9781422288382

You should also be very careful about people who come to your door—especially if your parents aren’t home.

far too excited about the night ahead to worry about being safe. He may have heard, but he wasn’t listening. That day, Raul and Jacob had a lot of fun. They worked on their costumes and played some games in Jacob’s backyard. Before they went trick-or-treating, Raul and Jacobwere joined by a fewof Jacob’s friends from school. Jacob’s parents thought their neighborhood was safe, and no one would bother a group of boys on Halloween night. They told the boys to be back by ten o’clock at the latest—and to be safe. The group of boys spent most of the evening trick-or-treating. But as the day turned into night, Raul found out Jacob’s friends had something else in store for the night. The boys had found out the address of their school principal. Their plan was to egg and toilet paper her house. Raul didn’t

Real-Life Stories

13