The Haunted Hour

True story: 

5:15 pm
She starts preparing the kids for trick-or-treating.  The costumes are laid out.

5:20 pm
She starts feeding the kids dinner while they run, play, refuse to eat, etc.

5:40 pm
She starts feeling hungry (hangry?) herself.  Not a good sign.  
She decides she will eat dinner at 6 pm when he chaperones the kids around the neighborhood.

5:45 pm
He walks around looking tired.  
She offers to chaperone the kids instead.  
He declines.

5:55 pm
He changes mind.  
She gets furious at the last minute change.  
Sparks fly.  
A kid or two wail in the background.

6 pm 
She herds the kids and escorts them outside.  
One child complains of hunger, the other doesn’t want to wear a scarf. 

6:05pm
He offers to take the kids.  
Weak offer.
She gives him the look.  More sparks fly.  
She storms off with kids.

6:10 pm
It begins raining.  
He departs home and runs behind the ladies, umbrellas in hand.

6:15 pm
One child has had enough and wants to come back home.  
At home, her dad has turned into a witch and is handing out candy, having the most fun amongst all.

A Halloween Story

The wharf was completely deserted after the boat had departed.  The sky had only a couple streaks of sunlight left.  She stood at the edge of the wharf and stared wistfully at the angry looking wake the hull of the boat had left behind.  The swirls in the water glistened eerily in the moonlight.

Without warning, she felt a push.  Before she could turn around and ascertain what had happened, she was in the water.  She didn't know how to swim.  In fact, she hated water.  She felt herself sinking.  Time seemed to slow down, so much so that she found herself wondering how she was able to hold her breath for so long.  

Then she saw them.

A shiver of sharks was approaching her.  Horror engulfed her.  In that moment of terror she realized that the sharks seemed to belong to the same family.  She could spot a large middle aged male shark, a slightly smaller female, two little ones presumably of opposite genders, and a couple of aging sharks.  What was strange was that each shark was being ridden by those unpredictable two legged creatures.  The two legged riders looked more menacing that the sharks themselves.  The one straddling the large male shark looked particularly terrifying.  He was carrying a net.  Was he going to catch her?

She closed her eyes shut and turned around.  Instinctively she began swimming.  Swimming really hard.  She could feel the water around her get more and more turbulent as the sharks and the two leggers got closer and closer to her.  She had to do something.  They were clearly faster and stronger.

She opened her eyes.

A carcass of a whale lay sadly on the sea bed.  Oh the horrors of the sea!  The sharks must be absolute monsters.  To think that they slayed such a huge whale!  

She had to make a split second decision.

She swam directly into the ribcage of the dead whale and found a hiding spot.  Her heart was pounding.  The sharks and the two leggers were right above her at this time.  She stayed there trying her best to not disturb the water.  In about 10 seconds, the sharks left.

She rejoiced!  She thought she had outsmarted the hunters!  Out she swam, feeling triumphant!

But that wasn't the end of it.  Before she knew it, the two legger with the net made a dash toward her on his shark.  The next moment she was inside the net!

~~~ If you are thinking to yourself what kind of a morbid tale this is, take a moment and watch this video.  It is supposed to be about a baby shark and his family.  Yes... scary... ~~~