Beware! Beware! Beware!
The haunting time of year!
When chocolate spiders hatch,
Spreading candy fear!
You may think that’s just a costume,
A Halloween disguise
But take a second look:
Count that creature’s eyes!
Don’t think of trick OR treat:
To them it’s all the same!
Weaving caramel webs
Around your window frame…
Lurking in the darkness…
Hiding out of sight…
Then dropping down in front of you
Giving you a FRIGHT!
You yelp and drop your candy;
Sprint off down the street
Those spiders give a cackle
And eat up every treat!
Beware! Beware! Beware!
The chocolate spider scare!
This was written for Susanna Leonard Hill’s Halloween challenge – write a 100 word Halloween story appropriate for children (title not included in the 100 words), using the words costume, dark, and haunt. Your story can be scary, funny or anything in between, poetry or prose, but it will only count for the contest if it includes those 3 words and is 100 words (you can go under, but not over!) Get it? Halloweensie – because it’s not very long and it’s for little people 🙂
http://susannahill.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/the-5th-annual-halloweensie-writing.html
A Certain Point of View 
I would love to see the face of a child to whom this was read!
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Me too… maybe I’ll try it!
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Oooh. You’re going to have me taking a second look at all my chocolate. Every time I eat it now my skin will crawl. Nicely done. Good luck.
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Thank you… I could use this for encouraging people to stay on their diet! 🙂
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Caramel webs! YUM! This is really cool… It should be on a scroll so we can hand it out to all the wee beggars this coming weekend.
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Or you could dress up like a giant spider and drop down on top of them?
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Please, don’t give my sister any ideas… She has been trying to convince me to dress up for the “free candy day” for years now… *rolling eyes*
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Terrific! I want caramel webs too!
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Ha ha! It will only end in tears!
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But CARAMEL tears!
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Hmm salty, tasty tears!
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Great poem. Makes me wish there was a kid around to scare at bedtime 🙂
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Maybe bounce into a neighbor’s child’s room in full spider outfit, and try it?
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My grandson is two. He likes spiders, but his mother hasn’t let him have candy. I’ll try it out 🙂
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What could go wrong?
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😀
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Greedy little spiders! What a great poem for the little ones (and big ones too actually, I enjoyed it)!
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Thanks Judy. Glad to know “big people” enjoy this too! 🙂
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You really have a delightful gift, Al–your kids must be constantly entertained.
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Not really! Maybe in a couple of years. I get loads of inspiration and ideas from them though, so it’s all good 🙂
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Really enjoyed this!
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Thank you, City Sights 🙂
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Great entry! Your poems are always a treat… especially the way they trick the reader!
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Thanks Jen. So many great entries already in this!
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My husband once ate chocolate covered ants when he was a kid…an uncle was in the Merchant Marines and brought him a box, but didn’t tell him what they were. 😉
Very cute poem, Al…I’m a chocolate lover…so now I’m going to have to be looking very carefully before I pop those candies in my mouth. 😉
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Thanks Vivian… maybe I should do a seasonal follow-up with some festive chocolate ants!
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Oh my, those tricky spiders. If only I had a broom……
Good luck with the contest!
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Thanks Jilanne… perhaps you need to stock up on brooms for Halloween?… Doubles up as a witch’s favorite accessory too!
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Cackles maniacally….
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Terrific poem Al, and caramel webs sound spooktacularly delicious!
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Don’t they just! 🙂
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Eeek I’m a little scared right now. Very cute. I love chocolate, but no spiders for me.
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Thanks Stacy… let’s hope we never have to choose between the two 🙂
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Thanks Al, I wondered what those freaky jumping spiders wanted. Maybe I can entice them back outside with a line of chocolate! Fun poem,good luck.
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Thanks Maria… (shuddering at thought of jumping spiders!)
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I like the poem, the mood, and the concept!
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Thank you… three wins! 🙂
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This poem has a great rhythm as well as chocolate spiders and caramel webs – such a treat!
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A spookily delicious treat! Thanks Kim 🙂
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This is wonderful!
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Thanks Marje 🙂
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Love the poem, but no spider is scaring me off chocolate. 🙂
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You’re a woman after my own heart! Thanks Marlaina 🙂
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Spooktacular! Caramel webs sound delicious. Great read-aloud fun.
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Thank you so much! 🙂
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So funny!! Another great story in rhyme. Another great one for giving Susanna a scare of how she is ever going to figure out the judging.
I loved this story along with the others I have read. We in this kidlit community are great! Don’t let me scare you off. 🙂
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Not scared off at all! Thanks for the lovely compliments. Such a great competition!
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Great fun–love the caramel web for catching candy.
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Thanks Buffy… tasty and tantalising 🙂
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Ooh! Great job, Al! So creepy and spooky! I’m going to feel like I have spiders crawling on me all day! Thanks so much for joining in the Halloweensie fun!!! 🙂
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Thanks for hosting! I’ve read so many great stories already, and I’ve barely scratched the surface!
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ooooooh spooky! And I love that it’s second person. Makes it creepier. Except now I want to go eat chocolate (apparantly it’s also National Chocolate Day today? Who knew?
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Well, if it’s National Chocolate Day, then you MUST eat chocolate. “Ask not what your country can do for you…” 🙂
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Great job! So creative. I’d love a pet spider who could do all that 🙂
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Thanks Christie… a pet spider that could do all that would be AWESOME!
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Wowsa – I am double-checking all my candy for spiders this year!
I mean – er – my kids’ candy.
Happy Halloweeensie!
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I hate it when the kids get their hands on my candy! 🙂
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Great poem. Will share with the kids in the morning.
When it comes to spiders, our Sydney Funnel Web would get everyone heading for the hills!
I’m popping over from the Halloween Blog Party. Here’s my Halloween post: https://beyondtheflow.wordpress.com/2015/10/31/an-australian-halloween/
xx Rowena
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Thanks Rowena. Australian wildlife is just too scary for this sort of poem! Going to check yours out now 🙂
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Had a great laugh.
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I love this! It’s spooky, and the language is both fun and lyrical! “Weaving caramel webs around your window frame” is such a delicious line. I also love the repetition of “beware” and the last line. Nicely done!
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Arachnamazing!
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🙂
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