Don’t Turn Your Back (on Jack-o’-Lantern)
Here’s a little something to get you into the spirit of Halloween…
Tommy tied the shirt and trouser cuffs, filled the clothes with straw, and shaped the hands and feet. He placed the figure in the chair at the table.
Next, he took the pumpkin and carved the eyes, nose, and a horror mouth of pointed teeth. As he cut the last one, the knife slipped, slashing across his hand. Blood ran onto the teeth.
He placed a candle inside the head and set the head on the shoulders of the straw man, then went to the kitchen to wash the blood from his hands.
At the table, the candle flickered into life behind a mouth that began to move.
The head tilted down. The carved eyes glowed brighter.
Slowly, the straw figure rose from the chair, and a straw hand reached for the knife.
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