Page 7 - The Jack O Lantern Scare

The Jack-o-Lantern Scare

I had a hearty hot slice before Tanty warned me

that I should be getting home.

“Come go home now before rain start come and

dark meet yuh,” Tanty said to me. “Yuh mother

should done wuk just now”.

“OK, Tanty,” I replied.

She wrapped up a package with more pudding

for me to take home. I hurried home before it

started to get dark, the Jack-o-lantern still

plaguing my thoughts.

On my way home, I realised that the weather

started to change. It was then I remembered what

Grandma had said about getting home before the

rain started. I got home but Mom wasn’t there as

yet so I went to do my homework.

The radio announcer interrupted the music
playing, “We interrupt regular programming to

bring you an update on weather conditions for

the night.

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