Mr. Crocell: Is that today?
Frank: I’ll leave if you… if you don’t got nothing.
Mr. Crocell: No. No, no. Come in here, kid.
Alright, kid, I’ll tell you what. I’ll find you some kind of treat around here if you, uh… if you do a trick for me. Deal?
Do you know why you’re doing this, kid? No? You know what Halloween is all about? Halloween is believed to have been started by the ancient Druids who believed that on this evening, Saman, the lord of the dead, summoned evil spirits. For the Celts, it was the last evening of the year, and an especially propitious time for examining portents of the future. And the devils and witches were free to roam the earth.
And on this night the spirits of the dead returned to visit past family and acquaintances from this life. So, kid, for your trick, I want you to tell me… is it true? Is it possible that the, uh, dead can return? Just for, uh, five minutes. Just to tell someone who had no idea that he’d never see them again that there’s a better place than this and that they’re waiting for him. Just for a minute. Just so I could have the chance to say, ‘So long.’ Just for a second. Just to let me know that there’s a better place than this.
Huh, kid? Now, is it true? Is it possible? ‘Cause if it is… then there’s a hell of a lot of guys I’d rather have here talking to me than you.
Frank: There’s no such thing as ghosts. Can I have my treat now?