Going Out For A Spell

Tick, Or Treat

Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON

This was the best-dressed witch we saw today. She had an amazing cape and hat and she could barely believe how many lollies (candy, to my US and Canadian readers) she had collected. Was she going to eat them all? No, is the short answer. She doesn't really have a sweet tooth. But it was just the fun of rocking up to a stranger's front door and uttering the age-old Halloween refrain ``Trick or treat''. You know what they say - ghouls just wanna have fun.

It's Stalled

Kicking Up Such A Fuzz

Police in Britain have closed down three children's Halloween pumpkin stall - because they did not have a traders' licence. Justin Sanford, 35, helped his sons Robin, seven, Jack, four, and Benjamin, three, set up their stand on a rural road near their home in South Wiltshire. They wanted to raise money to buy costumes to go trick or treating, but they were shocked when two Police Community Support Officers pulled over and threatened them with a fine if they didn't shut up shop.

FOOTNOTE: Pumpkin soup.