{"product_id":"2940013343252","title":"HALLOWEEN AT MERRYVALE","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          CHAPTER                                PAGE\u003cbr\u003e             I. GETTING READY FOR THE PARTY        9\u003cbr\u003e            II. THE FUN BEGINS                    15\u003cbr\u003e           III. THE SWINGING APPLES               24\u003cbr\u003e            IV. THE CANDY PULL                    29\u003cbr\u003e             V. THE WITCH TELLS FORTUNES          35\u003cbr\u003e            VI. BLOWING OUT THE CANDLES           44\u003cbr\u003e           VII. THE SEARCH FOR THE SILVER COIN    49\u003cbr\u003e          VIII. THE WONDERFUL PIE                 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHALLOWE'EN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAT MERRYVALE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGETTING READY FOR THE PARTY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What's Hallowe'en mean, Father?\" asked Thomas Brown as the family was\u003cbr\u003eseated at breakfast one morning late in October.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It means the evening before All Saints Day,\" answered Father Brown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Do you remember what fun we had last year, Chuck?\" remarked Toad, for\u003cbr\u003eThomas was called \"Toad\" by his friends, and Charley was known as\u003cbr\u003e\"Chuck.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I should say I do,\" he answered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Browns had always lived in the town of Merryvale in a large, white\u003cbr\u003ehouse, set far back from the street, and not far away was the home of\u003cbr\u003eToad's best friend Reddy and his brother Frank nick-named \"Fat.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We had great fun when I was a boy,\" resumed Father Brown, \"for my\u003cbr\u003ebirthday anniversary falls on Hallowe'en and your grandmother would\u003cbr\u003ealways have me invite the boys in the neighborhood to a party on that\u003cbr\u003enight.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Oh, I wish mine weren't two days later or I might have a party too,\"\u003cbr\u003esighed Toad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There's no reason, Thomas,\" said his mother, with a smile, \"why you\u003cbr\u003ecan't celebrate your birthday on Hallowe'en, if you'd like to.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Oh, Mother, that's fine,\" cried Toad, jumping up from the table and\u003cbr\u003erunning around to his mother's place to give her a hearty hug. \"You\u003cbr\u003ealways make things right,\" he added.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We'd better ask all the fellows in school today,\" suggested Chuck, \"for\u003cbr\u003eSaturday is Hallowe'en.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073724104944,"sku":"2940013343252","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013343252_p0.jpg?v=1763579600","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013343252","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}