Under an ominous, full-moon Halloween night, there once lived a crotchety old witch named Mabel. Everyone in the village of Spookville was petrified of her. Rumors suggested she could transform people into creepy crawlies if they ever upset her. This Halloween, young Billy plucked up his courage and decided to play a prank on her, complementing his adventure with a devilish grin.
He tiptoed up to her ancient, dilapidated cabin, holding his breath at every creak and rustle. With swift, furtive movements, he placed a carved jack-o’-lantern on her doorstep. On an attached note, he wrote, “Dear Mabel, dare you to wear a smile all night.”
He stifled a giggle, sprinted away and hid behind a nearby bush to await her reaction. Mabel creaked open the door; her face transformed from a scowl to a smirk as she read the note. She accepted the challenge and lit the lantern with a gleeful twitch of her magic wand.
In a surprising twist, as the candlelight flickered, the witch’s face reflected the jack-o’-lantern’s jovial smile. That night, she turned no one into a creepy crawly. Instead, everyone who witnessed the grinning witch received a whole year’s worth of good luck! The mischievous Billy unwittingly became Spookville’s good luck charm!