The Three Silly Ghosts and the Sock-Snatching Scarecrow Who Lived Under the Bridge - Children's Story

🎃👻 The Three Silly Ghosts and the Sock-Snatching Scarecrow Who Lived Under the Bridge🧦🌉

A Children's Story from Once Upon A Snooze Dream©

It was a chilly Halloween night, and the moon shined big and round over Spooky Hollow. The wind whistled through the trees, making the autumn leaves dance in the air. Floating through the misty breeze were three little ghosts—one pink, one blue, and one purple.

Their names were Candy, Sprinkle, and Sugar, and they were not very scary ghosts at all. In fact, they were very giggly, very silly, and always up for an adventure.

Tonight, they had a very important mission—to cross the old rickety bridge and get to the Pumpkin Patch Party! 🎃

“I can’t wait to bob for apples!” said Candy, the pink ghost, wiggling excitedly.
“I want to eat ghost-shaped cookies!” Sprinkle, the blue ghost, cheered.
“And I want to see the biggest pumpkin in the patch!” added Sugar, the purple ghost.

But there was just one problem…

The Bridge and the Sock-Snatching Scarecrow

The three ghosts floated up to the bridge, but as soon as they started to cross—

STOMP! STOMP! STOMP!

Something big and creaky stepped out from under the bridge.

It was a scarecrow! But not just any scarecrow—this one was tall, patchy, and had hay sticking out from his arms and legs. His eyes were button eyes, and his mouth was stitched into a crooked grin.

But the strangest part?

He had SOCKS tied all over him! Spooky socks! Striped socks! Pumpkin socks! Even tiny socks with little bats on them! 🧦

“HALT!” the scarecrow bellowed, waving his strawy arms. “I am Sir Snatchington the Sock-Snatching Scarecrow! And no one—I repeat, NO ONE—crosses this bridge unless they bring me a spooky sock!”

The three ghosts blinked at him.

“A… spooky sock?” Candy asked.

“Yes! A sock with stripes, bats, pumpkins, or something SPOOK-TACULAR!” Sir Snatchington declared.

Sprinkle looked at Sugar.
Sugar looked at Candy.
Candy looked at Sprinkle.

“Ghosts don’t wear socks,” Sugar finally said.

Sir Snatchington gasped.

“What do you MEAN ghosts don’t wear socks? That’s outrageous! Ridiculous! Impossible!”

“Ghosts don’t have feet!” Sprinkle explained, wiggling his floaty bottom in the air.

Sir Snatchington gasped again—this time even louder.

“No feet?! That’s a tragedy! A disaster! A total sock catastrophe!”

“But we HAVE to get across the bridge!” Candy pleaded. “We’re going to the Pumpkin Patch Party!”

Sir Snatchington crossed his straw arms and shook his head.

“NO SOCK, NO CROSS!”

The Three Ghosts Come Up with a Plan

The ghosts huddled together and started whispering.

“What are we gonna do?” Candy asked.
“We need a sock!” Sugar said.
“But we don’t HAVE socks!” Sprinkle groaned. “We’re ghosts!”

Then Candy gasped.

“WAIT! I have an idea!”

She zipped away so fast that she whooshed through the trees like a pink fog!

A few minutes later, she came floating back—holding something behind her back.

Sir Snatchington tapped his foot.

“Well? Do you have my spooky sock?”

Candy grinned.

“Even better! TA-DA!”

She held up a giant, stretched-out spiderweb! 🕸️

Sir Snatchington squinted.

“That’s not a sock.”

“It’s BETTER than a sock!” Candy said. “It’s a ghostly sock!”

“A… ghostly sock?” Sir Snatchington asked.

“YEP!” Sprinkle chimed in. “We don’t wear regular socks, but we DO wear spooky, floaty, see-through socks—just like this one!”

Sir Snatchington gasped for the third time (his gasps were getting longer and louder).

“A ghost sock?! I’ve NEVER had a ghost sock before!”

He snatched the spiderweb and carefully wrapped it around his leg.

Then he posed dramatically.

“Oooooooh,” he whispered. “I look SO HAUNTINGLY FASHIONABLE!”

“You sure do!” Sugar said.

Sir Snatchington twirled in place, admiring his new ghost sock.

“Well, rules are rules! You’ve given me a spooky sock, so you may PASS!”

The three ghosts cheered and zoomed across the bridge.

“THANK YOU, SIR SNATCHINGTON!” they called.

Sir Snatchington waved as they floated away, still admiring his new sock.

“SO SPOOKY! SO STYLISH!”

The Pumpkin Patch Party 🎃

The three ghosts finally made it to the Pumpkin Patch Party!

They bobbed for apples, ate ghost-shaped cookies, and Sugar even found the biggest pumpkin in the patch!

And across the bridge, back under his post, Sir Snatchington sat happily, wearing his very first ghost sock.

And from that night on, he never stopped telling everyone about it.

“Did you know I OWN A GHOST SOCK?!” he would say.

And no one ever crossed the bridge without hearing the whole story.

🌙💤 The End

Goodnight, little dreamer. May your socks always be spooky and your stories always be sweet.

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