It is the of October. is practising her psychic skills, but has already been to see Rose , her fortune teller. The boys want to learn about reading but in the end they read their to find out what will happen that day. Nick must beware of hair and the number . There is a knock at the door. It is , the neighbour. He has lost his cat called . Later, Hector tells a spooky . Nick pretends to dismiss it, but he is very frightened. He thinks that something strange is happening: a bad , a broken , a black and strange noises at the . He opens it and finds children dressed as ghouls, then goes next door to find grown-up ghouls. The children are -or-treaters and the grown ups are Hector, Annie and Bridget dressed up, ready for the party. At the party, Nick is convinced that three girls with hair like him. Later, they return to the flat and there is a power cut, and even more strange, noises from outside the . It is , out on the roof, looking for his cat, . The boys are scared and don't want to go to , so they start playing scary . Hector and Nick return to their own beds but the outside continues to terrify them. eventually finds his cat on bed.