>I hesitated, then picked the two that had the most interesting wrappers.

“Didn’t your parents ever teach you not to litter?” the man asked.

Not understanding the word ‘litter’, I bluffed by nodding my head.

“Where are they anyway?” the man said.

“Who?”

“Your parents.”

“Daddy’s gone, and Momma’s at home,” I said.

“Your mother let you go trick or treating by yourself?” the man said with an edge in his voice.

Sensing that I had done something wrong, I said, “I gotta go.”

Then I ran across the street and hid...

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