A Charlie Brown Halloween

It was Halloween. And Marcie was walking with a basket of apples. Marcie was dressed as Igor. She arrived at Peppermint Patty's door, and knocked on it. Peppermint Patty answered it. She was dressed as a professor.

"Ah, Igor Marcie! What a wonderful surprise!" Peppermint Patty said.

"I've brought the apples." Said Marcie.

"How many apples did you bring, Igor Marcie?" asked Peppermint Patty.

"Just enough for the guests to bob for." Marcie answered.

Marcie walked into Peppermint Patty's house, and placed the apple basket onto the bench.

"You count all the apples, and I'll get a pool to put them in." Peppermint Patty told her bespectacled friend.

"Anything you say, Sir." Replied Marcie.

"Ahem!" Peppermint Patty cleared her throat.

"I mean.... Profess Sir." Marcie corrected herself.

"That's more like it."

Over at the Van Pelt residence, Linus, like he does every Halloween, was writing a letter.

He wrote:

Dearest Great Pumpkin.....

But his writing was soon interrupted by Lucy, who walked in.

"Good grief!" groaned Lucy. "My stupid brother writing to the Great Pumpkin again?"

"Don't you understand, Lucy?" smiled Linus. "Every Halloween night, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the Pumpkin Patch with his bag of toys for all the children around the world."

"Come on, Linus!" huffed Lucy. "I want you to stop believing in this Great Pumpkin!"

"The day that'll happen is the day you stop believing in the man who wears red, has white facial hair, and laughs Ho, ho, ho!." Linus retorted.

As Linus said this and got back to writing to the Great Pumpkin, the door was heard.

"I'll get it." Lucy said as she walked over to the door, and at the door, much to her anger, was.....

"Oh, good grief!" Lucy sighed. "Linus! It's the girl you're the sweet babboo of!"

"I am NOT Sally's sweet babboo!" Linus called.

"Sally?! I'm talking about Janice!" Lucy retorted.

"Well, bring her in!" Linus called back

Linus got back to writing to the Great Pumpkin while Janice walked in.

"Hello, Linus." Smiled Janice.

"Janice! What a lovely surprise!" Said Linus.

"What are you writing, Linus?" asked Janice.

"I'm writing a letter to the Great Pumpkin." Linus explained.

"Er, what's the Great Pumpkin?" asked Janice.

"A large pumpkin who rises out of the Pumpkin Patch every Halloween with his bag of toys, and delivers toys to fortunate children around the world." Linus explained.

"Delivering toys? Sounds like a man with white facial hair who wears a red suit and delivers toys at Christmas time." Giggled Janice.

"The problem is, Janice," Linus said sadly. "while people believe in that guy, they don't believe in the Great Pumpkin."

Meanwhile, at the Brown residence, Sally was up in her room, deciding what to wear.

"Now, what can I wear tonight?" Sally pondered.