![]() ![]() Bradbury does such a great job of creating familiar places and imbues them with a sinister air. Coming back to it as an adult, I still had that same feeling. I too wanted to know more about Halloween and why we as humans like to be scared. Watching the cartoon as a child, the story was indeed creepy but I was enraptured. What ensues is a subtle history lesson about the origins of Halloween and what makes us scared. Monshroud and his tree full of jack-o-lanterns. Then they see what appears to be his spirit running across the fields, following it they come upon the house of Mr. When they finally arrive at his house, they find him being carried away in an ambulance. The boy embodies the Halloween spirit, it just wouldn't be right to go without him. ![]() However, they can't go out without their friend Pipkin. The book is about a group of boys in some midwestern town ready to go out on Halloween night. Having a narrator other than yourself can add an extra element of suspense and creepiness to the story. Since then I had listened to the book twice, once as a radio play and the other as an audiobook and I think this is probably the most appropriate way to enjoy it. It was only until I became an adult that I finally figured out the cartoon was called "The Halloween Tree" based on the book by Ray Bradbury. When I was younger I remember watching a cartoon about a group of kids who go on this wild adventure one Halloween night to find their friend drifting through space and time. ![]()
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