Stake -Kampocan
A few years ago, I was living in a quiet neighborhood in a big city on Halloween night. The air was quite cool and foggy that night; a perfect atmosphere for spooky stories.
As usual, I put a large bowl of candy outside my door and left a note saying, "Please Take One!" As the evening progressed, children came in groups and took the candy.
As the hours approached midnight, no one was left outside, and the candy bowl was almost empty. Just as I was about to go inside, I saw a brand new, full, and different candy bowl right outside my door!
I looked around in surprise, but there was no one.
At that moment, a sleek, jet-black cat appeared right next to the bowl, its eyes shining like moonlight. The cat looked at me for a moment, slowly winked as if sharing a secret, and then silently disappeared into the night.
A voice inside me said that the candy in this new bowl would "bring good luck." That night, I left the mysterious bowl on my doorstep to continue the neighborhood tradition.
When I woke up the next morning, the bowl was completely empty, and the cat was gone. But when I picked up the bowl, I found a homemade cookie and a small, bright orange feather at the bottom, different from the others.
Since then, every Halloween, I put two bowls of candy on my doorstep: one to give out, and the other for the "good luck" (hopefully) from that mysterious visitor!