An old woman, tired of kids knocking at her door during the Halloween season for "trick or treat, designed a plan to stop them.
She had dealt with about a thousand kids for that night. She needed to take her rest. When the doorbell rang again she refused to answer hoping this would deter them. It didn't. So she placed a mannequin in the living room. Her daughter who was a school teacher has used this as a prop in a school skit. The doorbell was screaming this time. She opened it and welcomed two kids with a smile. "Trick or treat?" asked the kids. "Trick, replied the old woman.
"Oh, I mean treat corrected the woman. She directed the kids to the living room. They got their treat by darting out of the house screaming. Since that year no one knocked on the old woman's home on Halloween's night.
She had dealt with about a thousand kids for that night. She needed to take her rest. When the doorbell rang again she refused to answer hoping this would deter them. It didn't. So she placed a mannequin in the living room. Her daughter who was a school teacher has used this as a prop in a school skit. The doorbell was screaming this time. She opened it and welcomed two kids with a smile. "Trick or treat?" asked the kids. "Trick, replied the old woman.
"Oh, I mean treat corrected the woman. She directed the kids to the living room. They got their treat by darting out of the house screaming. Since that year no one knocked on the old woman's home on Halloween's night.