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Linda had moved to England 3 years earlier and was finally getting used to the culture differences, but Halloween was tomorrow and she was already missing the prospect of little trick-or-treaters knocking on her door. No sooner has these thoughts crossed her mind when she heard a knock at the door.
Linda answered the door and recognized a little girl that lived across the street. She had seen this girl quite often, and Linda thought the kid was a little weird. She never seemed to play. She would just stand for hours in front of her house, next to a stroller containing a doll. Just standing there. Never playing. So, Linda was quite surprised to see the girl now standing in front of her door.
"Trick-or-treat," said the girl, who then proceeded to use the back of her arm as a handkerchief.
"Sweetie, Halloween is tomorrow, and you are supposed to dress up. If you dress up an come back tomorrow I'll see if I can't find you a treat, but I don't think most of the other people in the neighborhood celebrate Halloween."
The little girl turned away without saying another word, and pushing the stroller containing her doll, she went to the next house, continuing her misbegotten holiday ritual.
The next morning Linda left her flat and was greeted with a gruesome sight. Lying on her welcome mat was the head of the little girl's doll. A leg from the little girl's doll was lying on top of a neighbor's mailbox. Little doll parts were strewn throughout the neighborhood.
Later that evening Linda heard a knock at the door. With great apprehension Linda answered her door and once again there stood the little girl. She still wore no costume. Her stroller was again at her side -- but now containing her baby brother.
"Trick or treat," said the little girl.
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