The old man grumbled to himself as he crawled out of bed and headed towards the door. What kind of person would be knocking on his door at this time of night? 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXXwyLImxj
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRciN9v23Vi
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwBJefHXKo
When Smitty got to the door he opened it swiftly to express his anger. “Who the hell is…” his voice trailed off when he saw the three children standing on his porch. They were dressed in full costume for trick-or-treating.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhi0VQExW9n
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbXKuYB2kG
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvTkfIg7PR
All of their faces were covered. The tallest one, who stood in the middle, was dressed as a witch with a tall, pointy hat. She wore a pink dress with black trim on it. Her green witch mask, was simple, yet eerie. The black eyes and long nose made Smitty feel uncomfortable. Like there was something even more horrible hiding beneath that mask. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2574ow6X6
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKotf6u35pA
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahfNShITyc
The shortest boy was dressed in a skeleton costume. The white Bones stood out on the black body suit he wore and his round skeleton mask covered his entire head. There was no seeing inside the eyeholes, as a black mesh covered them completely. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ozdsCt3vZ
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Zmk2wiJEv
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmna8qQZJo
The last trick-or-treater was dressed in red. He was wearing a tall devil mask with cartoonish features. The eyes on his mask were yellow and horrible, and they never left Smitty’s own gaze. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uPUOtvh2m
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZmjhxwHVZ
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhcgQKU2V6
“It's a little early for trick-or-treating, isn't it?” he asked the silent trio who stood on his porch. None of the children said a word. They sat in eerie silence as they held their burlap sacks out, indicating that they wanted him to put candy in them. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGXKAorFKD
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dgErJR8HT
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQURX0wsxSa
Smitty and the children sat gazing at each other for thirty seconds or more, but to the old man it seemed like an eternity. Finally, Smitty worked up the courage to speak. “You kids need to get outta here,” he said. “It isn't time for candy gathering yet. Come see me at the Harvest Party tonight and I'll give you something special.”798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcZw5IMDNz
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLftEKDtnzW
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIZL0MfxNp
None of the children moved. None of them said a word. They just stood there watching and waiting for their candy. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy38INpYyGe
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyEW5nMhNP
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3IxbW1SBL
“I mean it,” Smitty barked, “Get now! Your parents will be worried sick about you!”798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwI5ay8W5u
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAHcA5kxfR
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo08sQJseJf
The trio still stood there silently. Smitty stepped back in his house and closed the door. Immediately there was another knock. “Go away!” he cried out. “It’s late and you got school tomorrow!”798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMJYODAOHL
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3i1blZ6NH
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlNdKaFSr1
There was another, more forceful knock and this time it didn't stop. The noise from the knocking seemed to get louder and louder. It amplified with each blow to the door. Smitty steeled himself once more and flung the door open.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuStN80uU18
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9BgoZsEK7
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrKaQBFTVe
There sat the silent three in the same position as when the old man has shut the door the first time. They had their bags out and were staring at him with their eerie gazes.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ623c8422Xw
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0e3zTIeW4
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuKVqGM3JN
“You aren't getting any candy!” he yelled at them. “Now get home before I tan your hides!”798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqs4fSa2OJZ
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRqq6n5J6L
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57pr0P7peM
The children made no effort to move. The three trick-or-treaters and Smitty sat watching each other for what seemed like an eternity. Then, in unison, all three of them lowered their burlap sacks and let them hang by their legs. Smitty thought that they had finally accepted that they weren't getting any candy. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡek8tg76zvf
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIIj7iCv2t
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjihTZMn9bR
From beneath the mask of the witch in the middle, Smitty heard her say one word. “Firebug,” she said. Then she repeated it again and again and again. The devil and the skeleton joined in with her chant. “Firebug! Firebug! Firebug! Firebug!” they repeated over and over. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCEzRw4Gdh
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtiAXwqVs8Q
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAb4EfESA0
Smitty’s eyes widened. Firebug? What did they know? Had they seen him light a fire? He had been so careful. The chant continued and Smitty slammed the door shut and bolted it.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2oTeQ6d4z
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNA6PHNB5E
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlNNPohsnY
He grabbed his cell phone to call the police, but stopped. If those kids were calling him a firebug they obviously knew something about what he had been doing. What if they told the cops what they knew? Then he wouldn't be able to finish his life’s work. If the police detained him he wouldn't be able to light that gym on fire. He had to find out what they knew. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTsxe6q2k9
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWP2R3CYsu
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZEEHVYx80
The firebug chant grew louder and louder just as the knocking had done. They were right outside his door screaming it from the tops of their lungs. If he didn't quiet them down the neighbors would wake up any minute. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLXAOIw260
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjYV3nGLOG
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4OxrfNAS4
He swung the door open again to confront the children, but when he did nothing was there. The chant had stopped and the eerie silence consumed everything once again. The children were gone.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmJlf1bcGj
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAT8lu2vOn
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHx5IZcnGCa
But the chanting had been coming from the porch right up until he opened it. It was impossible for them not to be there. There was no way they could have scattered that quickly without him seeing them. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9jQooufJu
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbeUGxlqrr
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYRzbBqpjK
Smitty shut the door. As soon as he did there was a tap on his living room window. And then one came from the window in the kitchen. He shuffled as quickly as he could to the window, but there was nothing there when he arrived. 798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XjSUf1sSt
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgu30cAgeTb
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqAwo6GqpL
Knowing that he had to do something drastic to scare them off, he went to his closet and pulled out his shotgun. He grabbed the box of shells sitting next to it and loaded them in one-by-one. Then he went and stood in front of the living room window that the rapping was coming from and brandished the weapon. He hoped that the kids would see it and get frightened, but he had no such luck.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDtv3MvrHL
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8kEeT5WRj
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14oey1pOqP
An involuntary jump shook through the old man when he heard the noise from the bathroom. The toilet had flushed. There was someone in the house. Somehow they had gotten in. It was time for him to take serious action.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0HMPI3H1i
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEKrBviT6g
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8Eo7e5gf9
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxZy3EpaZy
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9X6OMD99lp
798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymUXXZsy7U
然後按「加至主畫面」