When Coffins Come Alive

This Halloween had been super productive and I had enough candy to last this ten year old boy for a few good weeks. My buddies and I had covered every house in our neighborhood and now we were breaking up to head home. As they disappeared into the darkness, I started for home. It’s funny that it doesn’t seem near as dark or spooky when you are with a crowd of other guys, but now the night had turned dark and dangerous. I wanted to be home as soon as I could and that meant taking the short cut behind Creamer’s Funeral Home. The dark alley split the funeral home and the community cemetery and I set out as quick as I could to get through this tortuous passage.

There by the back door of Creamers laid an old weather beaten coffin. I guess that they were putting it out for the garbage pick guy. Even though I thought that in my head, I couldn’t get it to stick in my heart. The vivid imagination of a ten year old boy high on Halloween candy came alive. If I only had my Daisy Red Rider BB gun, I’d be safe.  Easing to the left side of the alley, I walked as far away from the coffin as I could. I wouldn’t even look at the coffin lying beside the funeral home door.

Suddenly, the old coffin thumped and I jumped! At this point there was not a curious bone in my body and I hit the ground running only to hear the coffin dragging along behind me. The sound of a deep moaning kept coming out from inside the coffin. I knew that I could run faster without the huge bag of candy, but you know I’m a kid and he might get me, but he ain’t getting my candy. Around corners I would cut, but the coffin was gaining on me. Out of breath and up to a dead end, I just fell to the ground. The coffin was now over me and the slowly the lid began to open. What was I going to do? How could I be saved? I was going to be eaten by the old coffin. Yipes!!!

Then it occurred to me, I reached in my pocket and pulled out a Ludens Cough Drop and popped it in my mouth. It was the only way that I knew how to stop the Coffin!! Have a great weekend!!!

© Joey Hancock 2009