One of Many Halloween Stories

Dracula and Frankenstein Go Out

  

It had been many years since Dracula left his coffin in the spooky old castle in the woods.  The moon was out shining clearly that night.  It was a full moon and it was also Halloween.  “What a perfect night to go out,” thought the vampire.

“I should see if Frankie wants to go,” said Dracula.  He sent out a bat with the message.  The little black bat flew out of the castle and down the road to Frankenstein’s laboratory.

The Frankenstein monster was sleeping.  He did not care about Halloween anymore.  Dracula’s bat flew into Frankie’s room and flapped its wings around his face until he woke up.  “What is going on?” asked Frankie.  Dracula’s bat gave Frankenstein the message.  It read, “We are going to have a party and go trick-or-treating tonight.  It is Halloween my friend.”  Frankie made a monster roar.  The bat flew away.

While this was going on, Dracula was getting ready.  There was a lot of dust on his cape from sleeping so long.  He decided to get a new set of clothes for the night.  He looked at the closet and saw 14 identical sets of white shirts, black pants, and black capes.  Dracula chose the darkest black set with the whitest shirt.

Just then, the bat came back.  Dracula said, “Is he going out tonight?” and the bat made some bat noises.  Dracula could understand the bat language just fine.  The bat told him that he thought Frankie might be going.  The vampire finished polishing his shiny black shoes and got into his shiny black car.  He drove down the rocky road to Frankenstein’s laboratory.  He got out and knocked on the monster’s door.

Frankie was slow to answer.  He looked tired.  “Hi Drac,” he said.  “Listen, I don’t feel like going out.”

Dracula said, “But Frank, there is going to be candy.  Lots and lots of candy!”  That seemed to change Frankie’s mind.  “Let me get ready,” he said.

“You look just fine.  Let’s go now,” said Drac.  “You are always the scariest guy around.”

They parked the car in a neighborhood where the children were already out ringing doorbells and shouting “Trick-or-Treat!” to the people at the door.  It looked like the kids were happy and getting lots of candy.

“Hey, no one looks scared tonight,” said Frankenstein.  Dracula answered, “Well, that will be our job, OK?”  They laughed together and stomped down the street to the first door.  The rang the doorbell and both roared when a little girl opened it.  She just looked up at them and said, “Aren’t you a little old to be trick-or-treating?  And you are supposed to say ‘Trick-or-Treat’.  I will not give you a treat unless you say it.”

Frankie and Drac said, “Trick-or-Treat” together and waited to get their candy.  The little girl told them that they would need a bag to hold their candy.  They had forgotten the most important thing.

So they went to a pumpkin patch and each carved out a pumpkin.  Then they went back.

This time they remembered to say “Trick-or-Treat” and the little girl gave them some candy.  They continued through the neighborhood until their pumpkins were full.  They had so much fun that they forgot to scare anyone.

“Hey Drac,” said Frankie.

“Yes?”

“Let’s do this again next year, OK?”

“It’s a deal.”

The monsters shared their candy and went back to their castle and laboratory to sleep.

Robert Reeder, 2012