[0:03]Elf Learning proudly presents. The Whistling Scarecrow.
[0:25]These are crows. Crows love to eat, but crows don't like scarecrows. Do you know what a scarecrow is? Scarecrows stand in the field, all day and all night. They don't run or jump or play. They just stand. Or do they? Some people say that every Halloween night, all the scarecrows all over the world wake up and walk the streets, scratch, scrape, scratch, scrape, to find one little boy or one little girl, to take back to their field. What do you think? Let me tell you a story. This is me and my best friend, Adam. We do everything together. Adam is a funny boy, and he loves to whistle.
[2:30]He whistles everywhere, but on Halloween he likes to whistle scary tunes. One Halloween, about three years ago, Adam and I went trick or treating. He was dressed as Spider-Man. I was dressed as a ghost. We walked up and down the streets, going from house to house to house. And all the time, Adam was whistling. After trick-or-treating at one house, I had to go to the bathroom. I said, "Adam, let's go to your house." So we ran down the street to Adam's house. I ran in the door because I had to go to the bathroom. And Adam sat on the front porch. He wanted to count his candy. Inside the bathroom, I heard a strange sound coming from the window. Scratch, scrape, scratch, scrape. "What is it?" I listened more carefully. I could hear Adam counting. "10, 11, 12." But then I heard the sound again. Scratch, scrape, scratch, scrape. I started to get scared. And then the sound stopped. I stood up and ran out onto the front porch as fast as I could. But Adam wasn't there. His candy was there, but Adam was gone. I ran down the street as fast as I could, yelling, "Adam, Adam, Adam!"
[5:33]But Adam was gone. A few years later, I was trick or treating with my friends, when I heard...
[6:02]What, Adam? Adam, is that you? No, no, not Adam. Adam's gone. I got really scared, and I ran home as fast as I could, and I ran and I ran and I ran, and I got to my front door. I opened the door and I shut the door. I got to my bedroom. I opened the door, I shut the door, bam! I got into bed, and I looked around my bedroom. I was so scared. I slowly calmed down and fell asleep. But then I woke up again. What? Where, where is that coming from? I thought. It wasn't outside. I thought it was under my bed. So I slowly crawled out of bed and got down onto the floor, and I lifted up my covers and looked under the bed. It was so dark. I looked and I looked and I looked as close as I could. Huh!
[7:38]Were you scared? Happy Halloween everyone. This has been Elf Learning with The Whistling Scarecrow. Happy Halloween!
