Jarrod and Kelsey scurried off on the banana yellow school bus that Mr. Olingermeyer drove. Ms. Higgobatham watched the bus drive off toward the steep, rolling hill road filled with stop signs and cute scarecrows that seemed to wave goodbye. She always gives them a gentle kiss on their chubby cheeks and a bear hug. Though, they hate the long ride to Roosevelt Elementary School, listening to the driver sing silly songs like:Jingle Bells, The Mulberry busg, and On the Road Again....Although, it seemed like a long day having to stay awake in Ms.Tarantula's class they daydreamed all day long about Ms.Higgobatham's chocolate-gooey chip cookies for an after-noon snack.Ms.H usually spoils them with a kettle of orange blossom tea and a plate of her famous cookies even her own son Caleb and his family smell across the United States which tempt them to come to visit her. She loves Jarrod and Kelsey like her own grandchildren, she's a good old woman with a loving heart that gives unforgettable suprises to make anyone smile. Guess what? She doesn't know the Boo-ley's live up in her cobwebby attic, Jaspar, Hilda, and Stanley live busy, crazy, and ghoulish lives just like people out in the city; "They get up to be blinded by the sun , eat their favorite breakfast of Sloomey-Goo, choose an outlandish, funky outfit, look into Mr. Waloo's window to prep up for the sun, moussing their broomstick hair, brushing their fangy teeth, washing wrinkled faces with fresh goop, and Hilda spends time putting make-up on her white face. Its a mystery to Ms. Higgobatham as to why her home seems a bit noisy, and Midnight hisses as thin air as if an invinsible man is watching her. She tries not to be afraid and reads her Bible praying to God that He will protect her from creatures that go: "BUMPITY-BUMP-BUMP,GWUASH-GWUASH, PITTER-PATTER" "THUMP-THUMP, AND SCRATCHITY-SCRATCH-SCRATCH........" The Boo-ley's really hate scaring Ms. Higgobatham and they've made promises that some day they'd introduce themselves. Perhaps, she'd adopt their lifestyle instead of her boring one by herself. It was a bright and cheery day, when Ms.Higgobatham got in her baking mood. she threw on her warm, fuzzy sweats, smelley sneakers, and combed her silvery long hair to tie in a bun.The rooster hooted loudly and her special friends were heard scurring off to school. Midnight, her cat is her best play and resting companion throughout all of the house. In the kitchen, as she listens to the radio listening to country western Midnight sips her treat of milk. All of this magic she conjures up is amazing after smelling the aroma of these chocolate-gooey chip cookies. Please read the following recipe and don't forget to bake them with your parents. Just throw in these ingredients and they can be given as a gift for any occassion....