Black Cat on a Jack-o’-Lantern
A wide-eyed black cat in a striped bow perches on a grinning pumpkin as bats, bare trees, and a crooked house fill the night.
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The striped bow beneath the black cat’s chin sits a little too neatly, as if it was tied for a secret mission. “Three moonlit clues, no more,” Jasper whispered, though only the bats and curly pumpkin vines were close enough to hear. He had challenged himself to spot the tiny star near the left tree, the bat tucked under the cloud, and the crooked haunted house before the jack-o’-lantern finished its silent grin. His tail curled like a question mark while the full moon made a bright circle behind him. If he blinked, he decided, the pumpkin won.
