Halloween!
By Lauren, age 15, California
Or you might be dreading the holiday. It could be the seventh year in a row you've won the same sorceress outfit. Or your family might not celebrate Halloween, leaving you to stare out in envy at the brightly lit houses and roaming trick-or-treaters. And since it falls on a Sunday this year, you might not get an extra day off from school.
One of the fondest memories I have of Halloween was a situation that would have been considered dangerous by anyone else. My best friend was a year older than me, and in middle school. She was terrified of the dark, and had a group of friends who had planned to travel together. I was the only one who remembered a flashlight, and the youngest member in the group of five. We ventured out to a different neighborhood, setting off alerts in my mind as I feverishly tried to remember how to get home. Most of the houses were apartments, so we ran up at least twenty flights of stairs in pursuit of sugary-goodness. Sometimes we were so out of breath when we reached the top that we could hardly say "trick or treat!", and instead launched into a fit of giggles. When I returned home at ten o'clock, I had enough candy to last until Easter.
This year I have the same witch costume I wore all those years ago. Whether or not I'll trick or treat this year is yet to be decided. Passing out candy at lightning speeds is a sport of its own, you know ... and who wants to miss the bee families?
