The Yellow Duck Decorates for Halloween

Now that the Yellow Duck had his costume, he decided it was time to decorate the pond for Halloween. He decided to meet up with Ms. Fish and Toad to go buy some decorations. So, he put on his shoes and began to waddle off to the pond.

When he got there, Ms. Fish and Toad were arguing about Halloween costumes. The Yellow Duck listened to them for a little while and interrupted.

"I have a good idea!" he said cheerfully. Toad glared at him, still annoyed that Ms. Fish didn't like his idea of going as a vamp-toad.

"What?" Ms. Fish snapped, still annoyed that Toad said her idea of a ballerina was stupid.

"Let's decorate the Pond for Halloween!"

"Yea!" Ms. Fish and Toad shouted, forgetting their annoyances. "Lets do!"

"What should we do for decorations?" the Yellow Duck asked.

"I can call my friend Sarah the Spider, and she can spin us some creepy cobwebs!" Ms. Fish said, already pulling out her seashell-encrusted cell phone.

"That's a great idea!" the Yellow Duck said. "What else can we do?"

"We can go to the Farmers Market and get some pumpkins!" Toad said excitedly. "Then we can carve them and make spooky faces!"

"I'm going to make mine look like a princess," Ms. Fish said smugly.

"That doesn't surprise me," Toad rolled his eyes.

"What else?" the Yellow Duck asked, before they could start arguing again.

"We could get some sheets and some stuffing and make some ghosts to hang from trees!" Ms. Fish said, beginning a list.

"And, we could get some glow-in-the-dark skeletons," the Yellow Duck said happily. "Some of them even make spooky noises!"

"Would your Mom take us to the store this afternoon?" Toad asked.

"I bet she would if we all asked her," the Yellow Duck said, growing more and more excited by the minute. "Let's go ask!"

The trio began to scurry down the road as fast as the could. Ms. Fish was rolling along in her bowl with wheels, Toad was hopping along in his brand new sneakers, and the Yellow Duck was waddling as fast as he could go.

"Mom!" the Yellow Duck bellowed. "MOM!"

The Yellow Duck's Mom appeared, smiling as she looked at them. "What's the big rush?"

"Will you take us to the Halloween store so we can buy decorations for the Pond?" the Yellow Duck asked, tail feathers wiggling. The Yellow Duck's Mom looked down at the three pleading faces.

"Oh, I suppose so," she said.

"YEA!" the three of them cheered. They hurried off and buckled up to go to the store.

When they got back, the trio immediately set to decorating the pond. They placed their pumpkins by the waters edge on top of some tall rocks. Sarah the Spider came over and spun spooky cobwebs all over the trees and bushes. The Yellow Duck hung a plastic skeleton in the tree that danced and made a howling noise.

"It'll be the noisiest skeleton on the block," he grinned.

Toad hung ghosts from the trees, while Ms. Fish placed a broom and a witches hat on the ground to make it look like a witch had been there. After working for a long time, they stepped back and admired their work.

"Awesome!" said Toad.

"I need a nap," said Sarah the Spider.

"It looks perfect," the Yellow Duck said. "The pond is ready for Halloween. Now we just have to wait one more week!"