Rex’s Porch-Light Pirate Game — Every evening in October, Rex marched across the porch boards, boots clomp-clomp-clomping, and practiced saying, “Ahoy!” to the pumpkins. Read the full story →
Every evening in October, Rex marched across the porch boards, boots clomp-clomp-clomping, and practiced saying, “Ahoy!” to the pumpkins. He wanted to fill his pumpkin pail before the moon touched the roof. Then he invented the Porch-Light Pirate Game: he could knock only after a porch light blinked twice.
One chilly night, the first light stayed dark. Because of that, Rex waited by the rail, smelling leaves and candle-warm pumpkin. Because of that, he heard tap-tap-tap in the big web and spotted a tiny candy clue tied to a thread. “Steady, matey,” he whispered. Finally the window flashed twice, and Rex rang the bell with a grin. Next time you see his pail, can you guess which sweet was the spider’s clue?
