OCTOBER 29: Jack O’Lantern
“I was made by a very fine boy,” said Jack O’Lantern. “I was a little nervous when he was cutting out my nose for fear he’d give me a crooked nose.
“But he didn’t. I have a fine nose, haven’t I?”
“Indeed, your nose is a thing of beauty,” said Billie Brownie.
“And my eyes are nice, eh?” asked Jack O’Lantern.
“There is nothing the matter with your eyes,” grinned Billie Brownie.
“Good,” said Jack O’Lantern.
“And,” he added after a moment, “I do hope you feel like admiring my mouth. It is such a nice big mouth.”
“It is a nice big mouth,” laughed Billie Brownie. “Yes, I think you’re a fine fellow, and I love the head piece of a bit of green stalk you wear at the top of your head. It makes you look quite dashing.
“And I’m sure your candle will shine through beautifully when it is lighted,” Billie Brownie added.
“And then I will go Hallowe’en calling,” said Jack O’Lantern. “What joy that will be!
“Yes, I will go calling on many people, and I will sit on their door-steps all by myself with no one to tell me what to do and no one to tell me how to act.
“For I will know how to act. I will smile at the people and that is why I am glad my mouth is big, for if I hadn’t a big mouth I mightn’t look as though I were smiling. I mightn’t look as though I were grinning my best grin.
“I tell you, Billie Brownie, I’m a cheerful fellow.”