It was a ADJECTIVE and ADJECTIVE night.
(NUMBER) children were out trick-or-treating when they came across an old house at the end of the street. The rumor in the neighborhood was that (SPOOKY CHARACTER) haunted the house, and the children (EMOTION). One very brave trick-or-treater decided to (ACTION VERB) up to the front door and ring the doorbell. (NOISE) - they heard the noise from inside the house but no one answered. He rang the bell again—(SAME NOISE). Still no answer. Then he realized—the door was open.
He (ACTION VERB) inside, and the door made a loud (PAST TENSE, DIFFERENT NOISE). The house was (ADJECTIVE) and (ADJECTIVE), but the child continued in the house. His friends (VERB, PAST TENSE) away out of fear, but he was sure that there was no such thing as (SAME SPOOKY CHARACTER).
In the living room of the house, there was a big (ITEM OF FURNITURE), on the (SAME ITEM OF FURNITURE) sat a big bowl of candy. (CANDY NAME)! (CANDY NAME!) It was a trick-or-treater’s dream come true! But when he went to take a piece, he heard footsteps in the hallway. Then, he noticed a
shadow. It didn’t look like the shadow of a human, but the shadow of a (CREATURE)!
He (ACTION VERB-PAST TENSE) out of the house, tipping over the bowl, which made a loud (SOUND)! As he turned the corner, he heard the creature yell after him: “Stay away little kid! I’ll (ACTION) you for (MEAL)."
