It was Halloween night in the quirky town of Mallow. It was known for one thing, and one thing only – the haunting of the old, abandoned sweet factory. Every Halloween, the town’s folks swear they can hear whirring machines and taste a ghostly specter of sugar in the air.
A group of audacious kids decided they would explore it. Billy, an eight-year-old imp still believes in monsters under his bed, but he was always ready for an adventure. He led Jenny, a twelve-year-old billed as Mallow’s bravest girl, and Tom, the reputed nerdy know-it-all, into the dimly lit factory.
They tread softly, echoed whispers bouncing off the dilapidated walls. Suddenly they came upon a room, which to their astonishment was bustling. Figments of long departed workers moved in a spectral ballet, producing… candies. They looked at each other, terror mixed with disbelief.
Rushing out, they bolted home, hearts pounding, all the cobwebs of bravado swept clean. At the breakfast table next morning, Billy’s mom fussed about her missing bag of Halloween candy.
The kids stared at each other. The candies from the factory weren’t merely apparitions – they had tasted the phantom delights and smuggled the sweetness of their spectral adventures back home!