Once upon a time, on a nippy Halloween night, young Jake decided to challenge the town’s most notorious dare, visiting Mr. McLusty’s haunted mansion. Mr. McLusty was a grizzled old man, a hermit who everyone said possessed supernatural spook inducing powers.
“Ghost stories,” Jake snorted, dismissing their old wives’ tales. So, off he marched, his eyes gleaming with brave resolution, to the haunted mansion beneath the shimmering silver moon. The rusty iron gates creaked in an unwelcoming manner as Jake pushed them open.
Inside the mansion, gulping down his rising fear, Jake roamed the dusky hallways. Ominous silence lingered in every corner, occasionally shattered by eerie creaks and moans. Was it the wind or the voices of the restless spirits, Jake wondered.
Suddenly, out of the shadows, a chilling figure appeared! Its milky eyes met Jake’s, sending a cold shiver ricocheting down his spine.
“Who’s there?” Jake gasped, his heart pounding. The figure wordlessly utters, “I am Mr. McLusty.”
Just as Jake was about to run for his life, Mr. McLusty revealed a trick – he pointed towards a hidden mirror in the gloom. Jake had merely scared himself seeing his own reflection! The grizzled and ghostly ‘Mr. McLusty’, was actually Jake, decked out in his Halloween costume!
And that’s how Jake got a taste of his own Halloween tricks, teaching him to be careful what he dares to seek as he might just find it!