Ghost Party Invitation:

We've had a message from a ghost
Who says he'd like to be our host
On Saturday that's Hallowe'en.
He says the spooks will lay a trail
That we're to follow - if we fail
Never more shall we be seen.
We'll meet at at _____

Ghost Party Game:

When all have gathered, perhaps in someone's back yard, announce that the first message is tacked on a tree. When the crowd has found it, they will read at the
top the place where they are to go next, perhaps go to the back of the house at 23 Barrow Street," and underneath write this verse:

Spooks always carry some extra teeth.
They dropped a few just beneath
The biggest tree in the yard.
Who finds the most
May lay the ghost.
So look hard, my friends, look hard!

The spook's teeth are candy corn, a few grains tied together in twists of paper and scattered about by the trail layers within a radius of 20 yards around a designated tree.

And on the tree itself they have placed this message:

There's a reward for the one who brings in the most.
So don't eat your loot, says our ghost host.
Now: Go to the nearest schoolyard"
(or wherever):

In the Northeast corner
You may hear some moans.
Look around there for
Ten sets of bones.

In the school yard the trail blazers will have scattered ten sets of dice (you know, they're often called 'bones') or you could even have saved real bones from fried
chicken, etc.! Lying under one set of bones will be the next message:

Go to the alley behind the nearest grocery store."

What else do witches travel with
Besides their brooms and bats?
If you'll just hunt hard enough
You'll find the eyes of their cats!

The cat's eyes are marbles, which ought to show up well in the flashlight's gleams.

And the next message will be placed under a couple of Cats' eyes."

Go to the hedge by the vacant lot.."
The witches' bats got themselves caught,
Trying to clear the brush.
There are 30 of them there - but beware!
They may fly off in a rush!

The bats are licorice drops, each one tied in a twist of black crepe paper to resemble a body with wings. These are tied on strings and hung from bush branches or if
the hedge or bush border is thick enough, they can just be laid on the bushes.

The next message will also hang from the bushes:

Go to_______________.

The witches are having the glooms.
All on account of their brooms.
They were flying high but had a wreck,
Now they've a chance the remains to collect!

The "remains" are tiny bundles of broom straws (cut from old and no longer usable brooms) perhaps three or four straws in a bundle, tied with a string. Around one
of them the next message is wrapped:

Go to__________________.

The spooks had trouble, Caught their chains in a tree.
Better hurry or they
May finally get free. ~
(Be sure to collect every bit of debris.)

At this spot will be scattered sections of paper chains (yes, the kind you made
in Kindergarten). Attached to one of the chains is the final message:

Now if you all
Will face the east coast
And stand in silence,
YOU MAY MEET YOUR HOST!

When they've collected their chains, and are standing in the silence as ordered, one of you, dressed as a ghost, will come running toward them, moaning and wailing
as ghosts do.
(P. S. Don't scare them to death.)

The ghost, in hollow tones, will say 'Follow me' and lead them back to the spot (someone's back yard or a park) where the open fire is blazing and an appetizing stew (in a big witches kettle) is bubbling and wafting a mighty tasty perfume.

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Assign to each of eight people one of the following characters. Whenever one's character is mentioned in the story, he is supposed to repeat the sounds here given.

The story-teller should pause a moment after the mention of a character in the reading.

At the end of the story, all perform in unison.

1. Sweet Young Thing: "Tee-hee-hee."

2. Strong Young Chap: Sings a bar of "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life."

3. Canary in the Cage: "T w i t t e r. twitter."

4. Cat on the Hearth: "Prrow."

5. Dark and Stormy Night: "Hoo-oo-oo."

6. Dying Dog: "Ki-yi."

7. Cruel Old Father: "Gr-humph."

8. Gray Ghost: "O-o-oh."

Once upon a time a sweet young thing was in love with a strong young chap. But she had a cruel old father who opposed their marriage.

One Hallowe'en night the sweet young thing was sitting in her parlor, with the canary warbling in the cage and the cat dozing on the hearth. It was a dark and stormy night. Hearing a strange noise outside, the sweet young thing went to the door. There in the yard lay a. poor, dying dog.

"Oh," said the sweet young thing, "I will bring him in where it is warm and will give him something to eat."

"No, you don't," growled her cruel, old father, appearing at just that moment. "Let dying dogs lie." And he compelled the sweet young thing to return to the parlor with the canary in ,the cage and the cat on the hearth. Through the chimney she could hear the howl of the wind on this dark and stormy night. Suddenly there came a knock at the door, and the strong young chap entered.

"I have come to take you to marry me," cried the strong young chap.

"Goody-goody," laughed the sweet young thing.

"No, you don't," growled her cruel old father. "You can't marry my daughter. Get out."

And the sweet young thing began to weep. And so did the canary in the cage, and the cat on the hearth, and the dying
dog outside.

"Oh, what shall I do?" cried the sweet young thing. At that instant the lights went out, and down the chimney came the gray ghost.

"I'm going to get you," the gray ghost whispered, Hoating toward the cruel old father.

"Help-oh, don't-" screamed the cruel old father as the gray ghost touched him, and he sat down and behaved himself.

"At last you're mine," the strong young chap cried joyfully.

And then the sweet young thing, and the strong young chap, and the cruel old father, and the canary in the cage, and the cat on the hearth, and the dark and stormy night, and the dying dog, and the gray ghost, all of them together laughed and laughed and laughed.

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