Halloweentown Page #4

Catch me in the next life, Ha!

Thanks,

- See ya, kids,

- Bye,

He's probably animatronic,

Disneyland's full of stuff like that,

Yeah, when Mr., Lincoln

drives me to the store, we'll talk,

- Well, it's locked, Better head home,

- No way,

This is the perfect chance

for me to try my powers,

Powers? What powers?

Well, I don't know,

I haven't tried them yet,

Uh, abracadabra,

Open sesame?

Uh, let's see,

Big iron lock that keeps us out,

open up your big iron mouth!

You call that a spell?

- "Out" and "mouth" don't even rhyme!

- Will you be quiet?

You couldn't open a can of dog food

with a spell like that!

Look, I'm trying to concentrate here,

- Sophie, how did you do that?

- I pushed,

Plus, I wished the lock

would turn into a frog,

(croaking)

Ooh!

Well, this should do it,

Mm-mm,

There, "Hubble bubble, toil and trouble,"

Somebody's coming,

- This place is awesome,

- There she is! Hi, Grandma!

- Oh, my stars! How did you get here?

- On the bus,

I came to start my training, Grandma,

Your train,,,?

Oh, it was you outside the kitchen,

I thought I heard someone listening,

Well, I suppose I can assume

your mother doesn't know you're here,

I dare say that she's going to be very upset

when she finds you're gone,

- Can't we just call her?

- No, no, dear,

I'm afraid we haven't worked out

long-distance calling between worlds yet,

No, I'll have to take you home myself,

But you can't take us home!

Yeah, We want to help you

fight the bad thing!

Yeah, the bad thing or the force field,

Whatever it is,

You said you needed

another Cromwell witch,

That could be me,

You can train me!

Yeah, well, I suppose it would be all right

if you could stay a little while,

As long as we get you home

before it's midnight in the Mortal World,

But that's only two hours from now,

Well, don't panic, dear, You see,

time works differently in Halloweentown,

Two hours there might be two days here,

or two weeks, if we're on vacation,

- What's this, Grandma?

- Ah, you've discovered the witches' glass,

It's been handed down through

the Cromwell clan over many generations,

I've been using it to keep my eye on things,

Now the glass shows me that some evil

force is at work here in Halloweentown,

(evil laughter)

Also, the worst is yet to come,

(evil laughter)

What can we do to stop it?

I'll show you,

(sighs)

Follow me,

Merlin himself used this talisman to end

the Dark Ages over in the Mortal World,

and I think it's just the thing to tackle

our troubles here in Halloweentown,

(beeping)

Ooh! Hm,

Are you cookin' chowder, Grandma?

I like chowder,

Oh, no, dear,

This is witches' brew,

It's a little recipe that I picked up

in the sixth century,

- Around King Arthur's time,

- King Arthur?!

How's this stuff gonna help?

Oh,

By bringing this talisman back to life,

Pretty!

Are you gonna use your magic

to raise some spirits,

have a big sance and call on

the forces of darkness to get it going?

No, I'm just gonna fill it up

and see if the light goes on,

Ooh,

If I can get it lit and install it properly,

it should suffice to drive away this force

that threatens us,

That's it?

You just fill it up?

I do have to say a spell over it,

That's why I came -

to ask your mother to help me,

You see, spells are much more powerful

when more than one witch joins in,

- Especially if they're Cromwells,

- Well, I'll help you,

Oh, that's very sweet of you, dear,

but you haven't been trained yet,

And since your mother

isn't of the mind to help,

I guess I'm just on my own,

(moaning)

Bet y March, bet y Guythur,

bet y Gugaun, Cledyfrutm anoeth bid!

Ha,

Oh, drat,

That's what I get for trying to use instant,

Mm, (sighs)

Just doesn't work like it does

when you make it from scratch,

Well, that's something I can help you with!

I can cook!

If you count pouring cereal, Ow!

Well, let's look at the original recipe,

Come, come, Come over here,

Now, let's look, Let's all look, Quick,

Now see,,, That's it!

"Vampire's fang, hair of a werewolf,

sweat of a ghost,,,"

I suppose we could get

these ingredients in town,

But we have to be careful

not to reveal our true purpose,

I can't be certain who to trust anymore,

- Let's do it!

- Yeah!

Oh!

- All right,

- Yes!

Then it's settled, Oh!

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Is hair growing everywhere

but where you need it?

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with our special formula

for hair replacement. Works like magic.

Now that works just like magic,

Dylan?

Marnie, Sophie?!

Mother!

- Nice to see you,

- Hello, Joe,

Is there gonna be a Halloween party today,

Grandma? Everybody's all dressed up,

Well, this is the way we always dress, dear,

The people who started your Halloween

just imitated our traditions,

Mortals see, mortals do,

That's the way your mother

ran into your father -

by crashing a Halloween party!

He loved her witch's costume,

- Hello, Aggie,

- Hello, Sadie,

(Dylan humming)

What are you so happy about?

I thought you didn't want to come,

I decided this really is a dream,

so why worry?

I like Halloweentown, But why do you

have to live so far away, Grandma?

Well, there was a time when humans

and monsters and witches and vampires

and all the rest of us could be together,

It was the Dark Times,

That was a bad mix, because humans

feared us and tried to destroy us,

So we did our best

to make them miserable in return,

But it was turning us evil, which we are not!

So, we decided to create our own world,

Oh, kind of like when Marnie and I

got separate rooms,

Precisely, From that day on,

we were able to settle down

and have homes

and children and jobs,

And an excellent bowling league,

We get really good movies,

like It's a Wonderful Death.

Oh, it's closed!

(screeching)

Harriet,

The mayor,,,

Oh, children,

- Here you are,

- Thank you,

Mayor,

Calabar, could I speak to you

for a moment?

- Of course, Well, hello again, Soapy!

- (together) Sophie!

Sophie, You know,

I think I have an extra sundae,,, oh!

Ahh, Ha-ha!

- Calabar,

- Yes,

I just ran into Harriet,

and she's completely changed!

Her face,,, She was like a wild animal,

And she was fine a couple of hours ago,

- Really?

- This is what I've been telling you about,

If she's like the others, then by tomorrow

she'll have disappeared altogether,

I have to apologize to you, Aggie,

I didn't take you seriously

about this thing at first,

I think you've uncovered

something very serious,

What is it?

What's wrong?

Well, I don't have all the details yet,

but I do know one thing -

I want you to leave this alone for now,

Especially with the children,

It's much too dangerous for you

to be involved with by yourself,

Oh!

Promise me that?

You Cromwells are impossible,

Just give me two days,

Just two days, that's all,

Mm,

Come along, children,

but let's be real careful,

And Marnie, not a wor,,,

Oh, Marnie!

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