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Practice dictation & shadowing on the daily life story: Halloween (1)
Halloween (1)
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Halloween.
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Ghosts, goblins, witches, princes and princesses, kings, Queens, skeletons.
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So many of these things are walking down my street.
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Oh no, they are coming to my door.
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The doorbell chimes and I slowly open the door.
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There, standing on my front porch, is a little ghost and a cute little witch.
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They hold up a bag and say trick or treat.
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I put candy into their bags and they smile and say thank you.
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Every October 31st is Halloween.
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That is when children dress up as different things.
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Not just funny people, but things like animals or fruits or vegetables.
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They go from door to door and get different candies or little toys from the people in the houses.
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Some children who are not very nice will do naughty things to houses where people are not home, like throwing eggs at their windows.
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I think that is bad.
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Sometimes people decorate their houses for this day.
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Some of the houses can be pretty scary.
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They'll have scary noises coming from a tape recorder too.
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However, it's only for a few days out of the year, so we may as well have fun with it.
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This year my brother is dressing up as a skeleton and I'm dressing up as a bride.
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I am wearing my mom's wedding dress.
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It is fun dressing up in costumes and putting on lots of makeup.
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Sometimes our friends don't even know who we really are.
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The best part of Halloween is the candy, of course.
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I once got an entire garbage bag full of candy.
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My mom and dad took it away because I was eating too much.
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Mom gave me a piece of candy every day though.
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If you eat too much candy, you can get a stomachache.
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You need to remember to brush your teeth often too, so you don't get cavities.
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Still, that candy sure does taste good.
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Well, it's time to go trick or treating.
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So off I go, door to door getting yummy candy and hearing people say, oh, aren't you pretty?