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The Last Trick-or-Treater
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Every Halloween, the last trick-or-treater knocks at exactly eleven o'clock.
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The first year, I thought it was a kid who lost track of time.
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Small costume, white sheet, holding out an old cloth bag.
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I dropped in a chocolate bar. It said thank you in a very old voice.
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The next year it came back, same sheet, same bag, same time.
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This year I looked inside the bag. It was full of chocolate bars from decades of Halloweens.
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The oldest wrapper was from a brand that stopped making chocolate before I was born.
