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Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. This is

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Speaker 1: another Halloween story for you to enjoy. In this story,

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Speaker 1: a little girl named Booby is scared about going out

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Speaker 1: trick or treating on Halloween. She worries about ghosts, witches,

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Speaker 1: were wolves, and everything else. She finally decides to dress

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Speaker 1: up in her costume and try to go out. When

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Speaker 1: something happens and she feels so much better. She goes

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Speaker 1: out trick or treating and tries her best to fill

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Speaker 1: her Halloween pumpkin to the top. Booby Scary Halloween by

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Speaker 1: Cam Draper, illustrated by Linn Draper. A spooky black cat

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Speaker 1: sat in the shade beneath the old oak tree across

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Speaker 1: the lawn. It was a crisp autumn day, filled with

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Speaker 1: radiant sunshine. Clouds calmly drifted across the sea blue sky,

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Speaker 1: and every now and then a gentle breeze lifted orange,

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Speaker 1: yellow and brown tinted leaves up and around, swirling, twirling,

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Speaker 1: and whistling them down around the cobblestone street. The air

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Speaker 1: was crisp and fresh. It felt just like it should

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Speaker 1: for Halloween. Hearing from the corner window of a red

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Speaker 1: brick house was a little blonde haired, sparkly blue eyed

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Speaker 1: young lady named Booby. She wore her favorite hot pink

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Speaker 1: unicorn shoes and her golden pigtails bounced back and forth

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Speaker 1: while she watched her two sisters play in the autumn leaves.

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Speaker 1: Ellie dressed in deep purple raked leaves, while Kaylee, with

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Speaker 1: a silly side pony, rustled and bustled about the swing set,

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Speaker 1: screeched and creaked as the eerie looking black cat lurked

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Speaker 1: close by. And why not? It was Halloween, after all,

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Speaker 1: It's supposed to be spooky, kooky, and a little bit scary.

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Speaker 1: Booby pondered a bit and wasn't so sure if she

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Speaker 1: could go parading through the dark, gloomy streets this Halloween night.

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Speaker 1: What if there were hordes of ghosts and goblins that

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Speaker 1: swarmed through the night, screeching and screaming at the pale moon.

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Speaker 1: Or what if the wicked witch flew through the dark

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Speaker 1: sky on a broomstick to snatch up little Booby and

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Speaker 1: whisk her away, Or perhaps a frightening werewolf would chase

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Speaker 1: her down and gobble her up. Booby felt her knees

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Speaker 1: jitter and twitter just thinking of all these crazy odd critters.

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Speaker 1: Booby couldn't go, She absolutely wouldn't go, But then again,

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Speaker 1: she certainly had to go. How else would she fill

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Speaker 1: her plump orange pumpkin with delightfully delicious Halloween treats? Chocolates, caramels, bubblegum,

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Speaker 1: lollypops and candy corn oodles and oodles of sugar coated

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Speaker 1: goodies she would pour right down her gullet faster than

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Speaker 1: a bullet. Little Booby's mouth watered as she licked her

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Speaker 1: lips and shook her hips. She could all rend eddie

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Speaker 1: taste the sweet, heavenly treats. How could she possibly miss

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Speaker 1: this marvelous night, even if it was full of fright?

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Speaker 1: Booby sat back and sighed, and she just wanted to cry.

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Speaker 1: What would, could, or should she do? Out of the

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Speaker 1: corner of her eye, Booby noticed the malevolent looking black

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Speaker 1: cat prowling across the fence toward Ellie and Cayley. Could

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Speaker 1: this possibly be the wicked Witch's spooky black cat? Was

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Speaker 1: it coming to gobble up her sisters? It all seemed

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Speaker 1: so bleak. As Booby shyly peeked through the window, the

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Speaker 1: shabby feline crept closer to her sisters, appearing as if

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Speaker 1: it was ready to attack. With its back arched, the

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Speaker 1: cat's mangy black fur stood up like sharp, jagged spikes.

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Speaker 1: The cat's piercing green eyes stared right at Booby and

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Speaker 1: then glared back at her sisters. It licked its fangs

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Speaker 1: like it was going to scarf them down. Booby froze

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Speaker 1: solid like a statue, shivering and quivering in her pink

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Speaker 1: unicorn shoes. What should she do? Frantically, Booby bolted down

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Speaker 1: As Booby ran towards her sisters, she stumbled, then bumbled,

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Speaker 1: raked pile of leaves. It was a total disaster. Leaves

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Speaker 1: swirled and twirled about. Oh no, Booby, screamed Ellie and

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Speaker 1: Cayley in Unison. You've demolished our magnificent mound of leaves.

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Speaker 1: There was nothing left of the pile except for the

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Speaker 1: leaves that covered poor little Booby. After all the commotion,

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Speaker 1: the villainous black cat had suddenly disappeared. As the girls

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Speaker 1: ran inside the house, Mama Kay was prepping for the

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Speaker 1: night's festivities, decorating and adorning the home with Halloween ornaments,

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Speaker 1: baked goodies, and pumpkin shaped bowls were heaped with gobs

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Speaker 1: and globs of scrump his candies. The smell of fresh

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Speaker 1: cookies filled every nook and cranny of the house. Even

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Speaker 1: the scary hairy spiders came out from the dim lit

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Speaker 1: corners to catch a scent of Mamakay's cooking and perhaps

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Speaker 1: flung open wide as they inspected the tasty treats cookies

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Speaker 1: and caramel covered apples. How about a magical monster cookie,

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Speaker 1: Mamachay asked. Ellie and Kayley scrambled to grab a marvelous,

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Speaker 1: mouth watering cookie, chomping away bite after bite. The girls

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Speaker 1: Booby cowered in the corner. She was full of fret

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Speaker 1: and frown. The mere thought of vampires, ghosts, goblins, and

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Speaker 1: most of all, that dreadful black cat scared the daylights

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Speaker 1: bite her nose. Mama Kay saw Booby whimpering and said, why, Booby,

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Speaker 1: don't you want a cookie too? I'm fearful of all

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Speaker 1: the witches and werewolf's Mama Kay, what if they want

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Speaker 1: to eat me in my sissy's hole. Mama Kay smiled

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Speaker 1: and said with glee, there's nothing to fear, my little dear.

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Speaker 1: It's Halloween night, a super duper time to shine so bright,

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Speaker 1: a night to celebrate and dress up as your hero,

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Speaker 1: A knight to stuff your tummy with butterscotches and bubblegum too,

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Speaker 1: packing your pumpkin with mounds and pounds of candies galore.

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Speaker 1: Aren't you excited for all the sweet treats? Booby wasn't

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Speaker 1: so sure. It was time to carve the giant orange

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Speaker 1: pumpkin into a glowing jack o' lantern. Booby hoped this

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Speaker 1: would protect and ward off the villainous creatures of this dark,

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Speaker 1: scary night, especially those that attempted to trick or treat

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Speaker 1: at her house. Mamma Kay held the carving knife and

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Speaker 1: sliced and diced away. The three girls dug deep down

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Speaker 1: into the pumpkin as the innerds oozed through their fingers

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Speaker 1: like squishy orange slime. Slipping and sliding around. They all

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Speaker 1: slop and seeds aside too. Mama Kay added one last

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Speaker 1: tweak and twists to the pumpkins jagged tooth. Then the

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Speaker 1: jack o' lantern was finally complete. As the sun began

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Speaker 1: to sink ever so low and the street lights began

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Speaker 1: to glow, Booby still wasn't so sure what to do.

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Speaker 1: She still didn't know what costume to wear, so she

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Speaker 1: dashed to her room. Rapidly. Rummaging through her toy box,

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Speaker 1: Booby threw stuffed animals this way, dolls that way, and

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Speaker 1: books every which way. Should she go as a magical

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Speaker 1: unicorn dazzled with glittering rainbows of majestic colors? Or should

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Speaker 1: she dress up as a cheetah cat with fangs of

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Speaker 1: oh wait, oh my, here it is, Booby thought to herself.

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Speaker 1: She knew exactly what she would be the most brilliant

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Speaker 1: costume of all. The costume had big, flappy green wings,

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Speaker 1: long gnarly claws, and razor sharp teeth. She could fly

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Speaker 1: high in the sky. Swooping, swirling and dive bombing. Booby

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Speaker 1: could and would chase those pesky goats and eerie bats

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Speaker 1: far far away. She would surely scare all the ferocious creatures,

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Speaker 1: especially that mangy black cat. Booby would go as a

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Speaker 1: dinosaur bird. It's what she always wanted to be. Mighty,

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Speaker 1: mighty and brave she would be. As she slid into

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Speaker 1: her bright green dinosaur suit, Booby felt someone or something

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Speaker 1: was watching her. It was a mysterious feeling. A scratching

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Speaker 1: noise echoed through the walls of her room, scratch scratch,

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Speaker 1: scratch scratch. A cold chill filled the air. Oh my gosh,

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Speaker 1: what could it be. Booby's eyes searched and explored the

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Speaker 1: far and wide. All of a sudden, there it was.

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Speaker 1: Booby froze solid. She couldn't move or groove. She couldn't

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Speaker 1: run or hide. The creature was peering into her room

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Speaker 1: from an open window. Evil green eye stared right at Booby.

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Speaker 1: Once again, it was the black cat. Oh no. A

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Speaker 1: cold chill crept up Booby's legs, all the way up

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Speaker 1: her neck, into her hair, down her nose, and all

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Speaker 1: The ferocious cat was lunging through the window, heading straight

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Speaker 1: towards Booby. Its tail swayed back and forth, up and down,

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Speaker 1: as if it was taunting the little dinosaur beard. The

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Speaker 1: cat licked its white fangs like a vampire. Booby squeezed

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Speaker 1: her eyes shut and took a deep breath. Was this

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Speaker 1: it for her? The final straw and curtain call? Would

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Speaker 1: she ever get to fill her pumpkin with her favorite

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Speaker 1: chocolate and pink bubblegum? Wait a second? What was that

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Speaker 1: she felt on her leg? The eerie feeling in the

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Speaker 1: room suddenly disappeared. In fact, it felt warm like the

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Speaker 1: sun and soft like a fluffy cloud. And what was

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Speaker 1: that sound? Was it a purring noise from the doorway.

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Speaker 1: Booby heard both Ellie and Kaylee say, Booby, where did

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Speaker 1: you find that cuddly kitty? What a sweet first trick

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Speaker 1: or treat. Booby slowly opened her eyes and glanced down

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Speaker 1: to see the evil black cat. But the cat didn't

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Speaker 1: appear to be evil anymore. Booby was stunned. The cat

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Speaker 1: was purring and stirring all around. It appeared that Booby

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Speaker 1: had made a new friend, and most of all, she

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Speaker 1: didn't feel scared anymore. She was ready to take on

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Speaker 1: Halloween Night without the least bit of fright. The three

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Speaker 1: sisters dashed out of the front door into the crisp

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Speaker 1: autumn night, with the moon shining ever so bright. All

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Speaker 1: the hoots and the howls couldn't scare Booby. Now it

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Speaker 1: was Halloween night, and she was determined to fill her

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Speaker 1: pumpkin full and tight. All of the scary ghosts and

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Speaker 1: goblins and all the werewolfs and witches wouldn't be able

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Speaker 1: to give Booby a scare, not even on a dare.

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Speaker 1: And that's the end of our story. Good Night, sleep Tight.