A WORD FROM MALLORY My name is Mallory McDonald like the restaurant but no relation I have a cat named Cheeseburger and a brother named Max I’m in fifth grade and I’m so excited because my favorite time of year is finally here holidays are right around the corner getting candy and having fun with my friends Then it’s Thanksgiving There’s It’s fall which means all of the best First up is Halloween I love dressing up nothing yummier than feasting with my family And Christmas is the most fun of all I love putting up the tree baking cookies going caroling and of course exchanging gifts My only problem now is deciding how I’m going to celebrate Halloween 6
Half of my friends are going to a party at Mary Ann’s house where they’ll eat pizza and watch a scary movie The other half are meeting up at Pamela’s to go trick-or-treating I know I can’t be two places at once but I don’t want to miss out on the party or going trick-or-treating For the last week I’ve been trying to decide what I would rather do I made a pros and cons list I tried flipping a coin I even tried writing the words party and trick-or-treating on note cards and told my cat Cheeseburger to point her paw to the place she thought I should go But I still couldn’t decide Tonight though I realized something important I don’t have to pick one place I can go both places So on Halloween I’m going to go to Mary Ann’s house first have pizza and then skip the movie and go to Pamela’s to trick-or-treat Problem solved Happy Halloween
UN HAPPY HALLOWEEN Dad let’s go I try not to pace in the family room while I wait for Dad But it’s hard not to It’s Halloween which means I have two places to be and no time to waste When Dad and I are finally in the van on the way to Mary Ann’s house I go over the schedule with him again I’ll call you when we’re done eating pizza Then you’re going to pick me up 8
from Mary Ann’s and take me to Pamela’s house so I can trick-or-treat Dad glances at me Are you sure you don’t want to just stay at Mary Ann’s I let out a breath Mom and Dad think that I’m trying to do too much in one night and that I should have picked either Mary Ann’s party or trick-or treating But I really want to do both things Dad please We’ve already talked about this 9
