Halloweentown Page #2

You know, ghosts tend to be very

depressed creatures, anyway, Like this:

(moaning)

Well, Mother,

your visit's been very educational,

- But it's time for bed,

- Oh, Mom!

She's right,

Your mother and I need

to talk about grownup things, anyway,

- Can't you at least tell us a bedtime story?

- Yeah, great idea!

Yeah!

I mean, horrible idea,

- Come on, Mom, please?

- Just one?

- Please, please?

- Please?

Well,,,

- All right, but just one,

- Yes!

Oh, good,

See you upstairs, Grandma,

You guys get ready for bed,

We'll be right up,

Oh, I missed them so,

You know, dear, I've been thinking,

I'd love to have you move back home,

Gwen,

I mean, there's plenty of room

for all of you at my house,

Mother,,,

And since William's passed on,

there's nothing to hold you here,

Nothing has to hold me here, Mother,

I like being here,

I can have a normal life here,

They can have a normal life here,

Oh, being normal is vastly overrated,

Well, I like being normal,

You know, Mother, as much as I want

the kids to know their family,

the fact is,,, you're not normal,

Hm,

Every time you come into this house,

it's-it's chaos,

And the candy and the decorations

and the,,,

(sighs)

Mother, Mom,

Let's not fight again,

I know you're only here

for a couple of hours,

Go and tell them a story,

Talk to them and get to know them,

But on your honor, don't tell them

about home, Your home, I mean,

Oh, don't worry, dear,

I won't tell them a thing,

Thank you,

Ah,,,

Whoo! Boo!

Hi,

Just came by to check that everyone's

got their thermostat set to 68 degrees,

because it's important to conserve energy

during the evening hours,,,

Dylan, just get in here,

Which story are you gonna tell us,

Grandma? Is it one I know?

Oh, no, I wouldn't think so,

My story is about a magical place

where many sorts of different creatures

live together in peace,

Like Cleveland?

I hear they have a nice school district,

Well, actually, the place I'm speaking of

is called Halloweentown,

And the residents are a bit more,,, exotic,

Monsters, goblins, ghosts,

vampires, gnomes and skeletons,

Do they have dybbuks and banshees

there too?

By the dozens,

And of course, a few very fine witches,

I don't like witches,

They're mean and scary,

Oh, no, no, no, sweetheart,

I mean, they're just like everyone else,

Some are kind, some are mean,

That's the way they use their magic,

You can't tell what's in a monster's heart

just by looking at 'em,

I mean, sometimes,

some of the slimiest, raunchiest,

ugliest little monsters

turn out to be the nicest,

- I want to go there!

- Oh,

Excuse me, but we have

an impressionable young child here,

I think we should make it clear that this

place we're talking about is just pretend,

Oh, yes, yes,

Well, actually, I have to confess that I didn't

make it up, I read about it in a book,

So you see, maybe it is real,

- A book? What book?

- Oh,,,

There, Halloweentown.

- Let me see!

- All right,

Look, a ghost,

- Just like we were playing, Grandma,

- Mm,

Oh, look, and there's a werewolf

and a vampire and a gnome,

Dog Man,

Oh, Grandma, this book is so neat,

It has, like, all the stuff I'm interested in,

Great, the weirdo encyclopedia,

Ew, Snot Man,

- Look, it's Marnie!

- Uh-huh,

It is me,

She doesn't look anything like you,

She's way too cute,

Oh, yeah, and this is from a guy

who could win an ugly contest,

Well, there is quite a resemblance,

Perhaps Marnie has a secret life

we don't know anything about,

Well, if she is a witch,

she's got the weird part down pat,

It's just the magic powers she's missing,

What about it, dear?

Have you cast any spells or taken

midnight flights through the sky?

I wish,

But the truth is,,,

there's nothing special about me,

Oh, no, dear, You're very special,

You're a Cromwell!

And since the dawn of time, the Cromwells

have been the most powerful,,,

Mother,

It's getting late, You wouldn't want

to miss your bus back home,

Aw, Grandma has to go?

But can't you stay overnight, Grandma?

Oh, no, dear,

Your mother's quite right,

If I don't head home by midnight, well,

it's just,,, it's a long time until the next bus,

So kiss Grandma good night,

And good night, dear,

Don't let the bogeyman bite!

And I'll be back

to see you all as soon as I can,

That's "lights out," you two,

Mother, I am going to put Dylan to bed,

and then I will meet you

down in the kitchen in one minute,

Of course, dear,

Good night, Grandma,

Bye,

And after I specifically told you

not to tell them anything about it,

I was only trying to do

what you should have done long ago,

Why, you're on the verge

of breaking a tradition

that goes back more than 1,000 years,,,

Your tradition, Mother, Not mine,

Marnie is my daughter, and if I decide

not to train her like a witch,

then it's none of your business,

A witch's 13th Halloween is supposed

to mark the completion of her training,

If Marnie's training doesn't at least begin

tonight, her powers will be lost forever,

(Gwen) Yes! And she'll finally be human!

She'll finally be normal,

like her brother, like her father

and like Sophie will be after her,

(grunts) Gwen, a human father,

Why, you're only lucky that you have two

children that are showing powers at all!

Do you really want them to go through life

doing things the hard way?

I mean, look at you, with your plastic bowls,

when you know leftover chicken

keeps better when it's back on the bone,

Mother, get that thing out of here right now,

(squawks)

(Gwen sighs)

For years, you have been coming here,

You've been dropping hints to Marnie,

and you've been badgering me

to start her training,

I know that that's why you came here

tonight, Mother, But the fight is over,

You know that?

The clock has finally run out,

and you can just go home,

Gwen, as much as I think you're making

a terrible mistake with Marnie,

you're wrong about

why I came here tonight,

The fact is, I came to ask for your help,

My help,

With what?

Well, something is wrong at home,

Something's happening,

Every day, I find another neighbor has

changed, Turned hateful, it's frightening,

And soon after that,

they disappear altogether,

Please, Mother, My neighbors disappear

sometimes too, It's called moving,

Oh, Gwendolyn,

I'm quite serious about this,

It's as though something or someone

is trying to return us to the Dark Times,

And I fear my powers alone

may not be enough to stop it,

I need another Cromwell witch,

I need you,

Mother, there are plenty of other witches

and warlocks in Halloweentown,

Why don't you recruit one of them?

Oh, I've tried, You know how it is today,

No one wants to get involved,

Mother, I'm sure that you believe

that there's some kind of problem,

But I can't just leave my kids to go fight

some nameless force in another world

that I have nothing to do with,

Nothing to do with?

Hm,

Well, fine,

Bury your head in the sand

of the precious Mortal World of yours,

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