Once in a little town that glowed with jack-o’-lantern smiles on Halloween, lived a quirky witch named Zinnia. She was the jolly green lady known to vanish in brewing smoke and who acquired her treats not by preference, but by trade.
In her spooky house atop Crescent Moon Hill, she eagerly awaited kids to knock and exclaim “Trick or Treat!”. Young Lily with springy, fiery locks was particularly fascinated by the witch’s shenanigans and decided to visit Zinnia this Halloween.
Lily gingerly approached Zinnia’s door and declared her intention. “Aha! A confident one,” Zinnia chuckled, “Your treat for my humble pumpkin, fair trade?” Lily nodded as she swapped her sweets for a typical pumpkin, feeling a vague prickling sensation.
As moonlight splashed over the content Lily and her unusual loot, the pumpkin transfigured! Past its veggie guise, a lovely Gingerbread Cat emerged. Deliciously frosted, with marshmallow eyes, it pranced around Lily, twinkling beneath the Halloween night. Zinnia winked from her smoky fortress, as the Gingerbread Cat bowed to its new friend.
After all, in the bewitching town of Halloween, you either feast on treats…or you become one! Because even a harmless trade can hold a bite! And as they say, every cat loves a fiery redhead.