Periódico Halloween

A SCARY LEGEND
DO YOU KNOW THE STORY OF JACK O’LANTERN? IF YOU DON’T,
WAIT A SECOND AND TAKE A SEAT. I’M GOING TO TELL YOU
THE MOST POPULAR LEGEND OF HALLOWEEN AND THE
TRADITION THAT CAME UP AS A RESULT OF IT.
ONCE UPON A TIME, A MAN WHO OWNED THE BLACKEST SOUL
IN THE WHOLE WORLD CALLED STINGY JACK. ON THE ALL SAINTS
EVE, JACK WANTED TO CELEBRATE THE NIGHT DRINKING WITH
THE SELF SAME DEVIL. AFTER MANY DRINKS, THE DEVIL
ANNOUNCED TO JACK THAT BECAUSE OF HIS MEAN BEHAVIOUR
AND BLACK SOUL, HE HAD TO TAKE HIM AWAY TO HELL.
JACK DIDN’T AGREE WITH THE DEVIL, SO HE THOUGHT UP A PLAN TO GET OUT OF
THE PUNISHMENT. ONCE OVER DRINKING, STINGY JACK DIDN’T WANT TO PAY THE
BILL, SO HE CONVINCED THE DEVIL TO TURN INTO A COIN. LUCIFER DID SO, HE
TURNED INTO A COIN WHICH JACK KEPT IN HIS POCKET ALONG WITH A SILVER
CROSS THAT PREVENTED THE DEVIL FROM RECOVERING HIS ORIGINAL SHAPE.
AFTER USING THE COIN SEVERAL TIMES, JACK LET
THE DEVIL GO WITH THE PROMISE THAT HE COULD
TAKE AWAY HIS SOUL THE FOLLOWING YEAR. AFTER
THE YEAR, LUCIFER CAME BACK. THE STINGY DID
NOT WANT TO BE CONVICTED IN HELL. THEREFORE,
HE USED HIS INGENUITY AGAIN AND CAME UP WITH
ANOTHER NEW PLAN. THIS TIME, JACK ASKED
LUCIFER IF HE COULD PICK AN APPLE THAT WAS AT
THE TOP OF A TREE TO ENJOY HIS LAST MEAL
BEFORE BEING TAKEN PRISONER IN HELL.
ONCE LUCIFER WAS AT THE TOP OF THE TREE, JACK
CARVED A CROSS IN THE TRUNK SO THAT THE
DEVIL COULD NOT ESCAPE.
ONCE LUCIFER WAS AT THE TOP OF THE TREE, JACK CARVED A CROSS
IN THE TRUNK SO THAT THE DEVIL COULD NOT ESCAPE. IN EXCHANGE
FOR THE DEVIL’S FREEDOM, THE STINGY DEMANDED A DEAL: HIS SOUL
WOULD NEVER BE CLAIMED. LUCIFER ACCEPTED IT, AND AS HE PROMISED,
HE DIDN’T TAKE THE SOUL OF THE LIAR WITH HIMSELF.