Imagination flies again as two brothers and two sisters go out on a fall evening dresses=d in costumes. The youngest, Gretchen, suddenly becomes frightened when the crescent moon disappears. Mitchell, the oldest, dressed in a wizard costume announces, ” ‘Only the Sorcerer of Space can ride the Moon Ladder [ belonging to the swing set] of Magic and Mystery.’ ” With a zoomity up! zappity snap! and zippity snatch! Mitchell’s lightning-wand lassoes the moon. Two Jack O’ Jerks [ extra large orange lawn refuge bags] are eating the moon until the lightning-wand POPs them. Safely back on Earth, Gretchen and MItchell with Annabelle and Clark “headed out into the moon-bright evening.”

Halloween is never mentioned, but the illustrations show the children are on their way to trick-or-treat.