Scared Happy

I finished putting out my Halloween decorations earlier in the day yesterday, having purchased most of them on close-out from Target the previous year so they were new and unused. Two of the items were a white and a green skeleton head with only arms coming out the sides of their necks and no torso. Ugly little suckers, that when turned on, wiggle and move all the while saying, ( in those dead, low awful voices)" Where Are My Legs? No More Experiments!!" Eyes shooting back and forth, it is really creepy. So I set them down in front of my television for decoration and to turn on now and again for the grand kids and trick or treaters.
I was in a bad mood last night and over-killing myself with pity. I had been in my office most of the night when I needed to go take my evening medication. The front room was dark but for a ray of light from the hallway and you could hear Halloween bones faintly rattling outside in the wind.
With just a few steps into the hallway I could hear shuffling in the dark and was startled. I took a quiet step into the dark and suddenly saw two set of eyes rattling back and forth and as I gasped I heard in loud agonizing wails, "Where Are My Legs?" No More Experiments" !!! I let out a quick scream before I realized: Those ugly creatures had MOTION DETECTORS inside of them and I had set them off.
After laughing for sometime I realized what a gift it had been in not knowing; I had scared myself happy!!