A Child’s Halloween

Skipping along humming a tune
The child lost his candy sack
Looking about, running to and fro
Oh my! A cackling witch was holding it!
Oh, give me, give me
The child begged
The witch hopped on her broom
And rose up in the night sky
Dropping the sack

At the child’s feet.
On to the next house
A ding and a dong
And trick-or-treat
Two, three doors or more
The child lost the sack once more
Looking about, up and down
Oh my! This time it had been taken
By a grinning bag of bones!

Mr. Bones waved it high in the air
Did a shuffle to and fro
Oh give me, give
The child begged
And Mr. Bones disappeared.
Where he had once stood
The bag of candy was
On went the child
Coming upon a cemetery

Lit up by a gloomy Halloween moon
There upon a tombstone
Glowing green
Sat the King of Halloween
His eyes red, his teeth white and sharp
Count Dracula beckoned to the child
Let me see what treats you have
Enough of this
Eyes wide, face pale
The child clutching his sack
Ran and ran

Until a werewolf began to howl
Snarling and growling
Beside the child he ran
Once safely behind closed doors
And mom’s embrace
The child spent an uneasy night.

In the bright light of day
The only witness - the candy sack
Full of treats waiting to be eaten
And a note -
Hope you had a Happy Halloween -
Witch Hazel, Mr. Bones, Drac and Wolfie.