Sam, a confident kindergartner, had chosen his scarecrow costume early and was trying it out on his grandfather. “Am I scary, Grampa? I want to be scary! Do you think people will know it’s me?”
Grampa: “You’ll fool some people, Sam, and you are plenty scary. But what about Joey and Anna? You’re going with them this year, and they are a little young to be scaring folks.”
Sam: “Mom says it’s only Joey ‘cause Aunt Susan thinks Anna is not ready for Halloween.” His 3-year-old twin cousins were different “spirits” when it came to adventures, so Sam was not........