4. The Rules of Halloween

4 The Rules of Halloween We followed Michael's map until we came to the first house on Maple Street. We all ran up the front steps. Alexia rang the doorbell. A bald guy opened the door. "Oob!" we all shouted. "Oob?" the bald guy said. "Don't you mean boo?"

"'Oob' is 'boo' backward I told him. Saying stuff backward is cool.* "Treat or trick!" yelled Ryan. "I guess you mean trick or treat," the bald guy said. "Well, what's the trick?" We all looked at each other. Nobody knew any tricks. It had never come up before. People always gave us candy, no questions asked. Maybe this guy just came to America a few days ago, and he didn't know how Halloween worked yet. "You're supposed to give us candy," I explained to the guy. "Then we leave." "What if I don't have any candy?" the guy asked. "You're supposed to play a trick on me." "We don't have any tricks," Neil told him. "Well, I don't have any candy," the guy replied.

"How can you not have candy?" asked Alexia. "It's Halloween." "Yeah, don't you know the rules of Halloween mister?" I asked "I ate all my candy yesterday," the guy told us "I have a sweet tooth , and I couldn't resist." Some people just don't get Halloween. I bet that guy had plenty of candy, but he just wanted to give us a hard time. I'm not sure I would want his candy anyway. We got out of there fast. That guy was weird.