Nightmare Before Christmas Book

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Activities

r.r

What's

he

bookabout?

1 Look t

the

picture

n he front of

this bookand

alk o another

student.Do

you

knowanything

about he movie

TheNightmare

Before

Christmas? hat kind

of story

do

you

think it is?

2 Which

of these

wordsdescribe

his story,

o

you

hink?Write

hem

under he right picture.

funny

strange

happy

scary boring

exciting

sad

t.z

What happens

irst?

On

page

1 read

he nameof

the chapter,he

sentencesn falics,

nd

the new words

at the

bottom of the

page.

hen

ook at the

pictures

n

Chapter

andanswer

hese

questions.

1 Who s Hatloweentown's

cariest

keleton?

2 Does e

ike o scare

eople

very

ear?

3 lsZero

skeleton

ra dog?

4 ls hc

gir l

n he

pictures

appy r sad?

CHAPTE

R

Halloweentown's

cariest

Skeleton

"I

scare

eople uer

lear,

Zero,"

ach

Sbellington

aid

quietly

o his

dog'

"It's

boring

and Im tired."

n

October 31

everybody

n Halloweentown

was

excited'

Halloween

night was

the

most important

night of their

year

lnd they

were all afraid.

Dead people

came up

from under

the ground'

'l'hirsry

vampires

happily drank

a

lot of blood.

Ugly

old

witches

changed

some people

nto cats and

other people

nto fish.

Everybody

ran

fiom the skeletons,

from the sound

of their

long,

thin arms

and

legs.

l]lack cats

umped

in

and

out

of trash

cans.Black

birds

few through

the

tlark sky

with

loud, high cries.

And

Jack

Skellington

sang

his

scary

songs

lnd

danced

his dangerous

dances.

Peoplescreamed.

They

were afraid.

' l 'hey

loved t.

At

the

end of the

Halloween

night, everybody

went to

the

ccnter

of town.

The

Mayor of

Halloweentown

stood

in front

of

them

and spoke.

"Tonight

was the

best

Halloween parry

in many

years,

irnd

the

hard work

of one

man

rnade

t possible," e said.He

turned

to the

town's

greatest

skcleton.

"Jack-thank

you.

vampire

,ve,mpara:l

n)

Avampire

ives nside

dead

person

nd at

night he drinks

people's

blood

bfood

bl,rd/

n)

When

you

cut

your

inger,

ed blood

runsout

wltch

/wrtJ/

h)

A witch

s a woman

with a

tall, black

hat Witches

ly at

night.

rk.leton

'skclatan/

n)

Years fter

people

ie,

only heir

ske/eton

sunder he

ground.

rcary

'skcr i /

adj)

Some

eople

ike

scary

movies.

hensomebody

cares

ou, ou areafraid.

rcrcam

skrim/

v/n)

People

cream

hen hey

are veryafraid.

mryor /'nrera,mer/ n) Most owns havea mayor andhe or she s he boss.

c

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5/34

'l

hc Nighrmare

Befirre

hrisrmrs

"lt

was

great,

Jack "

people

shouted.

"\7e

loved

ir

It was

wild "

"Yes,"

he Mayor

said.

"'We

all

enjoy

Jackt

scary

songs

and

dangerous

dances.

ack,

you're

the scariest

keleton

n Halloweenrown

Thank

you

for

these

wonderful

celebrations..."

"No

problem,"

Jack

said.

But

Jack

wasn'r

h"ppy.

Every

year he repeated

he

same

songs

and

dances

and he

was bored

with

Halloween.

of

course,

he couldn't

tell

anybody.

How

could he?

The

people

of

the town

loved

him

and

they

waited

all

year or

this night.

\When

the Mayor

started

alking

about

the

scariest

ampires

and

witches,

Jack

walked

away

quietly. He

wanted

to think

about his

future.

He

walked

out of town

and past

the

old churchyard.

He

walked

past

Sally,

oo,

but he

didn't

seeher.

Sally

was also

sad.

Shewatched

Jack

and

she wanted

ro follow

him.

But

she had

to be

careful.

The

Doctor

didn't ike

it

when

she eft

the house.

And

when

she didn't

listen

to him,

he

got

very

angry.

The

Doctor

was a very

ugly, old

skeleton

and

he

was

not

a nice man.

After

his

accident,

he

couldn't

walk.

He made Sally, rom old

clothes,

because

e

wanted

a strong

young woman

in

his

house.

Her

clothes

were

not very

preffy,

but she had

beautiful

ong

red hair.

rnfn l rr , t f

on

1,r t

l . r ' l r tc r l . r r , ' ( r r )

vcrybody

enjoys

a celebrat ion

wi th thei r

f r iends

and familv.

Wlrr . r r

rru

t , l t , ln , t l t 'yot l

b l r t l r r l . ly ,

eople

give presents

o

you.

)

Chanter

I -

Hirllowecutown'.s

ScariestSkeleron

' l 'he

doctor

could

move

around

in

his chair

but Sally

had to

cook

Ior

him. She

cleaned

or

him and

.licl everything

n the

house'

Her

lifc'wasboring

and

she

eally

wilnted

to

run away.

She

ried

to

Icrrve

many

times

but

he always

crrught

er .

"\fty

is

Jack

sad

onight?"

Sally hought.

"He's

he

most

wonderful

man

in

Halloweentown

rrnd

everybody

oveshim."

She

istened

hard.

She

could

hcar

Jack's

words

to

his

little white

tlog,

Zero.

Zero

came

out

from

rnrder

he ground

and

flew behind

.f

ck.

He was

dead,

of

course,

so

you

could

see hrough

him.

But

he

lrld

a

funny

red

nose and

it shone

n the

dark.

"l

scarepeople

every

year,

Zero,"

Jack

Skellington

said quietly

to

his

t

dog.

"ltt

boring

and

I'm

tired.

I dont

want

to

hear

another

scream.

W'hy

tlo

I do

it?"

"Now

I understand...he's

ored,"

Sally

hought

sadly.

He

wants

o

elrlngehis ife...and I want to changemine, too."

She

ooked around

the

churchyard.

"[' l l

takesome

of

those

lowers,"

she

hought.

"l'll

put

them

in the

l)Octort

drink

again

onight

so

he'll

sleep.

But

this time,

when

he's

slccping,

'll

run away.

'll

find

Jack

and

maybe

he'll

go

with

me.

we'll

be

li 'cc "

A

sound

came

hrough

the trees

rom

a long

way away.

"Selly?

il/here

are

you?"

It

was he

Doctor

and

he

was

very angry'

"l 'tn

coming "

Sally

shouted.


6/34

CHAPIE

R

A

Door

to

a

New

\World

"Nobo$,

s a/iaid

here "

Jacb

hougbt.

'They

aren't

creaming.

obodyi

dead "

f

ack walked through the churchyardand into rhe dark woods. His

J

head

was

down

and

his

eyes

were

on

the

ground. He

walked

for

a long

time

and

he

thoughr

about

his

future,

without

much

hope.

After

almost

rwo hours,

he

stopped

and looked

around

him.

His

eyes

opened

wide.

"\(/here

am I?

\What

is

this?"

he

asked

Zero.

Jack

was n

the

middle

of some

very

large

rrees

and

each

ree

had

a

beautiful

door

in it.

on the

doorswere

strange

ictures

and

each

door

was

different.

one

of

the

doors had

a

green

ree

with

decorations

on

it' of course, r was a christmas rree,but Jackdidn t know anything

about

christmas

rrees.

one

door had

a

prerty

egg

with

yellow

fowers

on it.

It

was the

Easter

door,

but

Jack

knew

nothing

about

Easter.

The

Thanksgiving

Day

door

had

avery

big

bird

with

a small

head.

rkrrorrrl lorrr,rLkr'rIrl .rrrzi ' (rrgl l)Decorationsareprettythingsonchristmastrees,onwalls,

, ' r r f

f wrrrr f r rwi

\ . r r rr '

1 t , t4t 'u

leror, t tc

hei r

houses

wi th

christmas

iohts

Chaptcr 2

-A Door to a

New

\World

.fack

iked the door

with the green

ree and

pretry

decorations,

so

he

nroved nearer.

But before

he could

put

his hand on the

door,

it opened.

A strong, cold

winter wind

pulled

him inside the

tree and

the door

closed

rlrrickly.

He

screamed,

ut only

Zero

heard.

AndZero couldn't

help' The

little dog stayed

nder the

treeand

waited.

He waited

all

night.

'l.he cold winter wind took Jack o a new and wonderful place.Here,

cvcrything

was white and

it was

very cold.

Jack

knew

nothing

about

snow and

he

took

some

n his

hand.

"W'hat

is this?"

he thought.

Hc made a ball and

threw

it. Therr

he aughed

happily.

He stood

on the

top of a

mountain

and

hc

looked down at

a pretry

littlc town.

It

was

very different

rom

H:rlloweentown.

here

were

lrt.irutiful

ights on

the

houses nd

decorations

n the

trees.

People

moved

lrrrppily

cross he

ice on strange,

ong shoes.

hey laughed

and sang.

"Nobody

is afraid

here "

Jack

rhought.

"They

aren't

screaming.

Nobocly's

ead "


7/34

' l 'hc

Nightmare

Before Chrisrmas

Jack

elt

very happy,

oo.

"This

is

the prettiest

place n the

world," he

thought.

Then

he looked

up and he

saw he name

of this

place above he

S

rCC-CH zu

STMASTOV/N.

"That's

a funny name

for

a place " he

thought.

"Bur

I

think I'm

going

to l ike it here "

Jack

started o move

down

the

mountain.

He didnt know

anyrhing

about

snow or ice,

of course.

So when he

started o

walk,

his feet

flew

out from

under him.

He moved,

on his

boftom, as ast

as a river down

a

mountain.

"This

is

very funny," he

thought.

"Maybe

they're nviting me

to

Christmastown I

hope

they are.This

place s

grear "

At

the bottom

of the mounrain

he sat or

a minure

and

looked

at the

beautiful

world in front

of

him.

He felt h"ppy

and

warm inside.

Then he stood up. He looked up at rhe sky and laughed.

"I

want to

seeeverything here "

he thought.

"l

want to

run

and

jump

I want

to sing

and dance 'm

not an

old dead skeleton

without

feelings-I'm

living again

But what happens

n

this place? 'm

going

to

look

around "

Chapter

2 A Door to a Ncw

Vorld

It

was morning

in

Halloweentown

and

the Mayor

stood

outside

Jackt

Irorrse.

He

wanted to start

making plans

or

next year's

elebrations.

'l'lrcre

were only three hundred sixry-four daysbeforeHalloween But

firt'l<

lidn't open

his

door.

The Mayor

shouted.

There was

no

answer.

'l 'he

re weresome

vampires

n the

street,

o he asked

hem

about

Jack.

"Wc'l l

try

to

find him

for you,

Mayor "

they said.

'l'hc

vampires

asked

witches and

skeletons

around

town.

"\flhere's

f

rr i?

)o

you

know?"

"$/c

don't

know but

we'l l

help

you,"

they

said.

l,rlcr that day everybody

knew-Jack

was not

in Halloweentown

But

wlrcrt'was

he?Nobody

eaves

Halloweentown


8/34

Activit ies

Z

2.r

Wereyou

right?

Look

back

at

your

answers

o

Activity

1.2

on

page

v. Then

ook

at

the

picture

and finish

these

sentences.

1 The

skeletons's

ame

s

2

The

door n

his reegoes

o

3

Thename

of

the hol iday

s

4

On

the door

here s

a

green

5 On

the

ree

here

ar e

2.2

What

more

did you

learn?

Match

he

nameson

the

left with

the

sentences

n the

right.

1 WhenSaltv idn't isten o

2

When he

Doctor

et lasleeP,

3

When

Jack

went

nto he

ree,

4

Jack's

eet

lewout

from

under

im

5

The

vampires

tarted

ooking

or

Jack

TheNightmare

efore

hr is tmas

When

the

Mayor

tarted

alking

about

he

scariest

ampires,

ac k

watked

way.

The

Doctor

didn't

ike

t when she

left he

house.

the Doctor,

a

Zero

waited

or

him.

b

when

he watked

n

the

ceand

snow.

c Satty

anaway.

d

when he

Mayor

coutdn't

ind

him.

e

he

got very angry.

t, l

Language

n use

Lookat the

sentences

n the

box.Then

inish

hese

sentences

with the words

below.Write

he

letters,

a-e.

a He

s

he boss

f the

own

andhe

l ikes

o

talk.

,

b He

s

an old

skeleton

ndhe

can't

walkverywe[[.

They

wear

at l

btack

ats

and

he y

ftv.

He

ikes

o fol low

ack.

They

ike

o drink

blood.

Shewants

o run

away

andhave

a

more

exci t ing

i fe.

What's

next?

Lookat the

picturesbetow.

Which

witt be

new to

the

peopleof

Halloweentown,

o

you think?

La

1

Vampires

2 Witches

3 Mayor

4 Satty

5 Doctor

6 Zero

c

d

e

t

t ights

Y.o'

t,

"'

'l t

Santa

Claus


9/34

CHAPTER

Jack's

ChristmasPlans

"Do

toys

scare inle boys?"

shed n ugly

old witch.

Jach

hought,

"

They'll

neuer nderstand

Christmas.

n the night of December 24, the night before Christmas,

everybody

n

Christmastown

was

very

h"ppy.

Santa Claus came

on

this night

every year with

toys

for

good

girls

and boys. Ar nine

o'clock

most

of the children

were in their

beds and

the youngesrwere

asleep.But

a lot of

older children

couldn't sleepbecause

hey were very

excited.

So

they

closed

heir eyesand waited

for the

sound of Santa

Claust

feer.

Jack

Skellington walked

around-the

town

and

looked

through

rhe

windows

of the pretry little houses.

He

saw the children in

their beds and

he

could seea

Christmas rree n

every house. Each

tree had

beautiful red

and green decorationson it and pretry lights. He loved everything in this

place. Suddenly,

he had

a

great

dea.

"l'm

going

to

go

back to Halloweentown,"

he thought.

"l've

got

a

greatplan "

Chapter

3

-

Jack's

hrisrmas

lans

Sally

was

busy

n

her

kitchen

with

the

flowers

or

the

Doctor's

drink.

"He'll

sleep

ong

time

after

he

drinks

his,"

she

hought'

,.twheret

my

drink?"

he

Doctor

shouted

rom

another

oom.

"lt's

almost

ready,"

allY

houted.

She ook t to him

and

warched

arefully.

e

put

his

nose

near

he

(

up .

"'W'hat

id

you

put

in

my

drink

tonight?"

he

asked

er'

"l

put

some

hot

wat€r'

some

milk,

some

sugar"

"'

.You

didn't

pur

any

owers

n

it,

I

hope,"

said

he

old

man.

"You

did

rhrrt

o

me

before.

remember You

anred

o

run

away.

remember

thar.

oo "

,,Flowers?

You

are

unny,"

said

Sally.

Drink

it and

then

I'll

bring

your

t l inner."

"l

want

you

to

drink

some

irst,"

he said'

"lt's

very

hot,

so

'll

take

a

ittle

on

my

spoon,"

shesaid'

Sally

ook

a

spoon

with

holes

n

it from

her

skirt.

She

put

the

cup

near

her

mouth

and

used

he

spoon.

The

drink

fell through

he

holes

and

back

into

the

cup.

The

old

mant

eyes

were

not

very

good,

so

he didnt

see

t'

"Very

nice,"

said

Sally.

Now

you

drink

it'"

i

Shegave

im

the

cup

and

the

Doctor

drank

t.

Then

he

fell

asleep

with

his

head

on

the

table.

Sally

put

a

warm

.iacket

ver

him

and

she

an

()ut

he

door.

It

was

ateat

night

but

nobody

n Halloweentown

as

asleep.

hey

were

ery

sad

about

ack.

Wherewashe?'I'hewitches idnt scream nd he

vampire

hildren

didnt

wanr

o play.

Everything

asquiet.

The

Mayor

was

rhc

saddest

ecause

e couldnt

plan

he

next

Halloween

ithout

Jack'

Suddenly,

e

heard

a

dog.

"[.isten

s hat

Zero?."

houted

he

Mayor'

'l'hen

another

sound-a

srrange

ound-came

from

behind

he

arge

tkrors

n the

wall

around

Halloweentown.

When

the

doors

opened,

ack

hofe

hool/

n)

When

you

cut

a

hole

n

something,

ou

can

see

hrough

t

'

toy

/ f , f ( r r )

Childrcn

play

wi th

toys.

oy

carsare not

really cars.

h

il


10/34

l'hc Nightmare

Before

Chrisrmas

arrived

n

a

big red

sleigh.

zero

flew

behind

him

and

his

big red

nose it

the

way. The

witches,

skelerons,

nd

vampires

umped

up and

down and

laughed.

Everybody

shouted,

Jackt

back "

'Jack

\X/here

were

you?"

asked

he

Mayor.

"I' l l tell you...I ' l l tell everybody "

Jack

said oudly. "I wanr

everybody

in

town

to

come here

n

nvo hours."

Sally

was n

the woods

when

she

heard

about

Jack

rom

one of

the

witches.

Shewanted

to listen

to

Jack

so she

went

back nro

town.

"The

Doctor's

asleep,

o I have

ime,"

she hought.

In

the

center

of town

Jack,

stood

on a

box in front

of the

witches,

skeletons,

nd vampires.

A lot

of

small

black

animals

lew

around

excitedly.

"I

want

to

tell

you about

a wonderful

place ts

name

s

Christmastown," acksaid.

sf

igh

/r

c /

(n)

San a

c laus

dr ives

a s le igh

across he

sky on

the night

before

ch r is tmas.

Chapter3

-

Jack's

hrisrmas

lans

"Christmastown?

fhat's

that?"

some

witches

asked.

"lt's

a

world

of

wonderful

white

snow.

t's

a beautiful

place,

a

happy

lrlace.

ook

at

this "

Jack

said.

He showed

hem

a Christmas

tree.

Everybody's

eyes

opened

wide'

'And

look This

is a

present "

he shouted.

He took

a box

with

l)retry

paper

rom under

tlrc ree

and

showed

t t o

them.

"\7hat

is

it?" an

ugly

old vampire

asked.

He

lrrd

a very

white

face,very

black hair,

and

a

very

red

rnouth.

'A

present

s

a

box

with

pretty

paper

around

it . . .and

nside.. . ,"

ack

said

slowly.

"\7hat's

inside?"

called

ir

witch.

"'We

don't

know,"

Jack

answered.

"Don't

know?

fhy not?"

The people

of

Halloweentown

didn't

trnderstand.

Quickly,

Jack

ook

off the

paper

and

opened

the

box'

"Inside,

there's

a toy "

said

Jack.

He showed

hem

a

child's

oy'

'A

boy?

That is

strange "

said

one

of the

skeletons'

"Not

a

boy

A

@"

shouted

ack'

"Do

toys

scare

ittle boys?"

asked

an

ugly

old

witch'

Jack

hought,

"They'l l

neverunderstand

Christmas.' '

present

I'prtzentl

(n)

People

give you

presents

on

your

birthday

\

t2


11/34

' l'he

Nightmare

Be[ore

Chrisrmas

Then

he had

a

good

dea.

Maybe

hey'll

understand

his."

He looked

at

eachof

them very

carefully

nd he spoke

quietly

and

slowly.

"There's

^

very old

man n

Christmastown,"

ack

said.

Het

big

and

round

with

long,

white hair.

His clothes

re ed

and he

fies

through he

night sky n a big redsleigh.He shoutsoudly and aughs They all him

Santa

Claus He

puts

presenrs

nder

Christmas

rees nside

every ouse.

\7hen

the children

wake

up

in

the morning,

hey ind

rhem.Then

they

open

hem."

Everybody

wasexcited

when

Jack

inished

his

story.They

were

a ittle

scared,

oo, and that

was

ood.

Jack

eft

and

went home.

How

can

tell them

about

Christmas?" e

thought.

"I

have

o find

a

betterway.First,

have

o

understand."

Later

hat night in

his

bed,

Jack

ooked

n

a ot of

books.He read

Christmas storiesand he found

Christmas

songs.Bur

what were

they

really

about?

"Maybe

the Doctor

can

help

me,"

Jack

thought.

"Maybe

his

chemicals

will

teach me

more

about

toys,

decorations,

and

Christmas

trees 'll

go

to his

house

and discuss

everything

with

him in

the morning."

chemicafs 'kr:rrrrk:rlzl

n)

Doctors

use bot t les

of chemicals

hen

thev want answers

o

questions

They

use the c hemkals

for

tests.

CHAPTER

Chemicals

or

Jack

Sally

hought,

What

does

his

mean?

oes

ach

oue

me,

or

not?

Or

is something

adgoing

o

haPPen?"

ally'sdrink for the Doctor didnt work very well. It wasn'tvery strong,

so

the

Doctor

woke

up

after

three

hours.

He

could

move

fast

n

his chair

and

he

found

Sally.

He

took

her

back

home

and

put

her in her

r()omat

the

top

of

the

old

house.

"You

won't

do that

to

me again "

the

Doctor

shouted

angrily'

" l t

was

a.. .a

mistake "

shc

said.

She

hought,

"\(/hY

tlidn't

I put

more

fowers

in

rlrc drink? How did I make

tlnt

sruprd

mistake?"

Now she

was

n

her

room

and

couldn't

get

out.

Jack

arrived

in the

rnorning.

Sally

heard

him

fiom

her

room.

"Why

is

Jack

here?'l

he

rlrought.

She ried to listen to the

(.otrversation

erween

he

Doctor

and

Jack.

She

couldnt

hear

Jack

very

wcll,

but

she

heard

he

Doctor'

.,'[hke

these

chemicals,

ack,

but

be

careful.

They're

very dangerous.

nrtde

a

mistake

one

time

and...look

at

me

in this

chair"'

Jack

ook

the

bottles

of

chemicals

nd

wenr

home.

He

opened

some

ol'rhe bottles.

very

carefully,

he pur

rhcm

over

fire.

He put

a toy

boat

irrto

he bottle

of green

chemicals.

He put

the

bottle

over

he

fire and

wrttched.

t4

L.

lt


12/34

The

Nighrmare

Before

Christmas

Nothing

happened.

Then

he

cut

some

Christmas

paper

and

put ir

into

some

red

chemicals.

Again,

nothing

happened.

He

worked

for

hours,

but

he

didn't learn very much about

Christmas.

"\(/har

will

happen

when

I

put

decorations

nto

these

chemicals?"

Jack

thought.

He

put

some

n

and

a

green

ight

shone.

From

Sallyt

window,

she

saw

the

green light

in

Jackt

window.

She

wanted

to

go ro

him

and

help

him.

She

elt

somerhing

strange

nside-a

h"ppy

and

sad

eeling.

For

the

first

time

n

her ife

she

elt

ove.

she really

was

n love

with

Jack.

"I

wanr

o

be

his

wife,"

Sally

houghr.

How

can

get away

rom

rhe

Doctor?

can't

stay

here "

Sally

stood

at her

window

for

a long

time,

without

much

hope.

"I

have

o help

Jack "

she

hought.

so

she

made

a

presenr

or

him.

She

put some

dry fowers,

some

brack

vegetables,

nd

some

green

warer

inro

a bottle.

\with

the

bomle

n

her

hand,

she

stood

at her

open

window

and

looked

down.

It

was

a long

way

to the ground, but she

wasn'r

afraid.

She

umped.

\X/hen

she

hit

the

ground,

one

of her

arms

fell

off.

"Not

again "

she

said.

But

she

took

the

arm

with

her

other

hand

and

1'lrt

t

on

again

very

quickly.

' l 'hc.

she

an

toJackt

house

as

ast

as

she

could.

She

stood

under

hi s

wirrtbw

e.d

looked

up.

At

that

same

minure,

Jack

ooked

down.

when

tht' i' t'y.s

rrcr,

hc

sr' iled.

suddenly,

he felr

really

happy-but

why?

He

c


13/34


14/34

CHAPTER

Jack's

Great

dea

"Were

oing o taue

Christmas

n Halloweentown

bis

year.

You

will

haue o worh

hard,

but

it will be

wonderful."

f ack worked hard all night with the chemicals,but he didnt find any

J

answers

o his

questions.

7hat

was

Chrisrmas?

What

did it

mean?

He stood

at his

open

window

and thought

hard.

"How

do these

hings

work?"

he

thought.

"\Vhy

do

people

n

Christmastown

uant

to sing

when

they

see hese

decorations?

hy

are

people

excited

when

they

open

these

presents?"

He

stood

there for

hours.

\flhen

it

was almost

morning,

Jack

ound

the

answer.

"I

know

It's

easy

Jflhy

didn't I

think

of this

before?"

he

shouted.

He

jumped

up and

down excitedly.

"Halloween town can have

Christmas

Vhy

not?'\7'e

can

make

decorations

and

put them

on a tree

we

can

put

presenrs

nder

the

tree

we

can

make

presents

or

every ittle

boy and

girl. And

this year

'll

be

Santa

Claus."

He

shouted happily,

"Chrisrmas

will be

ours "

It

was

time for

another

meeting.

He

couldn't

wair,

so he ran

to the

Mayor's

house.

The

Mayor

was

asleep.

ChaPter

-Jack's

Great

dea

,.'wake

up 'we

have

o

talk

to

everybody

onight "

Jack

old

him

cxcitedly.

"OK,

Jack.

But

it's very

early.

Go

away

now,"

the

Mayor

said'

Later,

the

Mayor

called

everybody

to

the

townt

center'

Jack

said,

"Everybody'shere,

see'

Thank

you'

I have

a

new

plan"'

Everybody listened carefullY'

..'W'eire

going

to

have

Christmas

in

Halloweentown

this

year.

You

will

have

o

work

hard,

but

it

will

be

wonderful "

"'Will

it

be

really

scary?"

asked

a

vampire'

"No,

not

scary...but

happy "

answered

ack'

The

Mayor

thought,

"This

is a strange

plan'

but

I'm

not going

to

stoP

him.

vhen

they

are

happily

celebrating

christmas

in

Halloweentown'

they'll

be

happy

with

me,

too."

Jack

said,

,I

wanr

the

witches

to

make

christmas

cakes.

an

you

do

that,

witches?"

"Yes,

Jack,

we always

cook

wonderful

things'

\7e

can make cakes

without

any

problem "

theY

said'

They

laughed

and

started

discussing

deas

or the

cakes'

Jack

said,

"I

want

the

vampires

o

make

red

and

green

decorations'

OK,

vampires?"

,,can

we

use

blood

for

the

red

decorations?"

asked

one

young

vampire.

"No,

,to

blood

in

the

decorations,

please "

aid

Jack'

Then

the

Doctor

arrived.

"Doctor You'rehere Thank you," saidJack' Can you pleasemake

four

reindeer

for Santa

Claus's

sleigh?"

Jack

showed

he

Doctor

a

picture

of

reindeer'

"Can

you

do

it?"

he asked.

"Of

course,

ack.

' ll

start

now,"

said

he

Doctor'

' Ihe

Doctor

left

and

three

young

boys

arrived'

,.Jack,

Jack "

said

he

Mayor.

"Be

careful

t's

oogie

Boogie's

boys "

reindeer

'rerndrr/

n)

Rerndeer

re

arge

nimals'

hey

ul l

Santa

Claus's

leigh'

2l

CHAPTER

Chapter

6

-

i t t le

HelPers


15/34

Jack's

ittle

Helpers

Jach's

hree

oung

helpers ad a uerydffirent idea

about Christmasn

Halloueentown-so the

nightmarebefore

Christmas

aas

beginning.

ock,

Shock, and Barrel

were three young boys.They were

Halloweentown'samous

rick-or-treaters and they

playeda

lot

of

tricks

on everybody

n

town. They always ad

a plan, and heir

plans

werenever ery nice.

Nobody n

town iked their

boss,Oogie Boogie.He was

a big,

round

bag ull of maggots

He had a big head,

short

egs,

and ong armsand

sometimeshe maggots

ell out of him

through

holes

n the bag.

trick or treat /,lrrk :rr

trit/

On Halloween,

rick-or-treaters re children.They

ask

or

candy

a

treat) Whentheydon'tgeti t,theyplayatr ickonyou.Youdonotknowthati t isgoingto

happen. ometimes

he tr ick

s unny,

ut usuallyt isnot

nice.

maggot 'rrr iut;:rr /

nl

Maggots

resmall nimals. hey ive

on old, bad

meat.

Jacks

Oogie

Boogie

went

around

he

woods

at

night

and

ate

a

lot

of

tnimals.

He

drank

heir

blood.

Sometimes

e

atepeople,

oo

He

was

t

illways

ungry.

He

didnt

like good

children

and

hey

were

eally

afraid

of him.

He

was

he

scariest

hing

in

Halloweentown'

When

he

scared

children,

hey

ran

o

Jack.

oogie

Boogie

was

different

rom

everybody

n

l{alloweentown

ecause

e didnt

like

Jack.

The

Mayor

didnt

like

oogie

lloogieor his badboys.Sohis eyes penedwidewhenhe sawoogie's

boys.

,.'why

does

ack

wanr

o

talk

to

the

m?"

he

thought.

"Is

he crazy?"

Jack

spoke

ery

quietly

nto

each

boy's

ear.

l

want

you

three

boys

o

rlo

something

or

me.

But

don't

ell

anybody.

t's

very

mportant'

Nobody

r'lln

know."

"\flhar?

This

isnt

possible "

he

Mayor

thought.

"why

is

Jack

making

lrlans

with

them?Vhatt

he

saying?"

\

23

Chapter

6

-

Jacks

itt le

HelPers


16/34

The

NishtmareBefore

Christmm

"One

last

hing..."

Jack

said o the

boys.

Don'r

tell

Oogie

Boogie.

don't

want him to know

anything "

"Of

course,

Jack,"

the three trick-or-t reaters

said.

"'We

wont

say a

word to

Oogie Boogie

about this."

They ran

away with big

smiles on their faces.'Were

hey happy about

Jack's

mportant job? Or did they haveother plans?Did

Jack

do the right

thing

or did he make

a big mistake?

"'l'his

is

going to be wonderful,"

thought

Jack.

"This

is

the happiest

clay

of

my

life. Those

three trick-or-rreaters

are

going ro do something

goocl

br the first

time in

their lives.And

this time there'll be no

rricks."

llvcrybocly n

Halloweenrown

wanted

to

help

with his

Christmas

l)lrurs.

othirrg

could

be better.

nightmare

(n)

' r r i r r l r r r l r /

ou have nightmares

when

you

are sleeping.They make

you

af raid,

24

But

christmas

was

now

n dangerous

ands.

acl/s

hree

oung

helpers

ad

a

very

different

dea

about

christmas

n

Halloweentown-so

the

nightmare

before

Christmas

was

beginning'

Lock,

Shock,

and

Barrel

oved

nightmares

s

much

as

hey

oved

rricks.

when

they

got

to

their

home

at the

top

of

a big

tree,

hey

started

planning

heir

trick

on

Jack.

"Jack

s a

stupid

skeleton "

hey

aughed'

Locksaid, . .HewantsustogotoChristmastownandgetSantaClaus?

\re'll

bring

Santa

ack

here...but

we

won't

give

him

to

Jack

we'll

scare

him

with

our

tricks "

Shock

was

more

ntelligent

han

Lock

and

he

had

a

becer

dea'

.,Lisren...'w'e'll

ger

sanra

claus

and

put

him

in

our

biggest

Halloween

bag ,'

aid

Shock.

\re'll

bring

him

here

and

show

him

to

Jack.

But

then

*Jlgiu.

him

ro

oogie

Boogie

ogie

will

really

enjoy

hat

big

fat

man

for hisdinner "

,,Grear ,,

shouted

Barrel.

That

will

teach

ack

Skellington

esson "

The

three

rick-or-trearers

aughed

nd

danced

round

he

room.

'Ihen

they

got

busy

with

their

plan'

h

25

Activities


17/34

4.1

Were

you

right?

look

back

at

Activity

3.4.Are

hese

entences

bout

Lock,

hock,

nd

Barrel

ight

(/l

or

wrong

(I)?

1

They

re

hree

f

Halloweentown,s

hitdren.

2

Everybody

n

Haltoweentown

ikes

hem.

They

want

o

help

ack

ith

his

Christmas

tans.

They

ake

Santa

laus

o

Oogie

Boogie.

5

They

re

very

ntelligent.

6

They

nderstand

othing

bout

Christmas.

+.2What moredid you learn?

Who

s

speaking?

1

..

.

". ler{

Language

n

use

Look t the sentencesn the box.Then

finish

hesesentences

ith the right orm

of the adjective.

TheNightmare efore hristmas

He

was

he scariest

n

Ha[[oweentown.

Shock as

morecareful

thanLock.

$

1

2

3

Jack

aid,

This

s

he

..........."1?.ppi.9"lJ.. ayof

my ife."

happy)

Jack

as

,. han he

Mayor.

excited)

Shock

aid,

We'l[

et

Santa nd

put

him n our

Ha[oween ag."big)

Oogie oogie as

.." . . . . . . . .

. . . . . .

han he

r ick-or-

treaters.

scary)

The hree r ick-or-treaters'planas heir

trick.

dangerous)

What's

next?

Readhe namesof Chapters and 8

and he sentences

n talicsbelow

them.

Then

ook

at the

pictures.

What

s

going

o happen?Write

Yes

or No.

1

Jack

ants

Satty

o make red

acket

nd

green ants

or him.

2 The rick-or-treatersring

ack

Halloweennima[.

3

The

Doctor

makes ome orsesor

Jack.

4

Jack

s

going

o do

Santa

laus's

ob .

5 Santa laus'sister

penshedoor o

Lock, hock,ndBarrel.

6 Santa

sks ock, hock,nd

Barrel,

What

oes'tr ick-or-treat'ean?"

........

7

The

rick-or-treaters

ut

Santa laus

n

a bigbox.

I Santa laus

s

going

o

drive

is

steighonight.

,E

We

can

make

:

cqkes

without

ony probleml

,E . '

lBei l

coreful

I lt's

Oogie

|

).

Boogie's

t,

boys

z

We'll

bring

Santa

bock

here

but

we

won't

grve

him

o

Jack

A

Con

we

use

blood,

1

for the

red

decorotions?

tr

We won't say o

word

to

Oogie

Boogie

bout

this.

g

.,

i

That

will

..

teach

Jack

'

Skellington

a

lesson

t l

7

8

)(t

CHAPTER

ChapterT-BigMistakes


18/34

Big

Mistakes

Santa wanted to

ash,

"What

does

trich-or-treat'mean?"

But they

put a big bag

ouer his head

beforehe could

asb his

question.

ot one witch, vampire,

or skeleton n Halloweentown

could

say

"No"

to

Jack.

Vhen he

asked or happy

music, he

got it.

\When

he

asked or cakes,decorations,and roys, hegot them. But when he asked

Sally or

some red

clothes,

she didn't wanr

ro make

them. Shewasn'r

h"ppy

about

Jack's

lan.

She hought about

the Chrisrmas

rree on fire in

her hand

and she elt

afraid.

"Jack,

isten

to me,"

Sally said.

"This

isn't

going to work."

"Yes,

t is You

can

do

it. I

only wanr

a wonderful red

Santa

Claus

jacket

and some red

pants "

Jack

answeredhappily.

He

could think

of

nothing

but

his

clothes or

Christmas.

"l'll

make them

for you,

Jack.

But I think

it's a

mistake,"

she

said

sadly.

Sally

could

make clothes

very

well and

she did

aYery good

job

on

Jackt

new

red pants

and

jacket.

7hen

she

inished

her

work, she

eft his

house.She

walked

to the

center

of town.

Jack'snext visitors

were

Lock, Shock,

and

Barrel.

They arrived

with

a

very big

Halloween

bag.

But they did

not have

candy

nside the

bag

this

time.

"Jack,

we caught

him "

they

shouted.

"Open

it

Let's see

him " said

Jack

excitedly.

But

when the

three

boys

opened

he bag,

Jack's

yes

and

mouth

opened

wide.

He did

not

see

an old

man

in red clothes.

He saw an

animal

with

very

long ears.

t

jumped

out

of the

bag

and

ran around

the

room.

Up and

down,

up

and down.

"' ?'hat's

that?"

Jack

asked.

"lt's

not Santa

Claus "

"Isn't

it?" asked

Shock.

"But

we went

through

the

door

in the tree,"

said

Lock.

"Which

door?"

asked

Jack.

"The

door

with

the eggand

the

yellow

fower,"

said

Barrel.

"You

went

through

the

wrong door "

Jack

said.

"Go

back

and go

through

the door

with the

Christmas

reeon

it .

And

take this

thingback

to

its

tree "

29

The NightmareBefore

Chrisrnras

ChapterT-BigMistakes


19/34

"It

was Lockt mistake " said

Shock.

"It

was Barrel'smistake "

said Lock.

The angry words

turned into a fight.

Shock hit Lock and Barrel hit

Shock.

Jack

watched

them for a minute

or rwo. Then he moved

very

quickly

and scared hem with

the sound of

his

skeleton arms.

Usually

he

only

did that on Halloween night.

The

boys, afraid,

jumped

and ran out

of the door. The animal

with the

long

ears ollowed

them.

"Take

that thing

back to

its

tree and bring

Santa Claus here,"

Jack

shouted

behind the three

trick-or-treaters.

"And

be nice

to Sanra "

\fhen

they were in the woods

again, Shock turned

to

his

friends.

"How

did

we make

that

mistake?"

he

asked.

"'$(/hen

saw the egg and flower

on the tree's

door..."

Lock

said slowly.

Shock

said,

You

shouted'decorations'

nd we went inside You

stupid

boy "

Everybody

in Halloweentown

was very

busy and

Jack

watched

rhem

happily.

The Doctor came

with his reindeer and

they were almost as big

as

horses.

ln Christmastown

SantaClaus

was busy, oo.

His

helpers'

beautiful

toys were almost

ready.He

looked at the

namesof the children

in

Christmastown.

He had a present

or each child.

'Are

the

cakes

eady,Mrs. Claus?"

he called o

his wife.

In

the

kitchen,

Mrs. Claus smiled.

She

oved cakes

and

she enioyed

her

ob

on the

night before Christmas

very much.

"Here

comes

he last one "

she shouted

happily.

Santa Claus

said,

"I'm

going

to get

the

reindeer.They have o pull

a

very

heavy sleigh onight, so

I'll

give

them

more food and water."

"Good

idea " his wife

said.

Suddenly,

here

was a loud noise at

their front door.

"'Whot

that?" Santa

shouted o

his helpers.

But his helperswere

singing

oudly and happily

in the

next room,

so

they

didn't

hear him.

30

31

The Nightmare

BeforeChrisrmas

CHAPTER


20/34

"l'll

answer

he door " he called

o

his

wife.

\7hen he opened t,

he saw hree

strange

children in very

srrangedark

clothes.

"Tlick

or

rrear " hey

shouted.

Santawanted o ask,

\(/hat

does

trick

or treat'mean?"

But they

put

a big

bagoverhis head

before

e

could

ask

his

question.

rom

nside he

bag,

he

shouted or his

wife and helpers,

ut they

didnt hearhim.

Santa

Claus

s Comitg

to

Town

"Hi,

Santa

Claus "

aidJach

appily.

Im

going

o giue

ou

a Cbristmas

resent.

This ear

'll be

SantaClaus,

o

ou

won'thaue

o worh."

J n Halloweentown, the vampires inished making

Christmas

ights-

I

with

little skeleton

heads.

The youngest

witches

finished

making their

toys-wonderfully

dangerous

oys.

Jack's

lans

for Christmas,

he most

important

thing

in

his life,

were almost

ready.

But he didn't

look

at the

lights

and the

toys

before

hey

went

into the bags.

"Now

I

can

dress,"

e

thought

happily.

Sally,

ring

my clothes,

lease "

e said.

Shebrought

Jack

his

new

red

acket

and

pants

and

he

put

them

on.

"These

arewonderful

How

do

I

look?"he asked

ally.

"l

liked you

better

n black

clothes,

ack,"

shesaid

sadly.

But

Jack

wasexcited

nd

he didnt

listen o

her

answer.

He ran out

the door

o

his

wonderful

sleigh.

n the

back

of

the sleigh

here

was

a

mountain

of

big bags,

ull of dangerous

oys,

scary

Presents,

nd

strange

packages.

ack

wasashappy

asa

trick-or-trearer

n

Hdloween

nighr

with

a

big bag

ull of

candy.

Before

e

got

into

the sleigh,

e

heard omebody

hout,

Jack "

He

turned

and here

were

Lock,

Shock,

and

Barrel

with a

very big

bag.

"Het

in

here And

he's eally

heavy "

houted

Barrel'

"Let's

put

him down "

said

Shock.

32

The

Nightmare

Before

Christmas

Chaprer

8

-

SantaClaus

s Coming

to Town


21/34

"Ler

me

our " shoured

he

old

man inside

rhe

bag.

They

opened

the

bag and

sanra

claus fell

out. His

face

was

as red

as

his

jacket

and

pants.

His

hair

was

aswhite

as snow.

He

looked

around

and he

saw rhe

ugliest

people

n

the

world.

He

was

n

a

nighrmare

and

everybody

was

a skeleton

or

a witch

or

a vampire

"'S(/'here

m

I?"

he

thought.

"Hi,

Santa

Claus "

said

Jack

happily.

"I'm

going

to

give you

a

christmas

present.

This

year

I'll

be

Santa

claus,

so

you

wont

have

o

work.

You

can

sit

down

and

enjoy

a quiet

night

here

in

Halloweentown

I'll

do everything.

Look

I have

a sleigh,

presenrs,

red

jacket

and

pants "

santa

claust

eyes

opened

wide.

"\vhat

does he

mean?"

he thought.

"This

is

the

happiest

night

of

the

year for

me The

children

are

waiting-

and I

m

going

to be

ate But

I..."

he

started

o

say.

"Itt

OK,"

said

Jack.

"You

can

have

a

vacation."

"This

is

a nightmare "

Sanra

hought.

But he

couldn't

speak

because

he couldnt find the right words.

"Come

with

us, Santa.

We'll

take

you

to

Jack's

ouse

and

you

can

sleep

here,"

said

Shock.

"But

I

don't

utantto

sleep "

Santa

shouted.

The

three

trick-or-treaters

ook

him

away,

but not

to

Jack's

house.

"This

is

a nightmare,"

Sally

thought.

"I

have

o

do

something "

Then

she

had an

idea.

Quickly,

she walked

away

and

began

working

on her

plan. First,

she had

ro

ger the right

chemicals.

Before

Jack

could leave

n his

sleigh,

he

Mayor

called

everybody

nto

the town'scenter.He wanted to saygoodbye to Jack because e wanted

everybody

o look

at him.

Vhen

he

finished

speaking,

something

very

srrange

happened.

"\What's

happening?"

Jack

cried.

He looked

around

at

the

black sky,

but it

wasnt

black.

A

thick,

white

fog,

as hick

as he worst

London

fog

in

an

old

black-and-white

movie,

moved

inro

the

town.

Nobody

could

see

anything.

fog

(n)

l luq, ls


22/34

s.l Wereyou

right?

5.2

Look

back

at

Activity

4.4.

Only

one

sentence

was right.

Change

he

words

n

green

o the

right

words.

Language

n

use

Lookat the sentence

n the box.Then

write sentences

bout these

pictures.

'I

i i answer

,t

What's

next?

Look

t the irst

our

picturesn Chapters

and 10.What

s happening?

Writea sentence bout

each

picture.

l, t

1

Jack

wants

Sally

o make

a red

acket

and

oants

or

him.

The

rick-or-treaters

ring

ack

Hailoween

anima[.

The

Doctor

makes

ome

horses

Santa

[aus's

is ter

and

Barrel.

Santaasks, , , . . .

red

for

Jack.

opens

he

door

o Lock,

hock,

.

Lock,

hock,

nd

Barrel,

What

does

' trick-or-treat'

ean

6 The

rick-or-treaters

ut

Santa

Clausn

a

bigbox

.

7

Santa

laus

ts

gotng

o

drive is

steigh

onight.

What

more

did you

earn?

Write

he numbers

n

he

pictures.

1

Who

sn't

appy

bour

ack's

lan?

2

Who

or what

do Lock,

hock,

ndBarrel

ake irst?

3 What

oes

ack

ake

rom

Santa

laus?

4

What

oes

a[[y

ake?

1.

4

5

1

2

3

1

2

3

4

" l ' l [

make hem

or

you,

Jack."

^-

37

CHAPTER

Chapter

9

- Dangerous

oys or Good Girls

and Boys


23/34

Dangerous

oys

or

Good

Girls

and Boys

Some toys

sreamed and

some llt

kughed

wildly.

One uery

long toy

animal started

eating

the Christmas

tree,l

(W/here

are we

going to take

him?"

askedBarrel.

W

"To

Oogie Boogie,

of course,"

said Lock

and

Shock.

"That's

right.

I almost

forgot "

Barrel

said.

"Oogie

will

like

that "

Santa

Claus istened

o

these hree

strange

ittle

children.

"'Who

is

Oogie Boogie?"

he

thought.

"\(hart

going to

happen

to Christmas?"

Inside

the

bag, he felt

very hot.

"I

want you

to open

this bag now "

he

shouted.

"Christmas

is about

love

Dont

you know?"

"No "

they shouted.

And

then they laughed

wildly.

Jack

drove

the sleigh

across

he sky.In front

of him, Zero's

nose

was

as ight

as

he morning

sun. The

reindeer

easily

pulled

the heary

sleigh

with the

presenrs n

it.

Jack

enjoyed

every

minute

of his

new

iob.

He

stopped his

sleigh

at each

house

and put

prerry presenrs

under

each

Christmas

tree. n

one

house,

a little

boy came

down

the

stairsand

watched

him. \(hen

Jack

turned

away from

the

Christmas

tree, he

saw he

young

child.

"Here,

ittle

boy A

present rom

Santa "

said

Jack.

And

he

gave

he

boy a

present.

Jack

had to go

to the

next house.

He couldn't

wait and watch

the boy's

face.But when

the child opened

the

present,

he didn't smile.

His face

went white and his mouth fell open. He screamedwildly.

Jack

heard the

boy'sscreams

nd

he smiled.

"He

likes t,"

Jack

thought.

"Nobody

is

scared

of

me and

I'm making everybody

happy "

After

"Santa

Claus"

eft

their

houses

n the

middle of the

night, some

of the

other children

quietly

left the

r beds.

Their little

feet

slowly

took

them

down the

stairsbecause

hey

couldn't

wait for Christmas

morning.

Each child

carefully ook

a present

rom under

the tree and quietly

opened t.

Then, with their

mouths

and eyes

wide open...they

screamed.

3u

\

The

NiehtmareBefore

Chrisrmu

CHAPTER


24/34

Toys ran

around

Christmas trees

after rhe children. Heads

umped

out of boxes

and scared ittle

girls

and

boys. Some oys

screamed nd

some

oys aughed

wildly.

One very long toy

animal started

eadng he

Christmas

tree

The

children ran

as ast as

they could

up rhe stairs to their

parents'

bedrooms.

Their

screamswoke

up their baby

brothers and sisters.

hey

woke

up their

dogs

and

their cats.The

children woke

up their

parents,

and

their parentswoke

up the

police. It was

the worst

Chrisrmas of

everybody's

ives.

and the scariest

The

police were busy

because he

telephonecalls

didn't stop.

"Turn

off your lights

and don't open

your doors "

rhey said o the

mothers and fatherson the phone. "Yes,we know about this crazyman

in

Santa

Claust clothes.'We'll

stop him.

Dont

go

near him.

He's very

dangerous."

"\fhat

are we

going to do?" a young

policeman

asked.

"Get

our biggest

guns," said his boss.

The

police

worked

quickly.

Then

every

policeman and

policewoman

went

outside and looked

up

into

the sky.They had

to

do something.

They

had

to stop this man.

Problems

or

Jack

and Santa

"I

wanted to do somethinggood,

Zero," said

Jach.

"Now

looh at me.

Looh at the sleigh.

Whereare the

reindrer? We haue o

fnd

Santa

Ckus."

here was only one

h"ppy face n town.

High above he police

station

in

a strange

sleigh,a skeleton's

mile shone

Inside

his

headwere pictures

of happy children's

aces.

He had no idea about the

problems

below.

r

The police used

heir strongest

ights. Their biggestguns

were

ready, oo.

But when

Jack

saw heir

ights, he smiled

again.

"They're

celebrating

his wonderful

night," he thought.

"Look, Zero " he said o his little dog. "They're celebrating They're

having a wonderful

Christmas "

Then a

gun

almost

hit one of the

reindeer.

"\7as

that a

mistake?" hought

Jack.

"Or

are

they shooting at us?"

The

guns

didnt stop and

Jack

started

eeling scared.

"I

dont

like this. It's getting

very dangerousup

here,"

he

said

o Zero.

Zero

put

his head down

and

looked up at

Jack

with

his

big,

sad eyes.

Suddenly,

one of the policemen

shot at

Jack.

t didn't

hit him, but it

4l

'l

he Nighrnrarc

Beftrrc

lhrisrnres

Chapter I0 - Problems for

Jack

and Santa


25/34

made

a big hole in

the

sleigh.

When

they

shot

again, t hit

the

sleigh or

a

second

ime. The

sleigh

broke n

rwo.

"No

\(hat

are hey

doing?"

Jack

cried.

Are

they crazy?'We

ave

a lot

of toys

on this

sleigh Think

of

the children "

Suddenly,

everyrhing

began o fall

and

rhe reindeer

lew

away.

ack

hit

the

ground hard

and one of his

arms

broke

off. But worse

han

that, the

sleigh

was on fire.

Now he

knew.

His

Christmas

plan was

a mistake.

That

felt worse

han his

head,his

egs,

or his

arms.

Zero

ran

and brought

Jack's

rm

back o him.

Jack

put it back

on easily.

"I

wanted

o

do something

good, Zero,"

said

Jack.

Now

look

at me.

Look

at

the sleigh.

Where

are rhe reindeer?

7e

have

o find

Santa

Claus.

Only

he can

change

his nightmare

inro

a happy

Christmas

for

the boys

and

girls."

Jack

quickly ran

and found

a churchyard.

He

jumped

down

a hole n

the

ground

and ran

rhrough

he

dark woods back

o Halloweentown.

\7hen

the police

started

hooting,

Sallyheard

he

guns.

Sheheard he

witches

n Halloweenrown,

oo.'Wltches

always now

everything

and

they knew

about

the

problems n

Christmasrown.

"Jack's

lan isn't

working.

Only

Santa

Claus can help

him,"

she

thought.

"\(/here

can I find

him?"

She

hought

about Lock,

Shock,

and Barrel.

They

were riends

with

()ogie

Boogie.

"l 'm

going to

go

ro Oogie

Boogie's

ouse. ' l l

f ind

Santa

Claus rhere "

shc hought.

-ILn

minutes

later,

Sally stood

outside

the hole

to Oogie Boogie's

dark,

dirty

underground

house.

She ooked

down

the hole

and, of

course,

Sanr:r

Cl:ruswas

here.He

was n

a chair

and he couldn't

get out of it.

()ogie

st(x)d

over him.

She

could see

maggors

round

Oogiet

mouth.

Sornc

clirnbecl

p and

down his

arms.He

danced

around

Sanra

nd

scrrrc'd

hc

olrl rnarr.' l-his

was

Oogie Boogie's

dea

of a

good time.

, \ :r l ly

r lcl

o hcln

Sanra

l lar-rs.

"You're

old and ugly,but I 'm

going

to eat

you

firr rny

dinner " Oogie

Boogie

said ro Santa.

l'm

hungry,

so

I'l l start hc fire now."

"No "

cr iedSanta.

Please,

on't

eatnrc

l 'hc

clr i lcl len rewait ing or

their Christmas

resents.

have o

go. ' l 'hcy

crur ' t clcbratc hristmas

without me "

Oogie

Boogie aughed.

Go?

Never'

rrr ' r t ' r l i rrncr ' ,

anta

Claus "

"'W'hat

am I

going

to do?" Santrr

l lrrtrs

lrotrglrt.

'fhis

is the worst

place

n

the world \Vhat's

going

to

hrr1.r1.,cn

o

(lhristmas?"

Oogie

Boogie ang nd aughecl. ' l 'hc

irc

got

bigger nd hotter.

"l

am real ly ungry,Santa

l larrs,"

c srr icl .

l )o

you

know aboutme?

scare verybody

re

you afraicl

f 'rrrr'?"

"No,

I

am

notl"

Santa

l larrs

:r icl .

c rrrovedn his

chairand tr ied o

get

ree.

l 'm

Santa

llaus

ancl

'rn

not afi 'aidof anybody."

41

Activities

6

7

The NightmareBeforeChristmas


26/34

6. 1

Wereyou

right?

Look

ack

at

Activity

5.4. hen

ook

again t the first our

pictures

n

Chapters and 10.Tick(/l

the right

answers.

1

Jack

s

giving present

o

a child. e s

saying,

a

J

J

"fnis

wi[[scareou,

ittteboy."

b

I

j

"Here,

itt le

oy A

resent

rom

Santa "

Howdoeshechild eel?Why?

a

J

I

He shappy

ecausee

ikes isnew

oy .

b

l__l

e is

afraid ecause

he oy s

scary.

What s

he oy doing?

a

Ll

tt is

eatinghe

Christmas

resents

nd ree.

b

il

tt s

ctimbing p he

ree.

What

does

ack

hinkwhen e irst

earshe

guns?

a

f_,,]

they're

elebrating

hiswonderfutight."

b

| ]

"ffre

police

ant o ki[ me."

What

more

did

you

earn?

What

happens

o these

people?

Match

he sentences

o the

pictures.

.

1

He a[s

andbreaks is

arm.

2 He oses

he reindeer.

3 He's n

a chair ndcan' t

get

out.

4 Hedances, ith maggots

around is

ace.

5

He

s hungry,

o he starts

a

fire.

6 Theworst

hing n

Hal[oweentown

s

going

o

eat him.

fJ

Language n use

Lookat the sentence

n the box.Then

make sentenceswith these

words.Pu t

after

in the right

place.

After

"Santa

Claus"

ef t he ir

houses,omeof

the other

children

uiet ty

ef t

heir

beds.

6.2

1 the

police

hot he sleigh

or a secondime

/

the sleigh

roke n two

2

Jack

it the

groundhard

the

reindeerlew away

Jack

umped

down he

hole n he churchyard

he ran hrough he dark

woods o Halloweentown

4 Sattyried

o helpSantaClaus shesaw

him in OogieBoogie's

ome

5 Santa ried o

get

free

/

OogieBoogie tarted he

fire

What'snext?

Look t the

pictures

n Chapters

1

and

12.What do hese

people

want?

Do hey

get

it?

Makenotes.

What do they want?

Do hey

get

it?

1

TheMayor

2 Oogie

Boogie

3

Satty

4 Santa laus

5

Jack

l.

44

45


27/34

The

Nighrmare

Before

Christmas

(iheprer

I I

()ogic

Boogie'.s carv House


28/34

"Jack?"

shouted

Oogie Boogie.

"You're

not really

dead "

Oogie Boogie

turned

on a machine

in his

kitchen

and a lot

of knives

started

shooting

at

Jack.

He

jumped

out of their

way,

but more

knives

came

at him.

"Come

this

way,

you

old skeleron "

houted

Oogie Boogie.

He laughed

wildly.

The

knives

few

at

Jack

rom

the left

and from

the

right.

Jack

umped this way and that way.

"Look

behind

you,

Jack "

shouted

Sally when

more

knives

came rom

the

dining-room.

Jack

umped

out of

the way

again.

"Goodbye,

Jackl"

shouted

Oogie Boogie.

He

jumped

up onro

a shelf

and was

up high

above

Jacks

head.

Jack

ooked

up.

"You're

not

being very

nice

to my

friends,"

he

said.

Oogie

Boogie

aughed

oudly.

Jackt eyes urned to oogie Boogiet foot. He could seea small hole in

it.

Jack

had

an idea.

Before

Oogie Boogie

could

stop him,

Jack

put

his

finger

into

the hole.

Then

he

pulled it

hard.

The

hole

got bigger.. .and

bigger.

Maggots

started

alling

out of

Oogie Boogiet

foot.

More

and

more fell

onro

rhe

floor.

They

were free

rom

Oogie

Boogie-and

they

moved

away

fast Oogie Boogiegot smaller...

and smaller.

"Look

at me

My maggotsl"

cried

Oogie Boogie.

I'm

dying

This is

the

end for me "

The

maggots

quickly climbed

up the

walls

and out

of Oogie

Boogie's

ouse.

Santa

watched

them and

he felt

sick.'W'hen

he lastone

ran near

him,

Santa

il led it

with

his big black shoe.

That reallywas he end

of Oogie

Boogie.

"Santa

Claus,

'm very sorry,"said

Jack

quietly.

l

wanted ro

help-

but

I didn't."

"Christmas

s more than a bag of toys

and a red

hat,"

Santa

aid.

He

pulled

the hat

from

Jacks

head and turned

away.

"It 's

not the end of Christmas,

hope "

Jack

said.

"The

end of Christmas?

Never "shouted

Santa.

He

quickly

flew up and out of Oogie

Boogie's

ouse.

"Everything

will be OK,

Jack,"

said Sally.

Santa

Claus

will

give

everybody heir presents.

e can do

it

before

morning."

Jack

urned

to Sally.

He looked carefully at

his

good

Friend.

"She

hasa beautiful

ace,"he thought.

"N7hy

didnt

I see hat before?"

"'W'hy

did you come down

here?"

he asked.

"1.

l wanted

o. . shesaidslowly.

"Help me?"

Jack

asked.

Sallysmiled.

Jack

wanted o take

her in his rrrrns,

trt some hing

stopped

him.

49

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NightmareBefore

Christmas

CHAPTER


29/34

"Jack

Jack "

The Mayor

arrived

with Lock,

Shock, and Barrel. They looked

down

into

the

hole.

"There

he is " shouted Shock.

"He's

fine," said Lock.

"\7e

told you," said Barrel.

"Everybody

is

waiting

for

you,

Jack "

the Mayor said happily.

"Let's

go

to

thc ccnter of town " He

put out

his

hand.

"Take

my hand," he

criccl.

Help

me,

boys,"he said o Lock, Shock,

and

Barrel.

F.vcrybody

pulled. First

Jack

came out

of Oogie

Boogiet

dark and

scrtry

onrc,

hen Sally.

'l'hcy

walkecl

as

ast

as hey could away from that

dark

hole

to the

Mltyo t ls

crtr .

Christmas

Comes

to

Halloweentown

Suddenly,

ome

eautiful

white nou

sta.rtedfalling

n

Halloweentoun

-a

Christmas

resent

fom

Santa

Claus.

hen they

saw

Jack

n the

Mayor's

car, he

witches, he

vampires,

and the

skeletons

houted,

Jack Jack

ou're

home "

Suddenly,

a louder sound

came

from

the sky above.

Everybody

looked up.

"H"ppy

Christmas,

everybody "

shouted

Santa

Claus.

He drove

across

he

night sky

with his sleigh

ull

of presents.

ack

smiled

happily up

at Santa.

Suddenly,

some

beautiful

whitc

snow started

alling on

Halloweentown-a

Christmas

prcscttt

rom Santa

Claus.

"\(hat

is this?"asked

he

witches.

They put

out

their

long fingcrs

and tried

to catch the

snow.

510

The

Niehrmare

BeforeChrisrmas

Chaoter

12 -

Christmas

(lomes

ro

Halloweentown


30/34

"\(hite

blood?"

asked he vampires.

"lt's

cold " said

he skeletons.

"lt's

snow "

Jack

said happily.

The

witches,

he vampires,

he trick-or-treaters,

he black cats,

he

skeletons,

he

Mayor, and

Jack

umped

up and

down

in

the snow

and

laughed.

Christmas

washere... n Halloweentown

Only one personwas not there. Above the townt centet Sally stood

and looked

down

on the celebrations

below.The

snow was

beautiful but

rlrc smile on her

face

was sad. She

warched or

a

minute

or rwo

and then

slrchad

to turn

away.

"How

doeshe feel

about me?"

she

hought.

She sat

down next

ro some

prerry flowers

and pulled one from

the

groturrl.

With hcr

snrall ingers,

hepulled

the petals

off

one

ar a rime.

" l l t 'krvcs

rrrc , c

krves nenot. . .he

oves

me.. ."

shesaid

quietly.

Down

in

the

town,

Jack

stopped suddenly

and

looked

around.

He

wanted to celebrate

with Sally.

But where was she?

[hen he couldn't

find

Sally's ace,he

had

to

look for her.

He left his friends and walked to the

top

of the town through the

snow.

He didnt

have

o

look for very

long. Near the wall around

the town,

he

saw

her

with

the

fower in her hand.

tVhen

he

was

near her, he

heard

her

words. She

didnt see

him because er eyes

were on the petals.

But

then she

elt his eyeson

her. She urned slowly and

looked at

him. He

looked at

her

and smiled.

He finished

her words.

"He

loves

you,"

said

Jack.

5)

53

-l'he

Nighrmare

Before Christmas

(lhaoter

l2 - Christrlas

Conres to Halloweentown


31/34

Sally stood

up and

Jack

ook her hands n his.

The nightmare

before

Christmas ended happily for

everybody.

But

not for

Oogie

Boogie,

of course.)

SantaClaus never orgot

that night before

Christmas.

It

was he

longest night

in his life. He remembered

ack

Skellington very well for

many

years.

nd

every ime he thought

of

Jack,

he

smiled.

It

wasstrange, ut SantaClaus

enjoyed hat night in Halloweentown.

Hc cor.rlcln'tnderstandwhy. He thought about the reallyscary ampires

rrndwitclrcs, rnd

hose hree rick-or-rrearers.hey

were

different.

t

was

cxci t ing.

()f

course,

SantaClaus could never

say his to his wife

or to

his itt le

hclpcrs.

What could he

sayabour Halloween?How

could he

tell rhem

aborrr i f i '

thcre

"It '.s

vcry strangc

place,"he

rolcl

his wife.

"I

hated

every

minute

in

t l r t t

pl lcr ' ,"

rc

olcl

his

helpers.

But for

yearsafter that night, Santa

Claus somerimes

eft

Christmastown for an hour

or two when he was bored with his h"ppy

helpers

and their h"ppy

songs.

Vhen his life felt boring, he

climbed

into

his sleigh. He

drove to

Halloweentown

and there he

visited

his

old

friend

Jack

Skellington. They

talked about the year when

Jack

wantcd to be Santa

Claus.

Jack

was

alwaysh"ppy when

Santa

visited him.

He liked to ask

questions

bout Christmastownand

Santa

iked

to ask

Jack

about

Halloweentown.

They could

talk

for hours

and they werenever

bored.

)l

I

55

Talk

bout

t


32/34

Work with

two or rnore

other students.

t is

a week

after Christmas.

Have

his conversation.

You

are

Jack

Skeltington.You

re n

Christmastown

ecause

Santa

Clauswantsyou

to

speak o

the

parents

here. hey

think

you

arevery bad.

Why

did

you

try

to do Santa's

ob

on

the n ight

before

hristmas?

el l

hem,and

henanswer

heir

questions.

You

are he angry

parents

f chi ldren n

Christmastown.You

have

ot

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