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‘WINNING’ TREATS

by Sarah (Sezza) Hetu

99 words

Phlegm the goblin and Gullet the gargoyle attended the human’s Halloween fair.

“Let’s win candy!” Gullet said. He tried the ring toss.

He missed.

“Pie-eating?” Phlegm asked. “I love bat meat pies.” He chomped. “Apples?! Gross!”

“Corn maze?” Gullet suggested.

They tiptoed around the maze….

They collided with someone. She ran, dropping her candy.

“Score!” Phlegm said.

They haunted the maze, and ‘won’ tons of candy. 

But…

“Tastes like sadness and bad decisions,” Phlegm said.

“We can fix this,” Gullet said.

They baked treats–meat pies!–and chilled them outside.

“What kind of meat did we use, Phlegm?”

“Bat meat!” 

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SENSE THE WAY!

Tap. Tap. Clank.

My red-and-white cane finds our garbage can.

Thunder and I turn left.

Knock knock.

“Trick-or-treat!”

“Nice costume, Milo!”

We leave. I count steps. …twenty-eight…twenty-nine…

“Milo!”

Sounds like Candice.

“Aren’t you scared by yourself?”

I pat Thunder. “No.”

“Happy Halloween!” She leaves.

But…I lost count. 

Where are we?

Thunder tugs right.

Is it?

I breathe in…cut grass…the Sanderson’s just mowed.

I listen. Main Street is behind us.

I reach out…and feel the Mahoney’s wooden fence.

Thunder is right.

Back home, Thunder slithers out of his harness.

I give him extra treats

                                       …and nobody sees!

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