Entry for Susanna Leonard Hill’s 2024 Halloweensie Contest
Contest: write a 100 word Halloween story appropriate for children (children here defined as 12 and under) (title not included in word count) using the words tiptoe, goblin, and chill.
WHERE THE WIND BLOWS
By Daniella Kaufman
Word Count: 99
On Halloween, when darkness falls
and clouds eclipse the moon’s faint light,
the wind sweeps in, a ghostly whisper,
guiding creatures through the night.
It stirs a chilly breath of air,
so branches bend to point the way
and fall leaves tiptoe down the street—
“Come follow us!” they seem to say.
A gust swoops down a winding path
to flicker pumpkins’ eerie glow.
The fairies gasp! The goblins shriek!
But follow where the breezes blow.
It shakes a door, which opens wide
to welcome trick-or-treating cheers!
The wind then whistles with delight,
wanes to a wisp, and disappears.
Daniella Kaufman 