An Old Story

An Old Story was a short story from the book, Still More Tales to Give You Goosebumps.

Tom and John are fred prunes that have magical powers by their aunt, a witch!

Plot
Siblings Jon and Tom are visited by their mysterious old Aunt Susan, who starts feeding them prunes. The prunes cause the two boys to age rapidly. Aunt Susan then invites her elderly friends over to play bridge and the two boys hear her promise their hands in marriage!

The boys then realize that they are being aged into old men so that she can sell them to old women. The boys throw a pitcher of prune juice at the old woman and she explodes into dust. With a few jars of Baby Food, the boys are instantly turned back into teens again.

Television Episode Trivia

 * The video game that Tom and Jon were playing was the exact game that Casey was playing in "Stay Out of the Basement"


 * This episode is on the DVD, My Best Friend Is Invisible. It was also released on VHS along with Bride of the Living Dummy.
 * In the book the boys were fed prunes, while in the episode they were given prune cookies.