On the day of October 12 it was dark and stormy. Most people wanted to stay inside but others played in the rain. My sister and I played in the rain before lunch. After lunch, I looked outside and saw that everything was dry except the sidewalk. When I looked at the other side of the street itwas dry. So I asked my mom and she said we could follow the trail. My mom, my sister, and I followed the trail to a creepy old abandoned shool. We walked up to the gate but the trail went in. Mom and I pushed open the rusty gate and saw a corn maze and a mirror room through the window of the office. The office was horrific.Torn and destroyed offices and there wasn’t  even a door just, a hole in the wall! My mom said we should go but my sister wanted to stay a little longer. As we went through the tunnel, a ghost scared me as I walked by. Once my sister did the maze, we left. My mom and I were scared out of our minds but my sister said it was fun.

Today I learned things about Halloween I never knew before. First of all, the word “Halloween” comes from the holiday “ All Hallows Eve.” According to history.com it states “The evening before was known as All Hallows Eve, and later Halloween. Over time, Halloween evolved into a day of activities like trick-or-treating, carving jack-o-lanterns, festive gatherings, donning costumes and eating sweet treats.”

Secondly, on Halloween, people would dress up and make loud noises to scare away evil spirits. On www.ducksters.com it states “They would dress up in costumes and make noise in the streets in order to make the spirits go away. “

Finally, Halloween has Irish roots. In the text of www.familyeducation.com it says “Originally known as Samhain, which means “summer’s end” in Gaelic, many Halloween customs and traditions have roots in pagan beliefs and Irish folklore.”