A delightfully spooky Halloween night in Kullerbü
The wind blows the colorful leaves from the trees. And everywhere on the sidewalks and in the gardens there is lots of foliage that rustles wonderfully underfoot. It is autumn in Kullerbü and now a very special night is about to arrive: Halloween! On the street where Paul and his friends live, glowing, hollowed-out pumpkins stand in front of every house. That evening Paul has received a visit from his cousin Kalle and his cousin Kati. The two are a few years older than Paul and tonight they go with him, dressed up, from house to house to collect sweets. Paul’s new neighbor Pauline is also along. 'Phew, you look really scary,' Paul calls at the sight of Pauline, who is standing on the doorstep in her witch costume. 'You're scary too,' laughs Pauline when she sees Paul's vampire costume. Of course Paul's cousins are dressed up as well: Kati turns into a witch that night, Kalle into a vampire. Above all, the make-up took quite a long time, but now the four are ready to go. 'Look after Paul and Pauline well,' Paul’s mom says admonishingly to Kalle and Kati, 'and please stay on our street. Just as we agreed.' The two nod and each grab a little basket for the sweets. Now it can finally begin!
Trick or treat!
First they ring the doorbell at Paul's neighbors, Pauline's parents. "Trick or treat!" the four shout in chorus when the front door opens. "Oh, oh, what scary witches and vampires are standing at the door?!" Pauline's dad calls with a wink. "I'd better fetch the sweets right away!" The first sweet treats land in the little baskets – and when the four reach the middle of the street, one of them is already overflowing. Time to take a short break. While Paul, Kalle, Kati and Pauline are already thinking about how to divide their loot among themselves, they suddenly hear a terrifying sound: "Uuu-aaa, uuu-aaa!" The four flinch in fright and Pauline clings to Kati's arm. "W-w-w-what was that?" Paul also asks, frightened. Then the sound occurs again, even louder and eerier than before.
"Uuu-aaa, uuu-aaa" echoes through the night. "I think the sound is getting closer!" Kati whispers. "What are we going to do now?" Meanwhile everyone feels rather uneasy and they decide to run home quickly. They run as fast as they can in their costumes, but after only a few meters they suddenly hear roaring laughter. Immediately the four stop and look around – and there they already see who had given them such a fright. Behind a tree three small white ghosts appear and hold their bellies from laughing. "Ha, ha, very funny," Paul grumbles. He's a bit annoyed that they've been tricked like that. And of all nights on Halloween! But when the little ghosts come closer and he recognizes his teammates from the football team, his anger quickly disappears. "So, did you get lots of sweets too?" Paul asks. "No, unfortunately not," says one of Paul's football friends, somewhat disappointed. "We rang at several doors, but many people weren't home." Then Paul, Kati, Kalle and Pauline put their heads together and make a very spontaneous and very nice decision: "How about we share the sweets?" Kalle suggests. "We have so much, it's enough for all of us!" The little ghosts are, of course, delighted and they make their way to Paul's house right away. For there Paul's parents have, in the meantime, already prepared everything for a spooky-beautiful Halloween party – with jelly, colorfully decorated muffins and a delicious fruit punch.
