No Trick-or-Treating! (Penny version)

It was Halloween night, and everyone at the Smith household was all dressed up for the occasion.

Lilo Pelekai was dressed up like Princess Rosalina from Super Mario Brothers. Stitch was dressed up like the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland. Anna was dressed up like Pocahontas. Rapunzel was dressed up like Princess Jasmine from Aladdin. Merida was dressed up like Mulan. John Smith was dressed up like Dracula. Pocahontas was dressed up like a fairy. John Rolfe was dressed up like a waiter. Elroy Jetson was dressed up like an astronaut, and Penny was dressed up like a zombie whose body parts could be served at horrifying restaurants.

"Oh, you guys look great!" John Rolfe exclaimed.

"So you're a waiter?" Pocahontas asked.

"Yes, I am," John Rolfe said. "Would you like to look at our special tonight?" He lifted the lid, revealing Penny inside the table. Her head was on a plate.

"Boo!" Penny said. It made Lilo, Stitch, and her three aunts laugh.

"Oh my goodness, it's my favorite dish, Penny face!" Pocahontas exclaimed. She ran up to Penny, grabbed her face, and kissed her on the forehead. "You know what, darling, it's a little chilly out. Would you run upstairs and grab your sweater?"

Penny did as she was told.

"That's my girl!" John Rolfe said.

"Wow, Pocahontas," John Smith said. "You look great!"

"Oh, why thank you, John Smith," Pocahontas smiled sweetly. "You do, too. And you too, John Rolfe."

"Really? It's my wedding tux. It still fits." John Rolfe said.

"Like a paint job." John Smith said. Then he noticed Lilo dressed up as Princess Rosalina, Stitch dressed up as the Cheshire Cat, Anna dressed up as Pocahontas, Rapunzel dressed up as Jasmine, and Merida dressed up as Mulan. "Hey, Stitch, my dear boy!" he said. He and Stitch gave each other a hug. "This is your eighth Halloween!" Then he looked down at Lilo and the Three Princesses and asked them, "What is he?"

"Isn't he handsome?" Lilo said, "He's a Cheshire cat."

"A Cheshire cat?!" John Smith asked, not believing his stepdaughter.

"I mean an evil, grinning cat." Anna said.

John Smith faced Stitch again. "Oh, good! That's better!" he said. He and Stitch hugged each other.

As soon as Penny grabbed her orange-and-vermilion-striped sweater, she stopped at the railing, waiting to jump around.

John Rolfe glared at her. "Don't even think about it, Penny!"

Penny glared back at him. "*Don't even think about it!*" she said in a mocking tone.

"Baby!" Elroy said.

"Elroy, that's not a nice thing to say to Penny." Pocahontas said.

John Rolfe didn't believe her. "You don't think I mean it?" he asked, "Just try me! I am the head of the household here! I am the boss!"

"*I'm the boss!*" Penny mocked him.

"You're nothing but a baby!" Elroy said.

"Elroy, stop calling your sister names!" Pocahontas scolded lightly.

Lilo, Stitch, Anna, Rapunzel, Merida, and John Smith just gasped at Penny's insolence, and John Rolfe was losing patience.

"You are really getting on my nerves, young lady!" he scolded, "Don't you DARE jump off the step!"

Penny was being willful. "Make me!"

"You're such a baby!" Elroy said.

"That's enough now, Elroy." Anna told him.

Penny jumped off the last three steps.

"ALL RIGHT!" John Rolfe yelled, "THAT DOES IT, I WARNED YOU! NO TRICK-OR-TREATING!" Lilo, Stitch, Pocahontas, John Smith, and the Three Princesses gasped in shock.

Penny glared angrily at John Rolfe and yelled, "YOU'RE AS EVIL AS MEDUSA!" She then stomped off to her room, where her pet cat, Rufus, was waiting for her.

"So just Stitch, my three aunts, and I are going?" Lilo asked.

"Yes, darling." Pocahontas said.

Lilo became so happy. She said, "YAY!" She then ran to her own room with Anna, Rapunzel, and Merida following her.

"Rolfe, what was that all about?" Pocahontas asked.

John Rolfe shook his head guiltily. "I don't know," he said. "I was so mad it just came out. But *you two* saw her. She's totally out of control!"

"But it's Halloween," John Smith said. "It's trick-or-treating!" Unfortunately, he didn't realize the doorbell rang.

"Smith, I've begged, I've pleaded, I've given her spankings, I've given her time-outs, I've washed her mouth out with soap! None of them worked! I had to do something." John Rolfe said.

"But you don't take away a religious holiday!" John Smith said, "Think of Stitch, Lilo, Chip, Dale, Bianca, and the Lost Animal Children."