It was a typical Halloween night in the little town of Spookville. Kids were prancing around in their ghoulish outfits, armed with their bags bursting with candies, completely oblivious of the haunted house on the corner of Elm Street.
Known as the Cobweb Manor, its eerie structure, twisted vines, and creaking doors made quite an unsettling sight. According to town’s legend, it was home to a disgruntled spirit, Spooky Sam!
A group of daredevil kids decided to play ‘trick or treat’ with Spooky Sam. Heartbeats racing and teeth chattering, they rang the rusty doorbell. Suddenly, the door creaked open, and a white shadow appeared on top of the staircase. “Boo!”, shouted a ghost-like figure, sending all the kids screaming towards the exit.
But right at that moment, a chuckle echoed through the house, and the ‘ghost’ lifted its sheet – it was Old Man Jenkins, the town’s prankster! The kids let out a collective gasp, laughs ringing out in the room. Their fear turned into amusement.
As the kids left, they looked back, only to see the real Spooky Sam waving goodbye from the window, with a candy bar in hand. On this Halloween, the joke was on them, and the Cobweb Manor had never seemed less haunted.