Kayleen Kulaszewicz, a tall, sandy-haired eight-year-old described her plans to go trick-or-treating last night, dressed as "Cinderella with Rapunzel hair."
"I looked for Cinderella hair, but couldn't find it," she says.
"[The Rapunzel wig] goes down to here," Kayleen says, pointing to here," ankles, "and it has two silver streaks."
Kayleen, Zachary and the rest of the kids, however, seemed most enthralled by Madame Zelda.
The kids entered the dark chamber of the resident fortune teller, played by Michelle M. Snuffer '97.
While Snuffer may not be a trained psychic, she certainly looked the part yesterday afternoon.
She was clad in a long, dark skirt and sweater and wore a blue paisley scarf that was wrapped tightly around her head.
Her silver and blue hanging earrings sparkled as she moved her head while meditating on the imagined future of her third-grade clients.
Some kids ran eagerly to Madame Zelda, while many others were more tentative.
"I see something furry," Snuffer intoned as Kayleen entered her stall. Madame Zelda took a deep breath and continued. "Something warm. What is it? Maybe a dog...
Kayleen interrupted fearlessly. "I like puppies. I have a chocolate lab [rador] at home."
When Madame Zelda said she thought Kayleen had a dog made out of chocolate, the third-grader set her straight.
"No, he doesn't melt. He's just a real puppy. He's not made out of chocolate," Kayleen told Snuffer.
Madame Zelda's fortune-telling powers may have not pleased Kayleen. But the kids surely left the party with Halloween memories to last a lifetime.
Even if you are not a fortune-teller, the future from here can only seem bright.