Once upon a hollow moonlight, Laney, the most curious girl in the town, decided to sneak a peek at the old, crooked Alperstein mansion, the stage for countless frightful tales. Her heart pounding like a rowdy drummer’s solo, she went in, tiptoe, shiver, tiptoe.
The mansion was a tasty banquet of spooky sights. Long-lost portraits with ghostly smiles, creepily creaking stairs, the hissy whispers of the wind; it was dose after dose of Halloween chills.
Reaching the final room, she found an ornate, dusty mirror. With bated breath, she polished it and looked, expecting to see the usual reflection. Instead, she was astonished to see a cheerfully decorated room with kids dressed in Halloween costumes bobbing for apples and enjoying the festivities.
Turns out, the ‘haunted’ Alperstein mansion was nothing more than the town’s long-forgotten children’s Halloween party venue. The town folks, caught up in their humdrum lives, had merely let the old charm of Alperstein fade into the realm of spooky lore.
And, guess who had the last laugh? Certainly not the pretend ghosts, but our curious Laney, who reinstated the Alperstein mansion as the town’s beloved Halloween party spot. This Halloween, it was the adults who got tricked, while the kids greeted treats a-plenty!