A long time ago, the young ____1____ and the old ____2____ welcomed into the world a healthy baby ___3___. He/she/it (circle one) was an absolute bundle of __4__, except for one fact: He/she/it had an extra ___5___. Normal parents, who love their ___6___, wouldn't care, but the old ___2___ and the young ___1___ were selfish and wanted offspring they could dress in normal children's Halloween costumes. Clearly, their baby was ___7___.
1. noun, person (i.e. gynecologist)
2. noun, person (i.e. Civil War re-enactor)
3. gender
4. noun
5. body part
6. noun
7. adjective (i.e. "toe up")
One ___8___ night, the couple ___9___ down to the local ___10___ and dropped off the baby. While ___2___ said, "___11___," ___1___ wrote a note for the people who would inevitably find the baby.
8. adjective
9. verb, past tense (i.e. dinosaured)
10. location (i.e. Newcomb Dining Hall)
11. something you would say instead of "good bye"
"Dear ___12___,
This baby is ___13___. Please ___14___ it because otherwise some wild ___15___ will find it and eat it. Though we ___16___ for a living, we have no time to take care of a baby. Take it. The child will grow to provide free labor."
12. noun, person (i.e. Mark Foley)
13. adjective (i.e. unloved)
14. verb (i.e. eat)
15. animals (i.e. chinchillas)
16. verb (i.e. chicken fight)
A/an ___17___ later, a ___18___ baker stumbled upon the bundle. Thinking it ___19___ to leave it alone, he brought the child home to his hut in the ___20___. There, much to his surprise, he found the child to have ___21___ powers. Due to the extra ___5___, the child grew to have the power of ___22___. The baker, quite pleased with his find, decided to exploit the child for the forces of ___23___.
17. period of time (i.e. millennium)
18. adjective
19. adjective
20. environment/setting (i.e. under the sea)
21. adjective
22. superpower (i.e. ability to see everyone naked)
23. good/evil
The baby, who was named ___24___, adapted quickly to his/her new life. One year, the baker was __25__ when he got hit in the face by a stray __26___. Devastated by the loss, the baby (who by this point in time had grown into a ___27____ young adult) cried for days. Blaming the village townspeople, he/she/it vowed to avenge the baker's death. Oct. 31 became the planned day of ___28___. The young adult needed a costume for disguise, so he/she/it chose to be a ___29___. It was a pretty ___30___ outfit.
24. name (i.e. Winnieisgreat)
25. verb-ing (i.e. drinking away his empty sorrows)
26. noun
27. adjective (i.e. socially maladjusted)
28. foreboding noun (i.e. reckoning)
29. hilarious Halloween costume idea (i.e. Franzia box)
30. adjective
The village townspeople were aware of the young adult's plans. While ___31___, he/she/it had revealed all. The mayor decided everyone should dress up in costume, so the young adult wouldn't know who was who. It was a ___32___ idea, because the young adult ___33___ everyone anyway. The only ___34___ who survived either tasted like ___35___ or gave the young adult candy sacrifices. That is the story of the first ____36____ and why we don't like people who are different.
31. verb-ing, something sinful (i.e. betting on the War on Terror)
32. adjective
33. verb
34. noun, persons
35. noun, food
36. holiday
Winnie's column runs bi-weekly on Thursdays. She can be reached at winnie@cavalierdaily.com.
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