Children as young as five have been kicked out of school for possessing cough drops, or for wearing Halloween costumes that include paper swords and fake spikes, or for possessing rubber bands or toy guns.

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There was some picketing by the local arts council and some unwelcome, unflattering news coverage, and neighborhood kids who cared nothing about Emily Dickinson or her house started egging the place and draping our noble birches with toilet paper, and for a while there it was like Halloween every day.

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Water, granola bars, toilet paper, whatever snacks you like (you have permission to tear open the Halloween candy if necessary).

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