For all your Hallowe’en party needs, the little red book has this:
A Horror Party! Bring your favorite horror.
Each guest brings his particular aversion or the likeness of it, to add to the general awfulness of the occasion.
Comparing these horrors proves to be the best sort of fun.
One who hates rain can wear a mackintosh over her evening gown and carry an umbrella.
Another can bring a candy box, which, when opened, reveals a small green toad.
A pretty girl can come with the photograph of an admirer who will not be brought to understand that his visits bore her.
A Japanese paper snake points very conclusively to another’s particular horror.
Other horrors can be thought of, but are too numerous to mention here.
Kind of a cop-out ending, but there it is.
For some reason, I love that phrase, “the general awfulness of the occasion.”
The toad in the box trick? You ain’t doing that at MY party, princess.
And I LOVE the whole pretty girl/photograph thing. Perhaps if said admirer came to the Horror Party, he’d finally get the message ….
HEY…I wonder if your admirer still remembers all the words to his song? THAT would add to the general awfulness of the occasion!
Ha ha ha! Definitely would be an “I WANT TO DIE RIGHT NOW” situation.