The Moffats
“Because today was Halloween!
Jane shivered as she thought of the stories Miss Partridge had told with the shades lowered. One about a golden arm; one dreadful one about stairs and something creeping up them; and one about "my grandfather, Henry Watty," that was the most scary of all. Then they'd played some good rough games and left early.
Janey scuffled through the dry, crackling leaves in the gutter, holding her drawing carefully in one hand for Mama. She felt so excited about Halloween, ...she forgot to breathe the prayer, "Dear God, please don't let anyone buy the yellow house," which the sight of the For Sale sign usually brought to her lips. She skipped through the gate, skipped as fast as she could around the house to the back door with Catherine-the-cat racing after her. She burst into the kitchen, which today smelled of hot gingerbread, and ran into the Grape Room, where Mrs. Shoemaker was trying on a very tight white satin gown.
Mama's mouth was full of pins, but she stopped pulling the gown down over Mrs.MoreLess
Jane shivered as she thought of the stories Miss Partridge had told with the shades lowered. One about a golden arm; one dreadful one about stairs and something creeping up them; and one about "my grandfather, Henry Watty," that was the most scary of all. Then they'd played some good rough games and left early.
Janey scuffled through the dry, crackling leaves in the gutter, holding her drawing carefully in one hand for Mama. She felt so excited about Halloween, ...she forgot to breathe the prayer, "Dear God, please don't let anyone buy the yellow house," which the sight of the For Sale sign usually brought to her lips. She skipped through the gate, skipped as fast as she could around the house to the back door with Catherine-the-cat racing after her. She burst into the kitchen, which today smelled of hot gingerbread, and ran into the Grape Room, where Mrs. Shoemaker was trying on a very tight white satin gown.
Mama's mouth was full of pins, but she stopped pulling the gown down over Mrs.MoreLess
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