After being the Wicked Witch with the croaky voice for the past decade, Wicked Witch decides to be nice, surprise the Trick-O-Treaters and dress up as the Fair Queen from Never-Never-Land. Queen practices in the mirror and waves her magic wand.
The first visitors to brave the chilly Halloween night are Ladybird (2), Pepsi (4) and Hamburger (6) with the father standing close by. Fairy Queen kneels down and as Ladybird reaches for the very small round spider-eyes a horrible image comes to mind.
“No little Ladybird,” says Fairy Queen “you cannot have these candies, it might cause you to choke!”
Little Ladybird wants the Spider-eyes, pulls her mouth and cries. Lollipops and cheese curls from Pepsi and Hamburger cannot calm her down and she throws a proper tantrum at the feet of the distressed father and embarrassed Fairy Queen.
Next to hold the basket for a treat is the little Witchy-witch who, on her turning around sees rat feasting on a blood-soaked plastic leg. The mother stops her as she wants to put the pièce de résistance into her basket and another weeping Halloweeny leaves the Queen behind.
As the night progresses Fairy Queen greets the now somewhat older children with: “Do you know who I am?”
“The neighbor,” says the boy from next door; “An old fairy?” and the favorite of the night: “The Queen of England” as intellectually guessed by Zombie-girl and her guards.
Fairy Queen has trouble staying in her role and catches her going back to the croaky, witchy voice. The next group of Pirates is caught off guard by the next question: “Why do you ring the bell?” asks Fairy Queen.
Miss Wise (also known as teacher’s pet) rescues her as she whispers: “it is Halloween…”
“H-H-H what?” asks Fairy Queen.
“Hey” says the boy hiding behind his Dracula mask, “do you want to treat us or will we trick you?” as he shows the full egg carton and ends up with a basket full of treats.
After this, Fairy Queen collects the spider webs from the wall, puts the masks, legs and rats into the container and turns off the light.
“Are you going to be the Fairy Queen or the Wicked Witch in 2012?” asks the couple expecting their first child.
“Mary,” says the Witch/Fairy Queen as she takes the tiara out of her hair “and the baby will be cozy dressed as Mary’s Little Lamb…”
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