Charmed

When we weren't having a lot of luck interesting our princess in initiating her first trick-or-treating odyssey last night, it suddenly dawned on me that we were pitching ourselves a year or two over her head, i.e. she didn't have the foggiest idea what "trick-or-treating" was. "Do you want to go to the neighbors and get candy?" I thought to ask. "Yes!" Annalee said. At some homes, she managed to "say the magic words." In her husky, high-pitched voice, wearing a homemade purple bird costume (thanks, Mom!), "trick-or-treat" never sounded so beautiful. At one home, though, a minor case of stage fright ensued. "What do you say?" we Mom prompted, to no avail. "Say the magic words," Dad said. "Candy!" she said. Do I have to tell you that the neighbors were charmed?