Happy Halloween, friends of Ozette's. This is a redo of a story I posted for Ozette's online friends last year. I have updated it and hope you will enjoy it. Here's some background: Gizmo is a baby gray squirrel Ozette has taken in and is raising as her own. Ozette and friends found the chipmunks - Harley, Beemer and Suzuki - while at the beach. The trio was floating in a coconut shell dressed as pirates, shouting, “Shiver me timbers!” Unfortunately, they were dining on the coconut meat and in danger of sinking. Ozette, at Gizmo's pleading, took pity on them and brought them back to her forest. Please note that although Gizmo and the three mischievous chipmunks are not in Ozette's Destiny, I plan to introduce them in the second book. So grab a cup of steaming cider, sit by a roaring fire and enjoy A Haunting Halloween.
A Haunting Halloween
Halloween was almost here, and Gizmo and the chipmunks were excitedly deciding what to be for the holiday.
“We want to be pirates,” said Beemer, the eldest chipmunk, brandishing his rather shop-worn sword and his tattered eye patch. Harley and Suzuki nodded enthusiastically.
“How about you, Gizmo?” What do you want to be?” Ozette asked.
Gizmo ran through - and rejected - a list of ideas. First he wanted to be a pumpkin, but there was the matter of his bushy squirrel tail, which presented a problem.
“How about a squirrelly scarecrow?” Ozette suggested.
Gizmo shook his furry head, deep in thought.
“Maybe a prince?” Suzuki chimed in.
“Or a tree?” Harley added. “You'd be a natural. We could fasten nuts all over you and trick- or- treaters could gobble them up.”
Ozette gave the chipmunk a stern look, and he gave her a rue rueful grin.
“We want to be pirates,” said Beemer, the eldest chipmunk, brandishing his rather shop-worn sword and his tattered eye patch. Harley and Suzuki nodded enthusiastically.
“How about you, Gizmo?” What do you want to be?” Ozette asked.
Gizmo ran through - and rejected - a list of ideas. First he wanted to be a pumpkin, but there was the matter of his bushy squirrel tail, which presented a problem.
“How about a squirrelly scarecrow?” Ozette suggested.
Gizmo shook his furry head, deep in thought.
“Maybe a prince?” Suzuki chimed in.
“Or a tree?” Harley added. “You'd be a natural. We could fasten nuts all over you and trick- or- treaters could gobble them up.”
Ozette gave the chipmunk a stern look, and he gave her a rue rueful grin.
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