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[♪♪]

"Suddenly, the steeple clock struck midnight.

As the children watched the bright bonfire,

three creatures seemed to jump out of the flickering flames.

The children shivered as if a cold wind had passed over them.

There was a gremlin, a goblin and a jack-o'-lantern.

See the jack-o'-lantern?

Jack-o'-lantern. That's right.

And there's the goblin and the gremlin.

They cute?

Gremlin.

Now, you lie down and I'll finish the story.

Now, you shut your eyes.

That's a good girl.

"'I knew we shouldn't have told

all those Halloween stories,' Janie wailed.

'Now those creatures have come to haunt us.'

Suddenly, Billy, who was the bravest of all the children,

jumped up and threw sand on the fire,

and the creatures disappeared."

[WHISPERING] Sam! Shhh.

"But later, when the children were safe in their cozy beds,

nobody was quite sure

if he had seen the gremlin, the goblin

and the jack-o'-lantern,

or whether he had just imagined them."

Sound asleep.

All it took was a little bedtime story.

Do you think it's a good idea reading to Tabatha

about goblins and creatures?

Oh, sweetheart, don't be silly.

She loved it.

Sam.

Maybe she loved it too much.

Now, darling, we agreed that Tabatha was gonna have

a normal, mortal Halloween,

just like any other child in the neighborhood, didn't we?

That's right. Well, so I just read her

an ordinary little mortal Halloween story.

There's no harm.

And tomorrow night, her ordinary Daddy and her--

Ordinary mommy are gonna take her trick-or-treating.

Cute, huh? Hey, yeah.

[CHUCKLING]

It'll be her first time.

Mine, too.

Oh, Mother would have a fit.

Uh, speaking of your mother, uh, where is she?

Oh, she flew to the south of France.

She's hiding out 'til Halloween blows over.

Whew. Well, that makes it official.

A normal, mortal Halloween.

♪ Ring around the rosy ♪

♪ Pocketful of posy ♪

♪ Ashes, all fall down! ♪

♪ Ring around the rosy ♪

♪ Pocketful of posy ♪

♪ Ashes, all fall down! ♪

[LAUGHS]

[♪♪]

[♪♪]

Oh, I wonder what she's got in those sacks.

Gladys, get away from the window. Why?

Because, maybe somebody will throw a rock at you.

Who would want to throw a rock at me?

Me, if you don't get away from the window.

Your Uncle Abner thinks he's being funny.

Funny is better than crazy.

Wanna hold that?

Hold still, sweetness.

I'm not a sweetness.

And I wanna go out and play.

Abner, did you hear what I said?

No.

You know, she shouldn't be allowed out today.

They say their powers increase on Halloween.

This is a stupid costume.

Oh, no, it isn't, sweetness. It's adorable.

Oh, I wish I had the nerve

to take you over to Mrs. Stephens

and ask her if it looks real.

How would she know? Is she a witch or something?

You see? Tommy has my intuition.

I hope not. Why?

Because one crazy person in the family is enough.

I don't wanna be a jack-o'-lantern.

I wanna be a monster.

For that you don't need a costume.

[BABBLING]

Honey, I'm sorry about Larry spoiling our trick-or-treating,

but I just couldn't help it.

Well, that's all right, dearest.

We all know business is business.

Daddy coming?

DARRIN: No, Daddy has to stay home

and wait for Aunt Louise and Uncle Larry.

[CHUCKLES] Uh, remember,

just ordinary trick-or-treating. No, uh...

[GASPS] Darrin, I am shocked.

On Halloween?

This is amateur night.

Come on.

Have a good time. Get lots of goodies.

Bye-bye.

Say bye-bye to Daddy. Bye, Daddy.

Bye-bye.

Oh. My goodness.

Well, who are you?

My friends.

Well, your friends are pretty scary, sweetheart.

[LAUGHS]

If I didn't know you were a goblin,

I would say you were little Billy Watkins.

No?

Well, whoever you are, would you like

to go trick-or-treating with Tabatha?

Okay. Let's go.

I wanna go over there first.

Oh, no, sweetness.

We're not going anywhere near them tonight.

I wanna go play with them.

Don't argue with Aunt Gladys, sweetness.

There. One, two,

three, and four.

How's that? Oh, my.

What do you say? Thank you.

You're very welcome, I'm sure.

Come on, sweetheart.

Come on.

[TABATHA CHATTERING]

SAMANTHA: Come along, kids.

Thank you, Mrs. Robinson.

[GASPS]

Good night, and good hunting, children.

Tabatha, no!

No, you mustn't do that.

They did it.

Now, none of that, missy.

If you don't behave yourself,

I'm gonna have to take you home.

Let's go, kids.

Here. Now, scat!

I thought I told you kids to beat it!

What the--

How-- How did you do that?

Lady, that'll be just about enough.

I'm terribly sorry, sir. Here's your candy.

You can have the candy.

Just get 'em out of here!

Now, you children go on.

Tabatha has to go home.

She's not gonna trick-or-treat anymore tonight.

Go on!

Listen here, young lady. I've gotta get you home

before you psyche out the entire neighborhood.

Oh, Tabatha, I am surprised at you.

After I warned you not to do any tricks.

Not me, Mommy, my friends.

Well, that just makes it worse.

Blaming it on other people.

All right, young lady.

You're going straight to bed.

Tabatha... who-- who are those children?

My friends from the book.

Oh, my stars!

Goblins and gremlins When I look

You'll be off the street And back in the book

[GASPS]

Oh!

Tabatha, can you get them back?

Funny Mommy.

Funny Mommy, naughty Tabatha.

[LAUGHS] All right.

I'll be back in just a minute with your friends.

DARRIN: Sam and Tabatha are out trick-or-treating.

They'll be back any minute.

Come on in the kitchen, I'll fix you a drink.

Ohh.

[KIDS YELLING]

Tommy!

Tommy! Sweetness!

Wait for Aunt Gladys.

[SIGHS]

TOMMY: Hey, he looks just like me.

Don't give me away.

We'll play a trick on Aunt Gladys.

Boy, will she be surprised.

You mustn't run away from Aunt Gladys like that.

We're trick-or-treating together.

Come on.

My heavens. More trick-or-treaters.

We've certainly been busy tonight.

Haven't you been here before?

Answer the lady, sweetness.

[CHUCKLES] Tommy's so shy.

Well, come right on in, Tommy.

I've got a fresh chocolate cream pie

that's just about ready.

Come on. Wonderful.

Shhh. Don't give me away.

Okay.

Okay, spooks, come on.

Come on, the fun's over.

Come out of there. Hurry up.

I'm not sure how to get you back where you belong yet,

but I can sure keep you out of the way

until I figure it out. Hmmm.

I have never been so disgraced in all my life!

You are going straight home and you are going straight to bed!

I swear I don't know what's happening

with children today.

All right now, Tabatha.

You be a good little girl

and put them back in the book.

[LAUGHS]

If you put them back,

I'll let you play with them tomorrow.

Play now.

Tabatha, you're just being stubborn and willful.

DARRIN: Is that you, honey?

Daddy.

I'll be right down!

DARRIN: Oh, that's okay, sweetheart, we'll come on up.

I want Larry and Louise to see how cute

Tabatha looks in her costume.

All right, now, you spooks... you behave yourself.

Oh, Tabatha, you rea--

I'm no spook.

Where did you come from?

What I don't understand is how I got here.

Uh. Well, uh...

If-- If you're here... then the other one is--

Ohhh!

I want to get out of here.

That makes two of us.

I want my Aunt Gladys.

By the long arm of disaster,

you don't mean the Aunt Gladys Kravitz

that lives across the street?

I sure do.

Terrific.

LOUISE: Hi, Samantha.

Ah, hi, Sam. Ha, ha, ha.

Oh, happy Halloween.

Oh, he'll celebrate anything.

Did you have fun, sweetheart?

Oh, uh, who do we have here?

Well, this is little Tommy from across the street,

and those two are...

from out of this... neighborhood.

Aren't they cute?

Adorable.

And Tabatha looks just like a tiger. Arr!

Sam made the costume herself.

And, uh... who made your costume?

Aren't they cute?

I wanna go home! Oh, well, yes, dear.

I'll-- I'll call your Aunt Gladys in just a minute.

Now, sweetheart, say goodnight to Aunt Louise and Uncle Larry,

and kiss Daddy goodnight.

Good night, Tabatha. Aren't they cute?

Night, night, Tabatha.

And how much would you charge to haunt a house, hm?

Sam.

Sam, what's going on? What are those... things?

Well, they're-- Ooh!

[GASPS] Sam?

It would take forever to explain, sweetheart.

But, uh, I'll straighten everything out.

Y-y-you go and take care of Larry and Louise.

Did Tabatha...? Yes.

Can't you...? No.

No, it's wish craft. She wished them into being

and she's the only one that can wish them back in the book.

DARRIN: Great. You scoot. Go on.

Yeah. Yes.

Oh, Tabatha.

How could a nice little witch like you

get me into a great big mess like this?

Mm! All right, now, come on.

All of you. Come on, come on. Hurry up. Hurry up.

March.

Oh!

Tommy, you take that mask off right now.

You just wait 'til I tell your mother about this.

You just wait.

[GASPS]

[SCREAMS]

Abner! Come quick!

Abner! Abner!

Abner!

Something terrible's happened!

Tommy lost his head!

Why not? His Aunt Gladys has lost her mind.

How can you eat at a time like this?

I'm hungry.

Hello. Uh, Mrs. Kravitz?

This is Mrs. Stephens.

I was wondering, did you and Tommy

get home all right from trick-or-treating?

What have you done to my Tommy?

Well, I-- I don't know what you mean, Mrs. Kravitz.

I certainly didn't have anything to do with it.

This time you've gone too far.

If my Tommy isn't back to normal immediately,

I'll call the authorities.

Humph.

Tommy-- [GASPS]

Tommy!

Abner! Abner, he's gone!

Tommy's gone! She's got him!

ABNER: Good, I hope she keeps him.

I don't know whether you understand this or not,

but you take one step out of this kitchen

and you'll wish you hadn't.

Well... everything's under control.

Uh, Mrs. Kravitz is coming over to pick up Tommy,

and I guess I'll just have to get the other children home.

There you are, Larry. Thanks.

Dinner ought to be ready, um, pretty soon.

I'm not a spook.

I'm just a little kid.

I wanna go home!

I'm just a little kid.

Where is he? Where is he?

What have you done with him?

Uh, calm down, Mrs. Kravitz.

Tommy! Tommy!

Tommy, it's all right! It's all right.

It's your Auntie Gladys.

Where have you put him?

Uh, you know our neighbor, Mrs. Kravitz.

Sometimes on Halloween, she, uh... gets fits.

I don't know if the rest of you are peculiar too,

but this woman has stolen my nephew.

A-a-and if I don't find him,

she's gonna turn him into a frog or something.

"Fits" is putting it mildly.

Would you care for a drink, Mrs. Kravitz?

No, thank you. I just want Tommy.

Oh, now, Mrs. Kravitz, there's nothing to worry about.

Uh, Tommy's in the kitchen.

He was wearing the same costume as one of the other children

and he got mixed up and came here by mistake.

That's all there is to it.

In the kitchen. In the kitchen?

In the kitchen.

Tommy! Where-- Where are you?

[BLEATING] Aunt Gladys. Help.

Oh! Tommy.

Tommy! Tommy, darling.

What have they done to you? They turned you into a goat.

That's my nephew!

Marvelous.

Get away from him.

Shoo! Shoo!

Please, Mrs.-- Uh, uh...

Oh... Oh!

LOUISE: Larry. Larry! Oh.

Oh, honey!

Oh!

Come back here!

I tell you, she turned my nephew into a goat.

Right in the kitchen. And he won't come out.

Oh, what'll I tell my sister?

You say there's a goat in there?

There.

[GOAT BLEATS]

That's a goat, all right.

Oh, Tommy.

Tommy, come home.

I want Abner to see this.

He's a cute little kid.

Tell 'em. Tell 'em. This time I have a witness.

Now Abner will believe me.

She's right. There's a goat in the kitchen.

Don't worry, Tommy.

You won't remember a thing.

Okay, come on.

Hi, Aunt Gladys.

[GASPS] Ah!

Tabatha, now, please listen.

I know what a wonderful feeling it is

to be part of the magical life.

But you're just gonna have to try and understand

that we're living in a world that--

Well, it isn't quite ready for us yet.

I'm afraid they may never be.

I'm gonna have to be very firm with you

and insist that you wish your friends back into this book.

It's very important to Daddy.

Daddy?

Yes.

Gremlin home.

Goblin home.

They're home.

Aw, that's a good girl.

Yes.

Tommy... sweetness, tell them you were a goat,

with horns and whiskers.

Huh?

Tell them there was a goat!

I didn't see any goat. But you said--

I was just trying to be polite.

Well, I-- I sent the other children home.

I guess I'd better get started with dinner.

I wanna go home!

Yes, Tommy. Let's go home.

And I'll have some of my medicine.

Hey, there's that little jack-o'-lantern kid again.

And I think you've had enough of your medicine.

[♪♪]

There's nothing like a nice, normal, quiet,

mortal Halloween.

Oh, honey, I'm sorry.

Well, at least Louise is happy.

Larry's on the wagon.

Look at this.

There's a grizzly bear loose in this house.

Uh, wait a minute. Uh-huh.

Not quite.

Oh.. Phew.

Oh, no, no. Let her keep it.

At least it's a step in the right direction.

[GROWLS]

[LAUGHS]

[♪♪]