HALLOWEEN!
It was every kid’s dream come true and every parent’s worst nightmare: free candy! And as much as you could stuff into your plastic pumpkin! There was only one goal: get enough candy to last until Easter. Oh, sure, you had Valentine’s Day squeezed in there, but everyone knew Valentine’s Day “candy” was just hard, sugary chalk. And Valentine’s Day was the holiday of the most evil color in the world—pink!
“Safety flashlights?” Captain Awesome asked Nacho Cheese Man as the two heroes stood in front of Eugene’s house going over their final checklist.
“Check.”
“Safety glow sticks?”
“Check.”
“Safety reflective tape?”
“Check.”
“Safety parent?”
Nacho Cheese Man looked over at Captain Awesome’s dad, Ned, who stood at the end of the driveway wearing a shiny gold jumpsuit, fake sideburns, and sunglasses. He kept insisting that the boys call him “Elvis.”
“But just remember, Elvis, you can only have the candies that have coconut in them!” Captain Awesome reminded his dad.
“Ew. Coconut,” Nacho Cheese Man agreed. “They only put coconut in candy so adults have something to eat.”
Nacho Cheese Man was right, for he knew that all coconut candy was the creation of Coco Nut, the evil candymaker who put gross things like coconut and cherries into otherwise perfectly good chocolate, hoping to create the ultimate evil: candy that tasted terrible!
The two heroes grabbed their pillowcases, hopped onto their bikes, and rode off down the street.
At every corner, “Elvis” waited for them, not only to make sure they were safe, but to search their bags for any candy that might contain the dreaded coconut and to eat it all, saving the two heroes from the Coco Nut’s coco-nutty plan.
It was a tough job, but someone had to do it.
