I remembered I was lying in the oak closet, and I heard distinctly the gusty wind, and the driving of the snow; I heard, also, the fir bough repeat its teasing sound, and ascribed it to the right cause: but it annoyed me so much, that I resolved to silence it, if possible; and, [...]

Act IV, Scene 1

A dark Cave. In the middle, a caldron boiling. Thunder. Enter the three Witches.

1 WITCH. Thrice the brinded cat hath mew’d.

2 WITCH. Thrice and once, the hedge-pig whin’d.

3 WITCH. Harpier cries:—’tis time! ’tis time!

1 WITCH. Round about the caldron go;In the poison’d [...]

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.`’Tis some visitor,’ I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -Only this, and nothing more.’

Ah, [...]

Trick or treatSmell my feetGive me something good to eatNot too bigNot too smallJust the size of Montreal

We live in a retirement community. Last year we didn’t get a single kid on our dark street. I still bought some emergency candy yesterday just in case.

I’ve already eaten half of it.