Halloweentown Page #3

Perhaps the Cromwell line

will end with you,

But let's just hope that Halloweentown

doesn't come to an end along with it,

Enjoy your leftovers, dear,

(squawks)

(chickens squawking)

(sighs)

Mother,

Then she talked about all this weird stuff

that's happening in Halloweentown,

like it's a real place,

And then she turned our leftovers

into a live chicken,

standing right there in the bowl,

And that's why I knew that she is a witch,

and so is Mom and so am I!

Because they both said so,

What do you think?

I think it proves insanity is hereditary,

I just hope boys are immune,

(door closing)

It must be, um, one of those

radio-controlled models,

She's leaving, She's going back

to Halloweentown, I gotta go after her,

Go after her?

Are you crazy?

I have to go, If she doesn't start

training me as a witch tonight,

I could lose my powers forever,

You don't really believe

all this witch stuff is true, do ya?

Dylan, haven't you ever wondered

about the stuff that goes on in our house?

No,

Like why Mom won't let us

talk about, watch or read

anything that has the word "magic" in it?

No,

Haven't you ever wondered

why we pretend Halloween doesn't exist?

Or why I have dja vu all the time?

Or why stuff seems to fall off the shelves

whenever Sophie has a tantrum?

- No,

- Well, I have,

And now that I've found out the truth,

I'm not gonna stay here

and turn all boring and human like you,

What do you mean, boring like me?

(man on TV) Tired of that dank,

musty odor in your cellar?

Try the new Spore Buster Deluxe.

It removes mold and fungus

just like magic.

No, it doesn't,

(woman) The house doesn't smell

like mushroom omelets anymore!

(man) Thanks, Spore Buster!

Marnie, wait up!

- What are you doing here?

- I'm the man of the house,

I gotta keep an eye on you, Plus, I'm gonna

have a hard time getting back to sleep

till I find out if you're crazy or not,

Then help me find her,

She's gotta be around here somewhere,

There she is,

Get down,

- Where'd that bus stop come from?

- I don't know, Can I put my shoe on now?

- I'm having the dja vu feeling again,

- You knew I was gonna put on my shoe?

No! This whole thing -

the bus stop, Grandma,

Wait, Maybe it's not dja vu at all,

Maybe I'm seeing the future,

Right, Now you can see the future,

Tell me, what am I

gonna have for breakfast?

- Why are you such a downer?

- Why are you such a nutcase?

- Downer,

- Nutcase,

- Dow,,,

- (bell ringing)

- Where'd that bus come from?

- I don't know, but I'm not missing it,

- Hi, Skinner,

- (man) Hello, Aggie,

Ah, made it,

Why don't we go sit up front

with Grandma?

No, not yet, I don't want to take a chance

of her stopping the bus to send us home,

(loud rumbling)

What?

Stopping the bus where?

(man) So anyway, there I was,

trying to spook this fellow,

He was buying nachos at the minimart

when this smart-aleck child

with a dreadful little monster mask

runs up to me and yells, "Daddy!"

Ooh, I ask you, where is the respect?

It's not like the old days, People are jaded,

I raise a demon from the underworld,

and they say, "Big deal,

I saw the same thing on Jerry Springer."

(laughter)

I've always loved a good scare

for old time's sake,

Must be, you know,

one of those charter buses

coming back from a costume party

at the Moose Lodge, Or maybe,,, Oh!

(whistle blowing)

(bell ringing)

(man) Hey, good to see you!

- We're here,

- Yeah, but where's "here"?

- Oh, oh!

- I'm very sorry,

Aggie! How are you, dear?

Oh, Harriet, I'm fine,

Been to visit the mortals, eh?

Didn't have time this year myself,

Doing some volunteer work

down at the headless shelter,

- Poor dears, Care for a muffin?

- No,

I baked them for the folks at the shelter,

Didn't occur to me they couldn't eat them,

No heads!

Oh, well, Must be off, Take care,

Bye, Harriet,

- Wow,

- Whoa,

I don't get it,

Monsters are just pretend,

- Dylan, this is it,

- Mom said they were just pretend,

Dylan, this is Halloweentown,

just like the book,

Or maybe we fell asleep on the bus,

Yeah, that's it, It's all a dream,

The decorations, the goblins,

the witches, the ghosts,,,

And Grandma - she was a dream, too,

Oh, no - Grandma,

Where'd she go?

She's gotta be around here somewhere,

We've got to find her,

What are you doing? We're gonna lose,,,

Sophie! How did you get here?

- Careful, she could be a mirage,

- Would you stop?

- How did you get here?

- I followed you onto the bus,

- But you were asleep,

- I was pretending,

See? You're a bad influence,

The pumpkin doesn't look very nice

like in the book,

You're right,

It is different,

- It's the bad thing,

- How do you know about that?

What bad thing?

Well, hello there,

I don't believe we've met,

And that means I'm in trouble, 'cause

the mayor's supposed to know everybody,

I'm Sophie,

- Pardon?

- Sophie,

- What?

- Sophie!

I can't hear ya,

I seem to have a,,,

huge lollypop in my ear,

- There you are, Soapy,

- No, thanks,

OK,

- Neat trick, I'm Marnie,

- Well,

Hello, Marnie, And that wasn't a trick,

I'm a warlock in my off hours,

And you are,,,?

Human,

This is my brother, Dylan,

We're Aggie Cromwell's grandkids,

Wait a minute, Does that mean,,,?

Are you Gwen's kids?

You know our mom?

Well, I did a long time ago,

Is she here with you?

Um,,, No, but that's OK,

See, we came with our grandma,

We kind of lost her in the crowd getting

off the bus, Do you know where she lives?

Oh, of course, She's lived

in the same house for 200 years,

I'll get Benny to run you up there,

(whistles)

(tires screeching)

Come on,

We really appreciate you doing this for us,

Howdy, Mayor, What's the rush?

I'm on my lunch hour,

Filet-O-Fish, Ha!

Just kiddin', What's the ticket?

Well, I found a bunch of Cromwells

in the town square,

Need you to give them a lift

up to their grandma's place,

Sure, it's just over the river

and through the woods, Ha!

No, actually, it's just two streets over, up

a quarter mile past the old movie theater,

Say hi to Aggie for me and,,,

There you go,

He's a much better driver

than he is a comedian,

- Hey!

- Thanks for you help,

- So long, Soapy,

- (Sophie) Sophie!

(whispering) It's not polite to stare,

Polite? Let's talk about how legal it is

to drive with no eyeballs!

So, first time in town for you kids?

Yeah, we just got here on the bus,

It's so amazing,

Yeah, it's a pretty nice place,

Better than a lot of graveyards

I've hung out in,

But that don't mean you kids can go

running around here by yourselves,

Why not?

Well, let's just say that there are characters

around here that ain't the most savory,

Like that kid - Luke,

- Who is he?

- Ah, he's just a local punk,

Thinks he's a big shot just because he got

a nose job and had a few warts removed,

Claims some shadow creature

gave it to him, Ha!

Well, here we are - chez Cromwell,

Cool!

Uh, thanks for the ride,

Do you take dollars?

Ah, don't worry about it,

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