work, cooking, and cleaning there was barely any time left to go out with the kids. We h...

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Batman and...Jake?

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“But Aunt Tabitha, I was Batman last year,” Nicholas Bradshaw’s seven-year-old face was scrunched up in clear disappointment at the black and yellow costume neatly laid out on his bed. “I know Nicky,” Tabitha Michaels’s shoulders slumped with her spirit as she sighed and sat beside the costume on her nephew’s poorly made-up Mario sheets. “But…” She made the fatal mistake of looking into Nicky’s eyes. The hazel ones that matched, or used to match, her sister’s. She pulled the boy close to her, gathering him up into her arms and setting him...

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A Commune Away by Epheny Saffron

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“Hey Almond, where did you find this colorful bucket?” He said, grabbing the flexible bucket and dumping small plastic containers onto the floor. “Dad, that’s a lunch box!” Almond said laughing. “Sofia gave it to me. She said it was sad I didn’t already have one.” She walked over to the island and tore the lunch box from its placement. “Well?” her Dad said, asking for an explanation. “Ehem! What the heck is this lunch box thing for?”  “It's for carrying your lunch!” Almond said, matter of factly. “Wow! People got lazy!” her Dad said...

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Find a friend

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SOMEWHERE IN LONDON Click…click… The pressing sound of analog controller bottoms of Xbox game device filled space of Alan's small room. Graphic images and characters are moving when Alan presses the control bottom. Today is Halloween, so the 12 year old Alan, chooses to play the zombie game. He doesn't care for the type of the games he is playing. Sometimes he plays football, or action game, war games or street fighting games, basically if it doesn't including playing with real people he is ok. The time sense in Alan's bod...

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The Mind Plays Tricks (Inspired by a True Family Story)

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“I’ve never done this before. What do I do?” “Really? It’s just trick-or-treating. It’s so easy.” She wrung her hands together and stared at the ground. “Don’t laugh at me. I didn’t grow up in America like you did.”  “Hey,” he took her hands into his and gently kissed her wedding ring, smiling all the while. “I’m sorry. I don’t mean to make fun of you, it’s just a really simple concept, is all. You just go up to the house, take what you want, move on to the next one, and repeat. Easy, right?” “Yeah. Easy.” She refused to look up at ...

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Danny Summons The Devil

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“Hey Max. There's a graveyard near my house and I have a few sleeping bags and a tent. Wanna sleep in the graveyard?” Danny coos. “Sleep in a graveyard?” I ask. “Danny you are out of your mind.” “Out of my mind? No! You're just a big wimp!” Danny yells. I sigh. Why am I friends with such a weird girl? Beats me. But I am and she is not allowed to call me a wimp. Which is why she is doing it. To get me mad, so i'll say yes. But I won't. She can't control me. “Guess you'll just have to stay at home and be bored while the girl shows you up. And ...

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The Missing RV

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The frigged rain drenched his mousy brown hair but he didn't hesitate even for a second. He kept on walking, it was cold but he trudged on anyway. His dark red converse is soaked. He arrived at a small house, it was pleasant and welcoming. He knocked on the door, it was rough and sandy.  The door flung open. The boy jumped back, he almost wasn’t expecting it to open. “Leo? I wasn’t expecting to see you here.” Bianca's face was kind, Leo hadn’t known her for long so it was a bit odd he chose to go to Bianca's house but it was the first ...

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Until We Meet Again

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I feel closer to them here, somehow. The frigid stone against my back, the cool grass beneath my legs, the moon high above me casting an eerie glow against the cobblestones. Laughter rang through the night, little kids erupting with sugar and happiness as their parents kept careful watch, smiles on their own faces. Innocent laughter is a drug I find myself immune to, anymore. I used to love it, those gleeful little giggles when my fingers touched his soft little tummy, and his chubby legs would kick and flutter in happiness. When...

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Trick or Treat

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It really shouldn’t be that big of a deal. Right? Trick or Treating was a tradition that was what every child wanted to do. A fun tradition! So, why was he so nervous? Sitting in front of his laptop trying to finish sorting through the last of his emails for work. He was starting to feel like he was going to throw up. His whole body was sweating but his hands were icy cold and clammy. Rubbing his hands together and blowing on them. Absentmindedly he started biting his nails. Owwww. Looking down at his now bleeding nail, maybe he needed to go...

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Beware of the Black Cat

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The polyester collar makes my neck itch and the face paint threatens to melt down my cheeks. It’s a tough price to pay to be the best-looking vampire in the neighbourhood. Hopefully the only vampire. Halloween this year is going to be different. Tonight, I’m on a very important mission; getting a girl to notice me and go out with me. Not just any girl, either. If all goes to plan, I will be taking Olivia Newman to the party coming up at Dillon’s place. It’s an optimistic plan but I may as well try. I will casually walk past Olivia, as we cro...

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A Halloween First

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Fifty something, Joyce, loved Halloween. It brought back happy childhood memories, when life was simple. Her life was anything but simple now as a divorced mom of two grown children. Someone always needed something, and her paycheck rarely stretched until the next one. Soon her shift would be over, but she didn’t really want to go home to an empty house.            The diner had been busy with customers - most excited for Halloween, but there were a few who didn’t like their r...

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Trick or Logic

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It was the evening of October 31st and Dad was taking Emma on her very first "Trick or Treat". The weather was particularly hot that Autumn and rain was in the forcast. However, the weather was not enough to dampen the spirits of the Price family, especially not those of Emma's older brother who had been the year before. He was already in his costume and impatiently running up and down the driveway in an attempt to hurry his single Dad Robert and little sister Emma who were putting the last minute touches to a homemade costume. "I like Princ...

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