Trick or Treat?

 

NorthernDaddy neglected to post this one in a timely manner, but he's got a little story from Halloween.

 

The Northerns live on a street that is most definitely not conducive to trick or treating. It's a heavily-travelled road with minimal lighting, and the houses are spaced just a little too far apart. Knowing this, LittleNortherner was informed that the family would be trick-or-treating in some other neighborhood (one of the rich ones with lots of candy).

 

LittleNortherner was concerned about the possibility of some young Halloween reveler stopping by the Northerns' house and not being rewarded with candy. He devised a plan. There would be a bowl of candy left outside on the step. He carefully crafted a sign. It instructed would-be trick-or-treaters to take one piece of candy from the bowl, and asked them to use the honor system so that each visitor might have a piece of candy. He painstakingly placed the bowl and the sign for the optimum presentation to any and all visitors.

 

LittleNortherner led his parents off to complete his rounds of trick-or-treating, secure in the knowledge that any young ghoul or princess that stopped by would be taken care of...

 

...except that NorthernDaddy and Mommy forgot to leave the porch light on. 

 

 

The Northerns returned to a darkened house and a full bowl of candy....