The children use Moundshroud's magic to finish the cathedral, and Wally climbs to reach a Pip-shaped gargoyle that is holding Pip's pumpkin. They follow him to France and arrive at the unfinished Notre Dame Cathedral, learning of the cathedral's use of gargoyles and demons. Jenny catches Pip but is afraid of losing him.
Moundshroud helps the children escape a mob of anti-witch villagers by making some of the brooms fly, then knocks Pip off his broom. They come across a field of straw being harvested and made into brooms and discover a coven of witches chanting and celebrating the new year. As Moundshroud teaches them, Pip briefly appears as a black cat.
Next, arriving at Stonehenge during the Dark Ages, they witness rituals carried out by Celtic druids and villagers of the old Celtic world. The group scares away the priests trying to embalm Pip and Pip disappears again. Ralph finds a weak-spirited Pip and begs him to come back. Following Pip's spirit to a tomb in a pyramid, they learn about the significance of mummification. They begin their pursuit of Pip, traveling back in time.įirst, they travel to Ancient Egypt to learn of the celebration called 'The Feast of the Ghosts'. Moundshroud initially refuses but relents: if they can keep up with him before dawn, then they might be able to retrieve the pumpkin and get Pip back, while also going on a scavenger hunt of sorts to learn about the significance of their costumes and the origins of Halloween. Tom begs Moundshroud to let them come with him and help bring back Pip. Pip seeks and steals a pumpkin with his face carved into it from Moundshroud's Halloween Tree of jack-o'-lanterns. He reveals that he is after the ghost of Pip. Moundshroud expresses disappointment that none of the children know what their costumes symbolize. The group races after Pip, who disappears near a towering and darkened mansion.Ī man named Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud greets them inside.
They see what looks like a translucent Pip running along the ravine trail, and Tom leads them on, convinced that Pip has designed an elaborate hoax for them. Tom suggests a shortcut through the spooky woods: the dark and eerie ravine. They feel they cannot start Halloween without him, so they follow the ambulance to visit him at the hospital. He has written them a note explaining that he is going to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy and that they should celebrate without him. They go to Pip's house and see him being loaded into an ambulance. They plan to meet up with their best friend Joe "Pip" Pipkin but he doesn't appear. Four friends are shown at their respective homes donning costumes excitedly: Jenny Smith as a witch, Ralph Bengstrum as a mummy, Wally Babb as a monster and Tom Skelton as a skeleton. The narrator (Ray Bradbury) describes one small town's preparations for Halloween night.
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