Trick or treat?

It was Halloween and finally time to put on the scary costumes and scare everything that lived and breathed. This year’s mask would make satin himself cringe with horror at its grotesque and vile appearance. He waited until darkness finally arrived just after dinner was done. Mom was at the kitchen sink looking out the window as she did every night washing dishes and softly singing to herself the songs she loved as a young girl. Silently he crept along the outside of the house coming to the kitchen window where he heard his mom singing and the clanking of dishes being washed. He pulled the mask over his face, counted to three and sprung up yelling at the top of his lungs. His mom took one look, one horrified look and fell backward passing out right there on the kitchen floor. He was frozen, couldn’t talk, or move, nothing. It was like slow motion as he saw his dad run into the kitchen taking his moms hand and speaking to her in words he couldn’t make out. Finally, he got the courage up to run into the house. He looked on in disbelief as his dad wept and his mom's lifeless body lay in a heap of bubbles from the sink where it looked like she washed her last dish. He couldn't help himself as he openly cried and cried knowing he had killed his mom, his mom! Just as he was about to call 911 on himself his mom sprung up like a jack in the box, her face was hideous with two black holes for eyes and lips are sewn together like a puppet. She groaned and pointed to him as his dad yelled out a scream as he had never heard. The kid joined in, and the screams filled the house that is until one turned to laughter. Not being able to take any more of this his mom took off the mask and smiled at her son who was curled in a ball and probably soiled himself more than once. "Well I guess its safe to assume this years best Halloween prank goes to "MOM" They spoke of that night for many years to come but never again did a scary mask appear at the kitchen window where mom washed her dishes and sang songs from her youth, never…. 

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