|
On Halloween day I had to clean a house for a regular customer. When I got there the house was full of children and Tim, the father of two of them was keeping watch over the herd. The children were getting a little rowdy, so I told them I was really a witch and I like to eat little children. Especially children who were noisy and didn't listen to their parents. "Tim, all these kids are making me hungry!" I called to the harried parent of these demon spawn. "I haven't eaten a child all week, can I have one for a snack? Pleeeease?" Timo, the elder of Tim's children, immediately pointed to a little girl who was visiting. "Take her!" He told me, "She's juicier!" I started laughing and mentioned to Tim that the lessons in chivalry he had paid good money for were definitely making an impact on his son. He just laughed. Now that there were two adults to gang up on the children, Tim started catching up on repairs and odds and ends household chores while I did the cleaning. Every time I heard the kids getting out of line, I would start talking about how tastey children are and how I was hungry enough to eat six of them! For some reason everything would get quiet and peaceful for a while. But I heard whispers from upstairs and couldn't help but wonder what the children were telling each other. At one point in time all the children were gathered in one room downstairs that I had already cleaned, so I took the opportunity to play a joke on them. I gestured to Tim, who had just come into the house to be quiet. Walking into the room I said, "Hey, did you kids know I was in The Wizard of Oz?" The children all turned to look at me in amazement. "Really?" They asked me, their little mouths open with awe. "Yep, sure was, do you know who I was in that movie?" I asked them. No one could guess who I might have been, so I asked them if they wanted a hint, and they all said 'yes' very eagerly. The one thing I love about children is that they love a good mystery and they are so gullible. At this point I might also mention that I can cackle exactly like the wicked witch of the west and many people have remarked on how perfectly I immitate her laugh and voice. I let out a great cackle and said in my best witch's voice, "Now do you know who I am?" The children were awe-struck once again and the boys laughed nervously while the little girl just stared at me with huge eyes. I left the room to continue cleaning, and Tim, who had been outside listening, could barely keep from laughing out loud. We had them now! Later the little girl went to Tim while I was upstairs and said with an urgent fear in her voice, "Do you know who that lady is? She's the wicked witch of the west!" Tim just asked her how she knew while keeping a straight face through much effort. After the little girl told him what had happened, he said he had wondered what the strange laughter had been all about. He told her he wasn't surprised because he had always thought there was something different about me. When I was leaving I told the kids that I would probably be out flying around that night, so if they saw a witch fly across the moon it was just me. I added that due to the cold weather I might be wearing a snow suit. One little boy tried to tell me that witches didn't wear snowsuits. I told him that since we can cast spells and do magic we can wear anything we want! In the minds of a few small children the traditional image of a witch has been altered forever! It now includes snow suits. Happy Halloween!
Please remember to sign my Guestbook 
|
