Halloween memory
My dad enjoyed playing pranks and would laugh so hard he would cry. Halloween and Goosey night were very big in our childhood neighborhood. The doorbell would ring non-stop. That Halloween evening, I walked into the kitchen to find Dad bent over in the refrigerator. I said” Dad, what are you looking for? He was laughing so hard he couldn’t answer me. As he straightened up backing out of the fridge he had a piece of wilted celery in his hand. Still belly laughing he snatched up our scrubby little black dog, Tricksy and said “watch this!” It was getting late and a little boy about 8 years old came to the door by himself dressed in his costume proudly saying “Trick or treat! Dad opened the door and said, I’m very sorry young man but we just ran out of candy. “ I don’t want you to leave without anything so you have a choice, you can either have this dog or the celery”. The little guy studied the scrubby little black dog in one arm and the wilted celery in the other. He looked back and forth at each treat being offered to him. It was a big decision. He said very seriously, as he slowly reached for the celery,” I better take this celery, if I bring home this dog my mother will kill me”.
We laughed and laughed and the little guy got a big bag of candy for being a good sport.