Adventure #4: The Jack-O-Lantern

“I want you to brew the scariest food known to Mike!” the robber shouted to his bubbling cauldron. Nothing happened. Maybe it has to rhyme, the robber thought. “I want you to brew a stew, with the scariest food known to Mike, Then I want you to remove the stew.” Nothing happened. Then, he did a little jig while he said that. Still, nothing happened. The robber tried again. Again he failed. He just couldn’t get it to rhyme! Fuming, he shouted, “GIVE ME THE STUPID FOOD MIKE HATES ALREADY!!!” Bong! Out popped a smiling pumpkin. He picked up the pumpkin and set it by his doorstep. Then, he shouted, “AAAAH! I’m catching my nerves! Oh, my nerves! My nerves! GAAAH! What are my nerves doing?! I’m scared!” Running around screaming, he fell into his cauldron. He popped out. But there was a problem. He was a smiling pumpkin. Tomorrow would be Halloween. He knew Mike would be trick or treating, and Mike did not live very faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar away.

Meanwhile, Mike was getting his costume ready. He was going to be a superhero for Halloween. The next day, Mike went to the theater and watched a movie. At night, he went out trick-or-treating. Eventually, he got to the robber’s house, and then saw the Jack-O-Lantern on the doorstep. He opened the door and the candy was inside a pumpkin. “AAAAAH! I’m catching my nerves! AAH! My nerves! My nerves! AAAAH! Help! Oh! I’m catching my nerves!” Mike screamed. The robber didn’t recognize Mike because he had the costume on. Mike was still screaming, and never grabbed any candy from the robber’s house. He screamed all the way home.

After the pumpkin spell wore off, the robber followed the trail of candy Mike had left from previous houses and followed him to his house. He realized it had been Mike at his doorstep. He picked up the candy Mike had left, and munched on it happily. “Mmmm” he said. He thought Mike’s candy was good. He thought it was really good. He thought it was really really good. He thought it was really really really really really good. Soon, the candy trail split paths. Other people had also seen his pumpkin and screamed, “AAAAAAAH! I’m catching my nerves!” He took the path in the middle. Unfortunately, the path led to the…

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And the officer did not look happy. DUN DUN DUUUUUNNN! “AAAH! I’m catching my nerves! My nerves! They’re running away! Oh! My nerves! He stole my nerds! AAAAAH!” The robber screamed. He ran away and found himself at Mike’s house. He was about to go in and get him but then he saw something. On Mike’s doorstep, there was a…

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And the robber screamed, “AAAAH! I’m catching my nerves! My nerds! Come back! AAAH! I’m catching my nerves! My nerves! WAAAAH!” And he ran all the way back to his house. Mike opened his front door, wondering what all the racket was about. No one was there. He sat back and relaxed. He decided to watch some TV. He turned on the TV and watched the Halloween special, “101 Pumpkins”

“AAAAAAH! I’m catching my nerves!”