nightmare before christmas book
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PENGUIN
ACTIVE
READING
Level2
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Activities
r.r
What's
he
bookabout?
1 Look t
the
picture
n he front of
this bookand
alk o another
student.Do
you
knowanything
about he movie
TheNightmare
Before
Christmas? hat kind
of story
do
you
think it is?
2 Which
of these
wordsdescribe
his story,
o
you
hink?Write
hem
under he right picture.
funny
strange
happy
scary boring
exciting
sad
t.z
What happens
irst?
On
page
1 read
he nameof
the chapter,he
sentencesn falics,
nd
the new words
at the
bottom of the
page.
hen
ook at the
pictures
n
Chapter
andanswer
hese
questions.
1 Who s Hatloweentown's
cariest
keleton?
2 Does e
ike o scare
eople
very
ear?
3 lsZero
skeleton
ra dog?
4 ls hc
gir l
n he
pictures
appy r sad?
CHAPTE
R
Halloweentown's
cariest
Skeleton
"I
scare
eople uer
lear,
Zero,"
ach
Sbellington
aid
quietly
o his
dog'
"It's
boring
and Im tired."
n
October 31
everybody
n Halloweentown
was
excited'
Halloween
night was
the
most important
night of their
year
lnd they
were all afraid.
Dead people
came up
from under
the ground'
'l'hirsry
vampires
happily drank
a
lot of blood.
Ugly
old
witches
changed
some people
nto cats and
other people
nto fish.
Everybody
ran
fiom the skeletons,
from the sound
of their
long,
thin arms
and
legs.
l]lack cats
umped
in
and
out
of trash
cans.Black
birds
few through
the
tlark sky
with
loud, high cries.
And
Jack
Skellington
sang
his
scary
songs
lnd
danced
his dangerous
dances.
Peoplescreamed.
They
were afraid.
' l 'hey
loved t.
At
the
end of the
Halloween
night, everybody
went to
the
ccnter
of town.
The
Mayor of
Halloweentown
stood
in front
of
them
and spoke.
"Tonight
was the
best
Halloween parry
in many
years,
irnd
the
hard work
of one
man
rnade
t possible," e said.He
turned
to the
town's
greatest
skcleton.
"Jack-thank
you.
vampire
,ve,mpara:l
n)
Avampire
ives nside
dead
person
nd at
night he drinks
people's
blood
bfood
bl,rd/
n)
When
you
cut
your
inger,
ed blood
runsout
wltch
/wrtJ/
h)
A witch
s a woman
with a
tall, black
hat Witches
ly at
night.
rk.leton
'skclatan/
n)
Years fter
people
ie,
only heir
ske/eton
sunder he
ground.
rcary
'skcr i /
adj)
Some
eople
ike
scary
movies.
hensomebody
cares
ou, ou areafraid.
rcrcam
skrim/
v/n)
People
cream
hen hey
are veryafraid.
mryor /'nrera,mer/ n) Most owns havea mayor andhe or she s he boss.
c
d
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'l
hc Nighrmare
Befirre
hrisrmrs
"lt
was
great,
Jack "
people
shouted.
"\7e
loved
ir
It was
wild "
"Yes,"
he Mayor
said.
"'We
all
enjoy
Jackt
scary
songs
and
dangerous
dances.
ack,
you're
the scariest
keleton
n Halloweenrown
Thank
you
for
these
wonderful
celebrations..."
"No
problem,"
Jack
said.
But
Jack
wasn'r
h"ppy.
Every
year he repeated
he
same
songs
and
dances
and he
was bored
with
Halloween.
of
course,
he couldn't
tell
anybody.
How
could he?
The
people
of
the town
loved
him
and
they
waited
all
year or
this night.
\When
the Mayor
started
alking
about
the
scariest
ampires
and
witches,
Jack
walked
away
quietly. He
wanted
to think
about his
future.
He
walked
out of town
and past
the
old churchyard.
He
walked
past
Sally,
oo,
but he
didn't
seeher.
Sally
was also
sad.
Shewatched
Jack
and
she wanted
ro follow
him.
But
she had
to be
careful.
The
Doctor
didn't ike
it
when
she eft
the house.
And
when
she didn't
listen
to him,
he
got
very
angry.
The
Doctor
was a very
ugly, old
skeleton
and
he
was
not
a nice man.
After
his
accident,
he
couldn't
walk.
He made Sally, rom old
clothes,
because
e
wanted
a strong
young woman
in
his
house.
Her
clothes
were
not very
preffy,
but she had
beautiful
ong
red hair.
rnfn l rr , t f
on
1,r t
l . r ' l r tc r l . r r , ' ( r r )
vcrybody
enjoys
a celebrat ion
wi th thei r
f r iends
and familv.
Wlrr . r r
rru
t , l t , ln , t l t 'yot l
b l r t l r r l . ly ,
eople
give presents
o
you.
)
Chanter
I -
Hirllowecutown'.s
ScariestSkeleron
' l 'he
doctor
could
move
around
in
his chair
but Sally
had to
cook
Ior
him. She
cleaned
or
him and
.licl everything
n the
house'
Her
lifc'wasboring
and
she
eally
wilnted
to
run away.
She
ried
to
Icrrve
many
times
but
he always
crrught
er .
"\fty
is
Jack
sad
onight?"
Sally hought.
"He's
he
most
wonderful
man
in
Halloweentown
rrnd
everybody
oveshim."
She
istened
hard.
She
could
hcar
Jack's
words
to
his
little white
tlog,
Zero.
Zero
came
out
from
rnrder
he ground
and
flew behind
.f
ck.
He was
dead,
of
course,
so
you
could
see hrough
him.
But
he
lrld
a
funny
red
nose and
it shone
n the
dark.
"l
scarepeople
every
year,
Zero,"
Jack
Skellington
said quietly
to
his
t
dog.
"ltt
boring
and
I'm
tired.
I dont
want
to
hear
another
scream.
W'hy
tlo
I do
it?"
"Now
I understand...he's
ored,"
Sally
hought
sadly.
He
wants
o
elrlngehis ife...and I want to changemine, too."
She
ooked around
the
churchyard.
"[' l l
takesome
of
those
lowers,"
she
hought.
"l'll
put
them
in the
l)Octort
drink
again
onight
so
he'll
sleep.
But
this time,
when
he's
slccping,
'll
run away.
'll
find
Jack
and
maybe
he'll
go
with
me.
we'll
be
li 'cc "
A
sound
came
hrough
the trees
rom
a long
way away.
"Selly?
il/here
are
you?"
It
was he
Doctor
and
he
was
very angry'
"l 'tn
coming "
Sally
shouted.
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CHAPIE
R
A
Door
to
a
New
\World
"Nobo$,
s a/iaid
here "
Jacb
hougbt.
'They
aren't
creaming.
obodyi
dead "
f
ack walked through the churchyardand into rhe dark woods. His
J
head
was
down
and
his
eyes
were
on
the
ground. He
walked
for
a long
time
and
he
thoughr
about
his
future,
without
much
hope.
After
almost
rwo hours,
he
stopped
and looked
around
him.
His
eyes
opened
wide.
"\(/here
am I?
\What
is
this?"
he
asked
Zero.
Jack
was n
the
middle
of some
very
large
rrees
and
each
ree
had
a
beautiful
door
in it.
on the
doorswere
strange
ictures
and
each
door
was
different.
one
of
the
doors had
a
green
ree
with
decorations
on
it' of course, r was a christmas rree,but Jackdidn t know anything
about
christmas
rrees.
one
door had
a
prerty
egg
with
yellow
fowers
on it.
It
was the
Easter
door,
but
Jack
knew
nothing
about
Easter.
The
Thanksgiving
Day
door
had
avery
big
bird
with
a small
head.
rkrrorrrl lorrr,rLkr'rIrl .rrrzi ' (rrgl l)Decorationsareprettythingsonchristmastrees,onwalls,
, ' r r f
f wrrrr f r rwi
\ . r r rr '
1 t , t4t 'u
leror, t tc
hei r
houses
wi th
christmas
iohts
Chaptcr 2
-A Door to a
New
\World
.fack
iked the door
with the green
ree and
pretry
decorations,
so
he
nroved nearer.
But before
he could
put
his hand on the
door,
it opened.
A strong, cold
winter wind
pulled
him inside the
tree and
the door
closed
rlrrickly.
He
screamed,
ut only
Zero
heard.
AndZero couldn't
help' The
little dog stayed
nder the
treeand
waited.
He waited
all
night.
'l.he cold winter wind took Jack o a new and wonderful place.Here,
cvcrything
was white and
it was
very cold.
Jack
knew
nothing
about
snow and
he
took
some
n his
hand.
"W'hat
is this?"
he thought.
Hc made a ball and
threw
it. Therr
he aughed
happily.
He stood
on the
top of a
mountain
and
hc
looked down at
a pretry
littlc town.
It
was
very different
rom
H:rlloweentown.
here
were
lrt.irutiful
ights on
the
houses nd
decorations
n the
trees.
People
moved
lrrrppily
cross he
ice on strange,
ong shoes.
hey laughed
and sang.
"Nobody
is afraid
here "
Jack
rhought.
"They
aren't
screaming.
Nobocly's
ead "
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' l 'hc
Nightmare
Before Chrisrmas
Jack
elt
very happy,
oo.
"This
is
the prettiest
place n the
world," he
thought.
Then
he looked
up and he
saw he name
of this
place above he
S
rCC-CH zu
STMASTOV/N.
"That's
a funny name
for
a place " he
thought.
"Bur
I
think I'm
going
to l ike it here "
Jack
started o move
down
the
mountain.
He didnt know
anyrhing
about
snow or ice,
of course.
So when he
started o
walk,
his feet
flew
out from
under him.
He moved,
on his
boftom, as ast
as a river down
a
mountain.
"This
is
very funny," he
thought.
"Maybe
they're nviting me
to
Christmastown I
hope
they are.This
place s
grear "
At
the bottom
of the mounrain
he sat or
a minure
and
looked
at the
beautiful
world in front
of
him.
He felt h"ppy
and
warm inside.
Then he stood up. He looked up at rhe sky and laughed.
"I
want to
seeeverything here "
he thought.
"l
want to
run
and
jump
I want
to sing
and dance 'm
not an
old dead skeleton
without
feelings-I'm
living again
But what happens
n
this place? 'm
going
to
look
around "
Chapter
2 A Door to a Ncw
Vorld
It
was morning
in
Halloweentown
and
the Mayor
stood
outside
Jackt
Irorrse.
He
wanted to start
making plans
or
next year's
elebrations.
'l'lrcre
were only three hundred sixry-four daysbeforeHalloween But
firt'l<
lidn't open
his
door.
The Mayor
shouted.
There was
no
answer.
'l 'he
re weresome
vampires
n the
street,
o he asked
hem
about
Jack.
"Wc'l l
try
to
find him
for you,
Mayor "
they said.
'l'hc
vampires
asked
witches and
skeletons
around
town.
"\flhere's
f
rr i?
)o
you
know?"
"$/c
don't
know but
we'l l
help
you,"
they
said.
l,rlcr that day everybody
knew-Jack
was not
in Halloweentown
But
wlrcrt'was
he?Nobody
eaves
Halloweentown
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Activit ies
Z
2.r
Wereyou
right?
Look
back
at
your
answers
o
Activity
1.2
on
page
v. Then
ook
at
the
picture
and finish
these
sentences.
1 The
skeletons's
ame
s
2
The
door n
his reegoes
o
3
Thename
of
the hol iday
s
4
On
the door
here s
a
green
5 On
the
ree
here
ar e
2.2
What
more
did you
learn?
Match
he
nameson
the
left with
the
sentences
n the
right.
1 WhenSaltv idn't isten o
2
When he
Doctor
et lasleeP,
3
When
Jack
went
nto he
ree,
4
Jack's
eet
lewout
from
under
im
5
The
vampires
tarted
ooking
or
Jack
TheNightmare
efore
hr is tmas
When
the
Mayor
tarted
alking
about
he
scariest
ampires,
ac k
watked
way.
The
Doctor
didn't
ike
t when she
left he
house.
the Doctor,
a
Zero
waited
or
him.
b
when
he watked
n
the
ceand
snow.
c Satty
anaway.
d
when he
Mayor
coutdn't
ind
him.
e
he
got very angry.
t, l
Language
n use
Lookat the
sentences
n the
box.Then
inish
hese
sentences
with the words
below.Write
he
letters,
a-e.
a He
s
he boss
f the
own
andhe
l ikes
o
talk.
,
b He
s
an old
skeleton
ndhe
can't
walkverywe[[.
They
wear
at l
btack
ats
and
he y
ftv.
He
ikes
o fol low
ack.
They
ike
o drink
blood.
Shewants
o run
away
andhave
a
more
exci t ing
i fe.
What's
next?
Lookat the
picturesbetow.
Which
witt be
new to
the
peopleof
Halloweentown,
o
you think?
La
1
Vampires
2 Witches
3 Mayor
4 Satty
5 Doctor
6 Zero
c
d
e
t
t ights
Y.o'
t,
"'
'l t
Santa
Claus
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CHAPTER
Jack's
ChristmasPlans
"Do
toys
scare inle boys?"
shed n ugly
old witch.
Jach
hought,
"
They'll
neuer nderstand
Christmas.
n the night of December 24, the night before Christmas,
everybody
n
Christmastown
was
very
h"ppy.
Santa Claus came
on
this night
every year with
toys
for
good
girls
and boys. Ar nine
o'clock
most
of the children
were in their
beds and
the youngesrwere
asleep.But
a lot of
older children
couldn't sleepbecause
hey were very
excited.
So
they
closed
heir eyesand waited
for the
sound of Santa
Claust
feer.
Jack
Skellington walked
around-the
town
and
looked
through
rhe
windows
of the pretry little houses.
He
saw the children in
their beds and
he
could seea
Christmas rree n
every house. Each
tree had
beautiful red
and green decorationson it and pretry lights. He loved everything in this
place. Suddenly,
he had
a
great
dea.
"l'm
going
to
go
back to Halloweentown,"
he thought.
"l've
got
a
greatplan "
Chapter
3
-
Jack's
hrisrmas
lans
Sally
was
busy
n
her
kitchen
with
the
flowers
or
the
Doctor's
drink.
"He'll
sleep
ong
time
after
he
drinks
his,"
she
hought'
,.twheret
my
drink?"
he
Doctor
shouted
rom
another
oom.
"lt's
almost
ready,"
allY
houted.
She ook t to him
and
warched
arefully.
e
put
his
nose
near
he
(
up .
"'W'hat
id
you
put
in
my
drink
tonight?"
he
asked
er'
"l
put
some
hot
wat€r'
some
milk,
some
sugar"
"'
.You
didn't
pur
any
owers
n
it,
I
hope,"
said
he
old
man.
"You
did
rhrrt
o
me
before.
remember You
anred
o
run
away.
remember
thar.
oo "
,,Flowers?
You
are
unny,"
said
Sally.
Drink
it and
then
I'll
bring
your
t l inner."
"l
want
you
to
drink
some
irst,"
he said'
"lt's
very
hot,
so
'll
take
a
ittle
on
my
spoon,"
shesaid'
Sally
ook
a
spoon
with
holes
n
it from
her
skirt.
She
put
the
cup
near
her
mouth
and
used
he
spoon.
The
drink
fell through
he
holes
and
back
into
the
cup.
The
old
mant
eyes
were
not
very
good,
so
he didnt
see
t'
"Very
nice,"
said
Sally.
Now
you
drink
it'"
i
Shegave
im
the
cup
and
the
Doctor
drank
t.
Then
he
fell
asleep
with
his
head
on
the
table.
Sally
put
a
warm
.iacket
ver
him
and
she
an
()ut
he
door.
It
was
ateat
night
but
nobody
n Halloweentown
as
asleep.
hey
were
ery
sad
about
ack.
Wherewashe?'I'hewitches idnt scream nd he
vampire
hildren
didnt
wanr
o play.
Everything
asquiet.
The
Mayor
was
rhc
saddest
ecause
e couldnt
plan
he
next
Halloween
ithout
Jack'
Suddenly,
e
heard
a
dog.
"[.isten
s hat
Zero?."
houted
he
Mayor'
'l'hen
another
sound-a
srrange
ound-came
from
behind
he
arge
tkrors
n the
wall
around
Halloweentown.
When
the
doors
opened,
ack
hofe
hool/
n)
When
you
cut
a
hole
n
something,
ou
can
see
hrough
t
'
toy
/ f , f ( r r )
Childrcn
play
wi th
toys.
oy
carsare not
really cars.
h
il
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l'hc Nightmare
Before
Chrisrmas
arrived
n
a
big red
sleigh.
zero
flew
behind
him
and
his
big red
nose it
the
way. The
witches,
skelerons,
nd
vampires
umped
up and
down and
laughed.
Everybody
shouted,
Jackt
back "
'Jack
\X/here
were
you?"
asked
he
Mayor.
"I' l l tell you...I ' l l tell everybody "
Jack
said oudly. "I wanr
everybody
in
town
to
come here
n
nvo hours."
Sally
was n
the woods
when
she
heard
about
Jack
rom
one of
the
witches.
Shewanted
to listen
to
Jack
so she
went
back nro
town.
"The
Doctor's
asleep,
o I have
ime,"
she hought.
In
the
center
of town
Jack,
stood
on a
box in front
of the
witches,
skeletons,
nd vampires.
A lot
of
small
black
animals
lew
around
excitedly.
"I
want
to
tell
you about
a wonderful
place ts
name
s
Christmastown," acksaid.
sf
igh
/r
c /
(n)
San a
c laus
dr ives
a s le igh
across he
sky on
the night
before
ch r is tmas.
Chapter3
-
Jack's
hrisrmas
lans
"Christmastown?
fhat's
that?"
some
witches
asked.
"lt's
a
world
of
wonderful
white
snow.
t's
a beautiful
place,
a
happy
lrlace.
ook
at
this "
Jack
said.
He showed
hem
a Christmas
tree.
Everybody's
eyes
opened
wide'
'And
look This
is a
present "
he shouted.
He took
a box
with
l)retry
paper
rom under
tlrc ree
and
showed
t t o
them.
"\7hat
is
it?" an
ugly
old vampire
asked.
He
lrrd
a very
white
face,very
black hair,
and
a
very
red
rnouth.
'A
present
s
a
box
with
pretty
paper
around
it . . .and
nside.. . ,"
ack
said
slowly.
"\7hat's
inside?"
called
ir
witch.
"'We
don't
know,"
Jack
answered.
"Don't
know?
fhy not?"
The people
of
Halloweentown
didn't
trnderstand.
Quickly,
Jack
ook
off the
paper
and
opened
the
box'
"Inside,
there's
a toy "
said
Jack.
He showed
hem
a
child's
oy'
'A
boy?
That is
strange "
said
one
of the
skeletons'
"Not
a
boy
A
@"
shouted
ack'
"Do
toys
scare
ittle boys?"
asked
an
ugly
old
witch'
Jack
hought,
"They'l l
neverunderstand
Christmas.' '
present
I'prtzentl
(n)
People
give you
presents
on
your
birthday
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' l'he
Nightmare
Be[ore
Chrisrmas
Then
he had
a
good
dea.
Maybe
hey'll
understand
his."
He looked
at
eachof
them very
carefully
nd he spoke
quietly
and
slowly.
"There's
^
very old
man n
Christmastown,"
ack
said.
Het
big
and
round
with
long,
white hair.
His clothes
re ed
and he
fies
through he
night sky n a big redsleigh.He shoutsoudly and aughs They all him
Santa
Claus He
puts
presenrs
nder
Christmas
rees nside
every ouse.
\7hen
the children
wake
up
in
the morning,
hey ind
rhem.Then
they
open
hem."
Everybody
wasexcited
when
Jack
inished
his
story.They
were
a ittle
scared,
oo, and that
was
ood.
Jack
eft
and
went home.
How
can
tell them
about
Christmas?" e
thought.
"I
have
o find
a
betterway.First,
have
o
understand."
Later
hat night in
his
bed,
Jack
ooked
n
a ot of
books.He read
Christmas storiesand he found
Christmas
songs.Bur
what were
they
really
about?
"Maybe
the Doctor
can
help
me,"
Jack
thought.
"Maybe
his
chemicals
will
teach me
more
about
toys,
decorations,
and
Christmas
trees 'll
go
to his
house
and discuss
everything
with
him in
the morning."
chemicafs 'kr:rrrrk:rlzl
n)
Doctors
use bot t les
of chemicals
hen
thev want answers
o
questions
They
use the c hemkals
for
tests.
CHAPTER
Chemicals
or
Jack
Sally
hought,
What
does
his
mean?
oes
ach
oue
me,
or
not?
Or
is something
adgoing
o
haPPen?"
ally'sdrink for the Doctor didnt work very well. It wasn'tvery strong,
so
the
Doctor
woke
up
after
three
hours.
He
could
move
fast
n
his chair
and
he
found
Sally.
He
took
her
back
home
and
put
her in her
r()omat
the
top
of
the
old
house.
"You
won't
do that
to
me again "
the
Doctor
shouted
angrily'
" l t
was
a.. .a
mistake "
shc
said.
She
hought,
"\(/hY
tlidn't
I put
more
fowers
in
rlrc drink? How did I make
tlnt
sruprd
mistake?"
Now she
was
n
her
room
and
couldn't
get
out.
Jack
arrived
in the
rnorning.
Sally
heard
him
fiom
her
room.
"Why
is
Jack
here?'l
he
rlrought.
She ried to listen to the
(.otrversation
erween
he
Doctor
and
Jack.
She
couldnt
hear
Jack
very
wcll,
but
she
heard
he
Doctor'
.,'[hke
these
chemicals,
ack,
but
be
careful.
They're
very dangerous.
nrtde
a
mistake
one
time
and...look
at
me
in this
chair"'
Jack
ook
the
bottles
of
chemicals
nd
wenr
home.
He
opened
some
ol'rhe bottles.
very
carefully,
he pur
rhcm
over
fire.
He put
a toy
boat
irrto
he bottle
of green
chemicals.
He put
the
bottle
over
he
fire and
wrttched.
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Nighrmare
Before
Christmas
Nothing
happened.
Then
he
cut
some
Christmas
paper
and
put ir
into
some
red
chemicals.
Again,
nothing
happened.
He
worked
for
hours,
but
he
didn't learn very much about
Christmas.
"\(/har
will
happen
when
I
put
decorations
nto
these
chemicals?"
Jack
thought.
He
put
some
n
and
a
green
ight
shone.
From
Sallyt
window,
she
saw
the
green light
in
Jackt
window.
She
wanted
to
go ro
him
and
help
him.
She
elt
somerhing
strange
nside-a
h"ppy
and
sad
eeling.
For
the
first
time
n
her ife
she
elt
ove.
she really
was
n love
with
Jack.
"I
wanr
o
be
his
wife,"
Sally
houghr.
How
can
get away
rom
rhe
Doctor?
can't
stay
here "
Sally
stood
at her
window
for
a long
time,
without
much
hope.
"I
have
o help
Jack "
she
hought.
so
she
made
a
presenr
or
him.
She
put some
dry fowers,
some
brack
vegetables,
nd
some
green
warer
inro
a bottle.
\with
the
bomle
n
her
hand,
she
stood
at her
open
window
and
looked
down.
It
was
a long
way
to the ground, but she
wasn'r
afraid.
She
umped.
\X/hen
she
hit
the
ground,
one
of her
arms
fell
off.
"Not
again "
she
said.
But
she
took
the
arm
with
her
other
hand
and
1'lrt
t
on
again
very
quickly.
' l 'hc.
she
an
toJackt
house
as
ast
as
she
could.
She
stood
under
hi s
wirrtbw
e.d
looked
up.
At
that
same
minure,
Jack
ooked
down.
when
tht' i' t'y.s
rrcr,
hc
sr' iled.
suddenly,
he felr
really
happy-but
why?
He
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CHAPTER
Jack's
Great
dea
"Were
oing o taue
Christmas
n Halloweentown
bis
year.
You
will
haue o worh
hard,
but
it will be
wonderful."
f ack worked hard all night with the chemicals,but he didnt find any
J
answers
o his
questions.
7hat
was
Chrisrmas?
What
did it
mean?
He stood
at his
open
window
and thought
hard.
"How
do these
hings
work?"
he
thought.
"\Vhy
do
people
n
Christmastown
uant
to sing
when
they
see hese
decorations?
hy
are
people
excited
when
they
open
these
presents?"
He
stood
there for
hours.
\flhen
it
was almost
morning,
Jack
ound
the
answer.
"I
know
It's
easy
Jflhy
didn't I
think
of this
before?"
he
shouted.
He
jumped
up and
down excitedly.
"Halloween town can have
Christmas
Vhy
not?'\7'e
can
make
decorations
and
put them
on a tree
we
can
put
presenrs
nder
the
tree
we
can
make
presents
or
every ittle
boy and
girl. And
this year
'll
be
Santa
Claus."
He
shouted happily,
"Chrisrmas
will be
ours "
It
was
time for
another
meeting.
He
couldn't
wair,
so he ran
to the
Mayor's
house.
The
Mayor
was
asleep.
ChaPter
-Jack's
Great
dea
,.'wake
up 'we
have
o
talk
to
everybody
onight "
Jack
old
him
cxcitedly.
"OK,
Jack.
But
it's very
early.
Go
away
now,"
the
Mayor
said'
Later,
the
Mayor
called
everybody
to
the
townt
center'
Jack
said,
"Everybody'shere,
see'
Thank
you'
I have
a
new
plan"'
Everybody listened carefullY'
..'W'eire
going
to
have
Christmas
in
Halloweentown
this
year.
You
will
have
o
work
hard,
but
it
will
be
wonderful "
"'Will
it
be
really
scary?"
asked
a
vampire'
"No,
not
scary...but
happy "
answered
ack'
The
Mayor
thought,
"This
is a strange
plan'
but
I'm
not going
to
stoP
him.
vhen
they
are
happily
celebrating
christmas
in
Halloweentown'
they'll
be
happy
with
me,
too."
Jack
said,
,I
wanr
the
witches
to
make
christmas
cakes.
an
you
do
that,
witches?"
"Yes,
Jack,
we always
cook
wonderful
things'
\7e
can make cakes
without
any
problem "
theY
said'
They
laughed
and
started
discussing
deas
or the
cakes'
Jack
said,
"I
want
the
vampires
o
make
red
and
green
decorations'
OK,
vampires?"
,,can
we
use
blood
for
the
red
decorations?"
asked
one
young
vampire.
"No,
,to
blood
in
the
decorations,
please "
aid
Jack'
Then
the
Doctor
arrived.
"Doctor You'rehere Thank you," saidJack' Can you pleasemake
four
reindeer
for Santa
Claus's
sleigh?"
Jack
showed
he
Doctor
a
picture
of
reindeer'
"Can
you
do
it?"
he asked.
"Of
course,
ack.
' ll
start
now,"
said
he
Doctor'
' Ihe
Doctor
left
and
three
young
boys
arrived'
,.Jack,
Jack "
said
he
Mayor.
"Be
careful
t's
oogie
Boogie's
boys "
reindeer
'rerndrr/
n)
Rerndeer
re
arge
nimals'
hey
ul l
Santa
Claus's
leigh'
2l
CHAPTER
Chapter
6
-
i t t le
HelPers
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Jack's
ittle
Helpers
Jach's
hree
oung
helpers ad a uerydffirent idea
about Christmasn
Halloueentown-so the
nightmarebefore
Christmas
aas
beginning.
ock,
Shock, and Barrel
were three young boys.They were
Halloweentown'samous
rick-or-treaters and they
playeda
lot
of
tricks
on everybody
n
town. They always ad
a plan, and heir
plans
werenever ery nice.
Nobody n
town iked their
boss,Oogie Boogie.He was
a big,
round
bag ull of maggots
He had a big head,
short
egs,
and ong armsand
sometimeshe maggots
ell out of him
through
holes
n the bag.
trick or treat /,lrrk :rr
trit/
On Halloween,
rick-or-treaters re children.They
ask
or
candy
a
treat) Whentheydon'tgeti t,theyplayatr ickonyou.Youdonotknowthati t isgoingto
happen. ometimes
he tr ick
s unny,
ut usuallyt isnot
nice.
maggot 'rrr iut;:rr /
nl
Maggots
resmall nimals. hey ive
on old, bad
meat.
Jacks
Oogie
Boogie
went
around
he
woods
at
night
and
ate
a
lot
of
tnimals.
He
drank
heir
blood.
Sometimes
e
atepeople,
oo
He
was
t
illways
ungry.
He
didnt
like good
children
and
hey
were
eally
afraid
of him.
He
was
he
scariest
hing
in
Halloweentown'
When
he
scared
children,
hey
ran
o
Jack.
oogie
Boogie
was
different
rom
everybody
n
l{alloweentown
ecause
e didnt
like
Jack.
The
Mayor
didnt
like
oogie
lloogieor his badboys.Sohis eyes penedwidewhenhe sawoogie's
boys.
,.'why
does
ack
wanr
o
talk
to
the
m?"
he
thought.
"Is
he crazy?"
Jack
spoke
ery
quietly
nto
each
boy's
ear.
l
want
you
three
boys
o
rlo
something
or
me.
But
don't
ell
anybody.
t's
very
mportant'
Nobody
r'lln
know."
"\flhar?
This
isnt
possible "
he
Mayor
thought.
"why
is
Jack
making
lrlans
with
them?Vhatt
he
saying?"
\
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6
-
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itt le
HelPers
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The
NishtmareBefore
Christmm
"One
last
hing..."
Jack
said o the
boys.
Don'r
tell
Oogie
Boogie.
don't
want him to know
anything "
"Of
course,
Jack,"
the three trick-or-t reaters
said.
"'We
wont
say a
word to
Oogie Boogie
about this."
They ran
away with big
smiles on their faces.'Were
hey happy about
Jack's
mportant job? Or did they haveother plans?Did
Jack
do the right
thing
or did he make
a big mistake?
"'l'his
is
going to be wonderful,"
thought
Jack.
"This
is
the happiest
clay
of
my
life. Those
three trick-or-rreaters
are
going ro do something
goocl
br the first
time in
their lives.And
this time there'll be no
rricks."
llvcrybocly n
Halloweenrown
wanted
to
help
with his
Christmas
l)lrurs.
othirrg
could
be better.
nightmare
(n)
' r r i r r l r r r l r /
ou have nightmares
when
you
are sleeping.They make
you
af raid,
24
But
christmas
was
now
n dangerous
ands.
acl/s
hree
oung
helpers
ad
a
very
different
dea
about
christmas
n
Halloweentown-so
the
nightmare
before
Christmas
was
beginning'
Lock,
Shock,
and
Barrel
oved
nightmares
s
much
as
hey
oved
rricks.
when
they
got
to
their
home
at the
top
of
a big
tree,
hey
started
planning
heir
trick
on
Jack.
"Jack
s a
stupid
skeleton "
hey
aughed'
Locksaid, . .HewantsustogotoChristmastownandgetSantaClaus?
\re'll
bring
Santa
ack
here...but
we
won't
give
him
to
Jack
we'll
scare
him
with
our
tricks "
Shock
was
more
ntelligent
han
Lock
and
he
had
a
becer
dea'
.,Lisren...'w'e'll
ger
sanra
claus
and
put
him
in
our
biggest
Halloween
bag ,'
aid
Shock.
\re'll
bring
him
here
and
show
him
to
Jack.
But
then
*Jlgiu.
him
ro
oogie
Boogie
ogie
will
really
enjoy
hat
big
fat
man
for hisdinner "
,,Grear ,,
shouted
Barrel.
That
will
teach
ack
Skellington
esson "
The
three
rick-or-trearers
aughed
nd
danced
round
he
room.
'Ihen
they
got
busy
with
their
plan'
h
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4.1
Were
you
right?
look
back
at
Activity
3.4.Are
hese
entences
bout
Lock,
hock,
nd
Barrel
ight
(/l
or
wrong
(I)?
1
They
re
hree
f
Halloweentown,s
hitdren.
2
Everybody
n
Haltoweentown
ikes
hem.
They
want
o
help
ack
ith
his
Christmas
tans.
They
ake
Santa
laus
o
Oogie
Boogie.
5
They
re
very
ntelligent.
6
They
nderstand
othing
bout
Christmas.
+.2What moredid you learn?
Who
s
speaking?
1
..
.
". ler{
Language
n
use
Look t the sentencesn the box.Then
finish
hesesentences
ith the right orm
of the adjective.
TheNightmare efore hristmas
He
was
he scariest
n
Ha[[oweentown.
Shock as
morecareful
thanLock.
$
1
2
3
Jack
aid,
This
s
he
..........."1?.ppi.9"lJ.. ayof
my ife."
happy)
Jack
as
,. han he
Mayor.
excited)
Shock
aid,
We'l[
et
Santa nd
put
him n our
Ha[oween ag."big)
Oogie oogie as
.." . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
han he
r ick-or-
treaters.
scary)
The hree r ick-or-treaters'planas heir
trick.
dangerous)
What's
next?
Readhe namesof Chapters and 8
and he sentences
n talicsbelow
them.
Then
ook
at the
pictures.
What
s
going
o happen?Write
Yes
or No.
1
Jack
ants
Satty
o make red
acket
nd
green ants
or him.
2 The rick-or-treatersring
ack
Halloweennima[.
3
The
Doctor
makes ome orsesor
Jack.
4
Jack
s
going
o do
Santa
laus's
ob .
5 Santa laus'sister
penshedoor o
Lock, hock,ndBarrel.
6 Santa
sks ock, hock,nd
Barrel,
What
oes'tr ick-or-treat'ean?"
........
7
The
rick-or-treaters
ut
Santa laus
n
a bigbox.
I Santa laus
s
going
o
drive
is
steighonight.
,E
We
can
make
:
cqkes
without
ony probleml
,E . '
lBei l
coreful
I lt's
Oogie
|
).
Boogie's
t,
boys
z
We'll
bring
Santa
bock
here
but
we
won't
grve
him
o
Jack
A
Con
we
use
blood,
1
for the
red
decorotions?
tr
We won't say o
word
to
Oogie
Boogie
bout
this.
g
.,
i
That
will
..
teach
Jack
'
Skellington
a
lesson
t l
7
8
)(t
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Big
Mistakes
Santa wanted to
ash,
"What
does
trich-or-treat'mean?"
But they
put a big bag
ouer his head
beforehe could
asb his
question.
ot one witch, vampire,
or skeleton n Halloweentown
could
say
"No"
to
Jack.
Vhen he
asked or happy
music, he
got it.
\When
he
asked or cakes,decorations,and roys, hegot them. But when he asked
Sally or
some red
clothes,
she didn't wanr
ro make
them. Shewasn'r
h"ppy
about
Jack's
lan.
She hought about
the Chrisrmas
rree on fire in
her hand
and she elt
afraid.
"Jack,
isten
to me,"
Sally said.
"This
isn't
going to work."
"Yes,
t is You
can
do
it. I
only wanr
a wonderful red
Santa
Claus
jacket
and some red
pants "
Jack
answeredhappily.
He
could think
of
nothing
but
his
clothes or
Christmas.
"l'll
make them
for you,
Jack.
But I think
it's a
mistake,"
she
said
sadly.
Sally
could
make clothes
very
well and
she did
aYery good
job
on
Jackt
new
red pants
and
jacket.
7hen
she
inished
her
work, she
eft his
house.She
walked
to the
center
of town.
Jack'snext visitors
were
Lock, Shock,
and
Barrel.
They arrived
with
a
very big
Halloween
bag.
But they did
not have
candy
nside the
bag
this
time.
"Jack,
we caught
him "
they
shouted.
"Open
it
Let's see
him " said
Jack
excitedly.
But
when the
three
boys
opened
he bag,
Jack's
yes
and
mouth
opened
wide.
He did
not
see
an old
man
in red clothes.
He saw an
animal
with
very
long ears.
t
jumped
out
of the
bag
and
ran around
the
room.
Up and
down,
up
and down.
"' ?'hat's
that?"
Jack
asked.
"lt's
not Santa
Claus "
"Isn't
it?" asked
Shock.
"But
we went
through
the
door
in the tree,"
said
Lock.
"Which
door?"
asked
Jack.
"The
door
with
the eggand
the
yellow
fower,"
said
Barrel.
"You
went
through
the
wrong door "
Jack
said.
"Go
back
and go
through
the door
with the
Christmas
reeon
it .
And
take this
thingback
to
its
tree "
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"It
was Lockt mistake " said
Shock.
"It
was Barrel'smistake "
said Lock.
The angry words
turned into a fight.
Shock hit Lock and Barrel hit
Shock.
Jack
watched
them for a minute
or rwo. Then he moved
very
quickly
and scared hem with
the sound of
his
skeleton arms.
Usually
he
only
did that on Halloween night.
The
boys, afraid,
jumped
and ran out
of the door. The animal
with the
long
ears ollowed
them.
"Take
that thing
back to
its
tree and bring
Santa Claus here,"
Jack
shouted
behind the three
trick-or-treaters.
"And
be nice
to Sanra "
\fhen
they were in the woods
again, Shock turned
to
his
friends.
"How
did
we make
that
mistake?"
he
asked.
"'$(/hen
saw the egg and flower
on the tree's
door..."
Lock
said slowly.
Shock
said,
You
shouted'decorations'
nd we went inside You
stupid
boy "
Everybody
in Halloweentown
was very
busy and
Jack
watched
rhem
happily.
The Doctor came
with his reindeer and
they were almost as big
as
horses.
ln Christmastown
SantaClaus
was busy, oo.
His
helpers'
beautiful
toys were almost
ready.He
looked at the
namesof the children
in
Christmastown.
He had a present
or each child.
'Are
the
cakes
eady,Mrs. Claus?"
he called o
his wife.
In
the
kitchen,
Mrs. Claus smiled.
She
oved cakes
and
she enioyed
her
ob
on the
night before Christmas
very much.
"Here
comes
he last one "
she shouted
happily.
Santa Claus
said,
"I'm
going
to get
the
reindeer.They have o pull
a
very
heavy sleigh onight, so
I'll
give
them
more food and water."
"Good
idea " his wife
said.
Suddenly,
here
was a loud noise at
their front door.
"'Whot
that?" Santa
shouted o
his helpers.
But his helperswere
singing
oudly and happily
in the
next room,
so
they
didn't
hear him.
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"l'll
answer
he door " he called
o
his
wife.
\7hen he opened t,
he saw hree
strange
children in very
srrangedark
clothes.
"Tlick
or
rrear " hey
shouted.
Santawanted o ask,
\(/hat
does
trick
or treat'mean?"
But they
put
a big
bagoverhis head
before
e
could
ask
his
question.
rom
nside he
bag,
he
shouted or his
wife and helpers,
ut they
didnt hearhim.
Santa
Claus
s Comitg
to
Town
"Hi,
Santa
Claus "
aidJach
appily.
Im
going
o giue
ou
a Cbristmas
resent.
This ear
'll be
SantaClaus,
o
ou
won'thaue
o worh."
J n Halloweentown, the vampires inished making
Christmas
ights-
I
with
little skeleton
heads.
The youngest
witches
finished
making their
toys-wonderfully
dangerous
oys.
Jack's
lans
for Christmas,
he most
important
thing
in
his life,
were almost
ready.
But he didn't
look
at the
lights
and the
toys
before
hey
went
into the bags.
"Now
I
can
dress,"
e
thought
happily.
Sally,
ring
my clothes,
lease "
e said.
Shebrought
Jack
his
new
red
acket
and
pants
and
he
put
them
on.
"These
arewonderful
How
do
I
look?"he asked
ally.
"l
liked you
better
n black
clothes,
ack,"
shesaid
sadly.
But
Jack
wasexcited
nd
he didnt
listen o
her
answer.
He ran out
the door
o
his
wonderful
sleigh.
n the
back
of
the sleigh
here
was
a
mountain
of
big bags,
ull of dangerous
oys,
scary
Presents,
nd
strange
packages.
ack
wasashappy
asa
trick-or-trearer
n
Hdloween
nighr
with
a
big bag
ull of
candy.
Before
e
got
into
the sleigh,
e
heard omebody
hout,
Jack "
He
turned
and here
were
Lock,
Shock,
and
Barrel
with a
very big
bag.
"Het
in
here And
he's eally
heavy "
houted
Barrel'
"Let's
put
him down "
said
Shock.
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"Ler
me
our " shoured
he
old
man inside
rhe
bag.
They
opened
the
bag and
sanra
claus fell
out. His
face
was
as red
as
his
jacket
and
pants.
His
hair
was
aswhite
as snow.
He
looked
around
and he
saw rhe
ugliest
people
n
the
world.
He
was
n
a
nighrmare
and
everybody
was
a skeleton
or
a witch
or
a vampire
"'S(/'here
m
I?"
he
thought.
"Hi,
Santa
Claus "
said
Jack
happily.
"I'm
going
to
give you
a
christmas
present.
This
year
I'll
be
Santa
claus,
so
you
wont
have
o
work.
You
can
sit
down
and
enjoy
a quiet
night
here
in
Halloweentown
I'll
do everything.
Look
I have
a sleigh,
presenrs,
red
jacket
and
pants "
santa
claust
eyes
opened
wide.
"\vhat
does he
mean?"
he thought.
"This
is
the
happiest
night
of
the
year for
me The
children
are
waiting-
and I
m
going
to be
ate But
I..."
he
started
o
say.
"Itt
OK,"
said
Jack.
"You
can
have
a
vacation."
"This
is
a nightmare "
Sanra
hought.
But he
couldn't
speak
because
he couldnt find the right words.
"Come
with
us, Santa.
We'll
take
you
to
Jack's
ouse
and
you
can
sleep
here,"
said
Shock.
"But
I
don't
utantto
sleep "
Santa
shouted.
The
three
trick-or-treaters
ook
him
away,
but not
to
Jack's
house.
"This
is
a nightmare,"
Sally
thought.
"I
have
o
do
something "
Then
she
had an
idea.
Quickly,
she walked
away
and
began
working
on her
plan. First,
she had
ro
ger the right
chemicals.
Before
Jack
could leave
n his
sleigh,
he
Mayor
called
everybody
nto
the town'scenter.He wanted to saygoodbye to Jack because e wanted
everybody
o look
at him.
Vhen
he
finished
speaking,
something
very
srrange
happened.
"\What's
happening?"
Jack
cried.
He looked
around
at
the
black sky,
but it
wasnt
black.
A
thick,
white
fog,
as hick
as he worst
London
fog
in
an
old
black-and-white
movie,
moved
inro
the
town.
Nobody
could
see
anything.
fog
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s.l Wereyou
right?
5.2
Look
back
at
Activity
4.4.
Only
one
sentence
was right.
Change
he
words
n
green
o the
right
words.
Language
n
use
Lookat the sentence
n the box.Then
write sentences
bout these
pictures.
'I
i i answer
,t
What's
next?
Look
t the irst
our
picturesn Chapters
and 10.What
s happening?
Writea sentence bout
each
picture.
l, t
1
Jack
wants
Sally
o make
a red
acket
and
oants
or
him.
The
rick-or-treaters
ring
ack
Hailoween
anima[.
The
Doctor
makes
ome
horses
Santa
[aus's
is ter
and
Barrel.
Santaasks, , , . . .
red
for
Jack.
opens
he
door
o Lock,
hock,
.
Lock,
hock,
nd
Barrel,
What
does
' trick-or-treat'
ean
6 The
rick-or-treaters
ut
Santa
Clausn
a
bigbox
.
7
Santa
laus
ts
gotng
o
drive is
steigh
onight.
What
more
did you
earn?
Write
he numbers
n
he
pictures.
1
Who
sn't
appy
bour
ack's
lan?
2
Who
or what
do Lock,
hock,
ndBarrel
ake irst?
3 What
oes
ack
ake
rom
Santa
laus?
4
What
oes
a[[y
ake?
1.
4
5
1
2
3
1
2
3
4
" l ' l [
make hem
or
you,
Jack."
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Dangerous
oys
or
Good
Girls
and Boys
Some toys
sreamed and
some llt
kughed
wildly.
One uery
long toy
animal started
eating
the Christmas
tree,l
(W/here
are we
going to take
him?"
askedBarrel.
W
"To
Oogie Boogie,
of course,"
said Lock
and
Shock.
"That's
right.
I almost
forgot "
Barrel
said.
"Oogie
will
like
that "
Santa
Claus istened
o
these hree
strange
ittle
children.
"'Who
is
Oogie Boogie?"
he
thought.
"\(hart
going to
happen
to Christmas?"
Inside
the
bag, he felt
very hot.
"I
want you
to open
this bag now "
he
shouted.
"Christmas
is about
love
Dont
you know?"
"No "
they shouted.
And
then they laughed
wildly.
Jack
drove
the sleigh
across
he sky.In front
of him, Zero's
nose
was
as ight
as
he morning
sun. The
reindeer
easily
pulled
the heary
sleigh
with the
presenrs n
it.
Jack
enjoyed
every
minute
of his
new
iob.
He
stopped his
sleigh
at each
house
and put
prerry presenrs
under
each
Christmas
tree. n
one
house,
a little
boy came
down
the
stairsand
watched
him. \(hen
Jack
turned
away from
the
Christmas
tree, he
saw he
young
child.
"Here,
ittle
boy A
present rom
Santa "
said
Jack.
And
he
gave
he
boy a
present.
Jack
had to go
to the
next house.
He couldn't
wait and watch
the boy's
face.But when
the child opened
the
present,
he didn't smile.
His face
went white and his mouth fell open. He screamedwildly.
Jack
heard the
boy'sscreams
nd
he smiled.
"He
likes t,"
Jack
thought.
"Nobody
is
scared
of
me and
I'm making everybody
happy "
After
"Santa
Claus"
eft
their
houses
n the
middle of the
night, some
of the
other children
quietly
left the
r beds.
Their little
feet
slowly
took
them
down the
stairsbecause
hey
couldn't
wait for Christmas
morning.
Each child
carefully ook
a present
rom under
the tree and quietly
opened t.
Then, with their
mouths
and eyes
wide open...they
screamed.
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Toys ran
around
Christmas trees
after rhe children. Heads
umped
out of boxes
and scared ittle
girls
and
boys. Some oys
screamed nd
some
oys aughed
wildly.
One very long toy
animal started
eadng he
Christmas
tree
The
children ran
as ast as
they could
up rhe stairs to their
parents'
bedrooms.
Their
screamswoke
up their baby
brothers and sisters.
hey
woke
up their
dogs
and
their cats.The
children woke
up their
parents,
and
their parentswoke
up the
police. It was
the worst
Chrisrmas of
everybody's
ives.
and the scariest
The
police were busy
because he
telephonecalls
didn't stop.
"Turn
off your lights
and don't open
your doors "
rhey said o the
mothers and fatherson the phone. "Yes,we know about this crazyman
in
Santa
Claust clothes.'We'll
stop him.
Dont
go
near him.
He's very
dangerous."
"\fhat
are we
going to do?" a young
policeman
asked.
"Get
our biggest
guns," said his boss.
The
police
worked
quickly.
Then
every
policeman and
policewoman
went
outside and looked
up
into
the sky.They had
to
do something.
They
had
to stop this man.
Problems
or
Jack
and Santa
"I
wanted to do somethinggood,
Zero," said
Jach.
"Now
looh at me.
Looh at the sleigh.
Whereare the
reindrer? We haue o
fnd
Santa
Ckus."
here was only one
h"ppy face n town.
High above he police
station
in
a strange
sleigh,a skeleton's
mile shone
Inside
his
headwere pictures
of happy children's
aces.
He had no idea about the
problems
below.
r
The police used
heir strongest
ights. Their biggestguns
were
ready, oo.
But when
Jack
saw heir
ights, he smiled
again.
"They're
celebrating
his wonderful
night," he thought.
"Look, Zero " he said o his little dog. "They're celebrating They're
having a wonderful
Christmas "
Then a
gun
almost
hit one of the
reindeer.
"\7as
that a
mistake?" hought
Jack.
"Or
are
they shooting at us?"
The
guns
didnt stop and
Jack
started
eeling scared.
"I
dont
like this. It's getting
very dangerousup
here,"
he
said
o Zero.
Zero
put
his head down
and
looked up at
Jack
with
his
big,
sad eyes.
Suddenly,
one of the policemen
shot at
Jack.
t didn't
hit him, but it
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made
a big hole in
the
sleigh.
When
they
shot
again, t hit
the
sleigh or
a
second
ime. The
sleigh
broke n
rwo.
"No
\(hat
are hey
doing?"
Jack
cried.
Are
they crazy?'We
ave
a lot
of toys
on this
sleigh Think
of
the children "
Suddenly,
everyrhing
began o fall
and
rhe reindeer
lew
away.
ack
hit
the
ground hard
and one of his
arms
broke
off. But worse
han
that, the
sleigh
was on fire.
Now he
knew.
His
Christmas
plan was
a mistake.
That
felt worse
han his
head,his
egs,
or his
arms.
Zero
ran
and brought
Jack's
rm
back o him.
Jack
put it back
on easily.
"I
wanted
o
do something
good, Zero,"
said
Jack.
Now
look
at me.
Look
at
the sleigh.
Where
are rhe reindeer?
7e
have
o find
Santa
Claus.
Only
he can
change
his nightmare
inro
a happy
Christmas
for
the boys
and
girls."
Jack
quickly ran
and found
a churchyard.
He
jumped
down
a hole n
the
ground
and ran
rhrough
he
dark woods back
o Halloweentown.
\7hen
the police
started
hooting,
Sallyheard
he
guns.
Sheheard he
witches
n Halloweenrown,
oo.'Wltches
always now
everything
and
they knew
about
the
problems n
Christmasrown.
"Jack's
lan isn't
working.
Only
Santa
Claus can help
him,"
she
thought.
"\(/here
can I find
him?"
She
hought
about Lock,
Shock,
and Barrel.
They
were riends
with
()ogie
Boogie.
"l 'm
going to
go
ro Oogie
Boogie's
ouse. ' l l
f ind
Santa
Claus rhere "
shc hought.
-ILn
minutes
later,
Sally stood
outside
the hole
to Oogie Boogie's
dark,
dirty
underground
house.
She ooked
down
the hole
and, of
course,
Sanr:r
Cl:ruswas
here.He
was n
a chair
and he couldn't
get out of it.
()ogie
st(x)d
over him.
She
could see
maggors
round
Oogiet
mouth.
Sornc
clirnbecl
p and
down his
arms.He
danced
around
Sanra
nd
scrrrc'd
hc
olrl rnarr.' l-his
was
Oogie Boogie's
dea
of a
good time.
, \ :r l ly
r lcl
o hcln
Sanra
l lar-rs.
"You're
old and ugly,but I 'm
going
to eat
you
firr rny
dinner " Oogie
Boogie
said ro Santa.
l'm
hungry,
so
I'l l start hc fire now."
"No "
cr iedSanta.
Please,
on't
eatnrc
l 'hc
clr i lcl len rewait ing or
their Christmas
resents.
have o
go. ' l 'hcy
crur ' t clcbratc hristmas
without me "
Oogie
Boogie aughed.
Go?
Never'
rrr ' r t ' r l i rrncr ' ,
anta
Claus "
"'W'hat
am I
going
to do?" Santrr
l lrrtrs
lrotrglrt.
'fhis
is the worst
place
n
the world \Vhat's
going
to
hrr1.r1.,cn
o
(lhristmas?"
Oogie
Boogie ang nd aughecl. ' l 'hc
irc
got
bigger nd hotter.
"l
am real ly ungry,Santa
l larrs,"
c srr icl .
l )o
you
know aboutme?
scare verybody
re
you afraicl
f 'rrrr'?"
"No,
I
am
notl"
Santa
l larrs
:r icl .
c rrrovedn his
chairand tr ied o
get
ree.
l 'm
Santa
llaus
ancl
'rn
not afi 'aidof anybody."
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6. 1
Wereyou
right?
Look
ack
at
Activity
5.4. hen
ook
again t the first our
pictures
n
Chapters and 10.Tick(/l
the right
answers.
1
Jack
s
giving present
o
a child. e s
saying,
a
J
J
"fnis
wi[[scareou,
ittteboy."
b
I
j
"Here,
itt le
oy A
resent
rom
Santa "
Howdoeshechild eel?Why?
a
J
I
He shappy
ecausee
ikes isnew
oy .
b
l__l
e is
afraid ecause
he oy s
scary.
What s
he oy doing?
a
Ll
tt is
eatinghe
Christmas
resents
nd ree.
b
il
tt s
ctimbing p he
ree.
What
does
ack
hinkwhen e irst
earshe
guns?
a
f_,,]
they're
elebrating
hiswonderfutight."
b
| ]
"ffre
police
ant o ki[ me."
What
more
did
you
earn?
What
happens
o these
people?
Match
he sentences
o the
pictures.
.
1
He a[s
andbreaks is
arm.
2 He oses
he reindeer.
3 He's n
a chair ndcan' t
get
out.
4 Hedances, ith maggots
around is
ace.
5
He
s hungry,
o he starts
a
fire.
6 Theworst
hing n
Hal[oweentown
s
going
o
eat him.
fJ
Language n use
Lookat the sentence
n the box.Then
make sentenceswith these
words.Pu t
after
in the right
place.
After
"Santa
Claus"
ef t he ir
houses,omeof
the other
children
uiet ty
ef t
heir
beds.
6.2
1 the
police
hot he sleigh
or a secondime
/
the sleigh
roke n two
2
Jack
it the
groundhard
the
reindeerlew away
Jack
umped
down he
hole n he churchyard
he ran hrough he dark
woods o Halloweentown
4 Sattyried
o helpSantaClaus shesaw
him in OogieBoogie's
ome
5 Santa ried o
get
free
/
OogieBoogie tarted he
fire
What'snext?
Look t the
pictures
n Chapters
1
and
12.What do hese
people
want?
Do hey
get
it?
Makenotes.
What do they want?
Do hey
get
it?
1
TheMayor
2 Oogie
Boogie
3
Satty
4 Santa laus
5
Jack
l.
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"Jack?"
shouted
Oogie Boogie.
"You're
not really
dead "
Oogie Boogie
turned
on a machine
in his
kitchen
and a lot
of knives
started
shooting
at
Jack.
He
jumped
out of their
way,
but more
knives
came
at him.
"Come
this
way,
you
old skeleron "
houted
Oogie Boogie.
He laughed
wildly.
The
knives
few
at
Jack
rom
the left
and from
the
right.
Jack
umped this way and that way.
"Look
behind
you,
Jack "
shouted
Sally when
more
knives
came rom
the
dining-room.
Jack
umped
out of
the way
again.
"Goodbye,
Jackl"
shouted
Oogie Boogie.
He
jumped
up onro
a shelf
and was
up high
above
Jacks
head.
Jack
ooked
up.
"You're
not
being very
nice
to my
friends,"
he
said.
Oogie
Boogie
aughed
oudly.
Jackt eyes urned to oogie Boogiet foot. He could seea small hole in
it.
Jack
had
an idea.
Before
Oogie Boogie
could
stop him,
Jack
put
his
finger
into
the hole.
Then
he
pulled it
hard.
The
hole
got bigger.. .and
bigger.
Maggots
started
alling
out of
Oogie Boogiet
foot.
More
and
more fell
onro
rhe
floor.
They
were free
rom
Oogie
Boogie-and
they
moved
away
fast Oogie Boogiegot smaller...
and smaller.
"Look
at me
My maggotsl"
cried
Oogie Boogie.
I'm
dying
This is
the
end for me "
The
maggots
quickly climbed
up the
walls
and out
of Oogie
Boogie's
ouse.
Santa
watched
them and
he felt
sick.'W'hen
he lastone
ran near
him,
Santa
il led it
with
his big black shoe.
That reallywas he end
of Oogie
Boogie.
"Santa
Claus,
'm very sorry,"said
Jack
quietly.
l
wanted ro
help-
but
I didn't."
"Christmas
s more than a bag of toys
and a red
hat,"
Santa
aid.
He
pulled
the hat
from
Jacks
head and turned
away.
"It 's
not the end of Christmas,
hope "
Jack
said.
"The
end of Christmas?
Never "shouted
Santa.
He
quickly
flew up and out of Oogie
Boogie's
ouse.
"Everything
will be OK,
Jack,"
said Sally.
Santa
Claus
will
give
everybody heir presents.
e can do
it
before
morning."
Jack
urned
to Sally.
He looked carefully at
his
good
Friend.
"She
hasa beautiful
ace,"he thought.
"N7hy
didnt
I see hat before?"
"'W'hy
did you come down
here?"
he asked.
"1.
l wanted
o. . shesaidslowly.
"Help me?"
Jack
asked.
Sallysmiled.
Jack
wanted o take
her in his rrrrns,
trt some hing
stopped
him.
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"Jack
Jack "
The Mayor
arrived
with Lock,
Shock, and Barrel. They looked
down
into
the
hole.
"There
he is " shouted Shock.
"He's
fine," said Lock.
"\7e
told you," said Barrel.
"Everybody
is
waiting
for
you,
Jack "
the Mayor said happily.
"Let's
go
to
thc ccnter of town " He
put out
his
hand.
"Take
my hand," he
criccl.
Help
me,
boys,"he said o Lock, Shock,
and
Barrel.
F.vcrybody
pulled. First
Jack
came out
of Oogie
Boogiet
dark and
scrtry
onrc,
hen Sally.
'l'hcy
walkecl
as
ast
as hey could away from that
dark
hole
to the
Mltyo t ls
crtr .
Christmas
Comes
to
Halloweentown
Suddenly,
ome
eautiful
white nou
sta.rtedfalling
n
Halloweentoun
-a
Christmas
resent
fom
Santa
Claus.
hen they
saw
Jack
n the
Mayor's
car, he
witches, he
vampires,
and the
skeletons
houted,
Jack Jack
ou're
home "
Suddenly,
a louder sound
came
from
the sky above.
Everybody
looked up.
"H"ppy
Christmas,
everybody "
shouted
Santa
Claus.
He drove
across
he
night sky
with his sleigh
ull
of presents.
ack
smiled
happily up
at Santa.
Suddenly,
some
beautiful
whitc
snow started
alling on
Halloweentown-a
Christmas
prcscttt
rom Santa
Claus.
"\(hat
is this?"asked
he
witches.
They put
out
their
long fingcrs
and tried
to catch the
snow.
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"\(hite
blood?"
asked he vampires.
"lt's
cold " said
he skeletons.
"lt's
snow "
Jack
said happily.
The
witches,
he vampires,
he trick-or-treaters,
he black cats,
he
skeletons,
he
Mayor, and
Jack
umped
up and
down
in
the snow
and
laughed.
Christmas
washere... n Halloweentown
Only one personwas not there. Above the townt centet Sally stood
and looked
down
on the celebrations
below.The
snow was
beautiful but
rlrc smile on her
face
was sad. She
warched or
a
minute
or rwo
and then
slrchad
to turn
away.
"How
doeshe feel
about me?"
she
hought.
She sat
down next
ro some
prerry flowers
and pulled one from
the
groturrl.
With hcr
snrall ingers,
hepulled
the petals
off
one
ar a rime.
" l l t 'krvcs
rrrc , c
krves nenot. . .he
oves
me.. ."
shesaid
quietly.
Down
in
the
town,
Jack
stopped suddenly
and
looked
around.
He
wanted to celebrate
with Sally.
But where was she?
[hen he couldn't
find
Sally's ace,he
had
to
look for her.
He left his friends and walked to the
top
of the town through the
snow.
He didnt
have
o
look for very
long. Near the wall around
the town,
he
saw
her
with
the
fower in her hand.
tVhen
he
was
near her, he
heard
her
words. She
didnt see
him because er eyes
were on the petals.
But
then she
elt his eyeson
her. She urned slowly and
looked at
him. He
looked at
her
and smiled.
He finished
her words.
"He
loves
you,"
said
Jack.
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Sally stood
up and
Jack
ook her hands n his.
The nightmare
before
Christmas ended happily for
everybody.
But
not for
Oogie
Boogie,
of course.)
SantaClaus never orgot
that night before
Christmas.
It
was he
longest night
in his life. He remembered
ack
Skellington very well for
many
years.
nd
every ime he thought
of
Jack,
he
smiled.
It
wasstrange, ut SantaClaus
enjoyed hat night in Halloweentown.
Hc cor.rlcln'tnderstandwhy. He thought about the reallyscary ampires
rrndwitclrcs, rnd
hose hree rick-or-rrearers.hey
were
different.
t
was
cxci t ing.
()f
course,
SantaClaus could never
say his to his wife
or to
his itt le
hclpcrs.
What could he
sayabour Halloween?How
could he
tell rhem
aborrr i f i '
thcre
"It '.s
vcry strangc
place,"he
rolcl
his wife.
"I
hated
every
minute
in
t l r t t
pl lcr ' ,"
rc
olcl
his
helpers.
But for
yearsafter that night, Santa
Claus somerimes
eft
Christmastown for an hour
or two when he was bored with his h"ppy
helpers
and their h"ppy
songs.
Vhen his life felt boring, he
climbed
into
his sleigh. He
drove to
Halloweentown
and there he
visited
his
old
friend
Jack
Skellington. They
talked about the year when
Jack
wantcd to be Santa
Claus.
Jack
was
alwaysh"ppy when
Santa
visited him.
He liked to ask
questions
bout Christmastownand
Santa
iked
to ask
Jack
about
Halloweentown.
They could
talk
for hours
and they werenever
bored.
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Work with
two or rnore
other students.
t is
a week
after Christmas.
Have
his conversation.
You
are
Jack
Skeltington.You
re n
Christmastown
ecause
Santa
Clauswantsyou
to
speak o
the
parents
here. hey
think
you
arevery bad.
Why
did
you
try
to do Santa's
ob
on
the n ight
before
hristmas?
el l
hem,and
henanswer
heir
questions.
You
are he angry
parents
f chi ldren n
Christmastown.You
have
ot