I Was a Real Spook

IT was the year before AA. The time: Halloween. I was filled with the Halloween spirit and assorted other spirits. We have an old children's tradition out here called trick-or-treat. Perhaps some of you don't know about it. The kids dress up in spook or ghost garbs and go bum the neighbors for candy, cookies and other "goodies" on Halloween. That's the treat. If you don't shell out, they are supposed to turn over your outhouse or soap your windows or throw grandpa down the well or some other harmless little "tricks."