Entry to this week’s Friday Fictioneers!
The old witch had enough of the kids who pranked her house last Halloween. This time, she’d offer them some special sweets inspired from her apprenticeship in Haiti decades ago. A simple voodoo spell she cast on the confections, normally used to link sensations between patients and healers once consumed. Only fools would bite at the same apple twice and more so if tempted she smirked. Laying out the fancy bowl of delectables by the door, she inscribed in fine print on a placard “Please take only one”. Those kids should be feeling a bit wobbly by night’s end!
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Our dog recently got into our son’s magic brownies. It was a disaster, the poor thing. I bet this is a problem now.
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We don’t much do Halloween in my part of the UK, and I misunderstood how it worked. So when the kids came to the door without a treat for me, I gave them a treat. And earned myself the name of witch.
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So the kids would feel some of the witch’s discomfort due to age? Or have I misunderstood.
BTW a good Halloween treat is broccoli (fully cooked, of course!) covered in chocolate…
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Almost, the kids will feel each other’s discomfort due to well, them being teens
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Giving them a bit of their own back, which is understandable. However, kids being who they are, I suspect this will only escalate their pranks on her.
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Oy vey! Well, them kids best only take one … OR better yet, better be kinder to their neighbor … or else they might be of another mind .. 😉
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That’ll teach them!
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Oh, how mean and cruel. Hated to like that one for the trick of it. Great writing, though.
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I know it’s the wrong holiday but ba humbug!
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They should know better than to knock on an old witches door! Nice one .
Here’s my story!
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Halloween is a nightmare; FACT. We used to have a bag of cow dung with holly leaves on the top and asked the people whose door we knocked on to delve inside for a treat, the treat was pretty grim!! Good stuff and I can understand the witch’s perspective!
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This captures the spirit of the Halloween, but will next year’s prank escalate? Fun read.
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I have always disliked those signs. Who ever heard of only one sweet? She knows her victims well!
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Tricky old witch. Very entertaining tale!
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Ha ha ha – We have left candy out on our porch before and came back to empty basket. I always wonder if the first group took all the candy. Nice story and wickedly funny!
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So, “Take only one,” was a temptation. Very mischievous lady!
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