# Quote — Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

> The scythe fell and lay in the grass like a lost smile.

- Author: [Ray Bradbury](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ray-bradbury.md)
- Book: [The Halloween Tree](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ray-bradbury/the-halloween-tree.md)
- Page: 50
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ray_Bradbury#The_Halloween_Tree_(1972)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ray-bradbury/the-halloween-tree/the-scythe-fell

## More from this book

> O autumn winds that bake and burn
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> And all the world to darkness turn,
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> Now storm and seize and make of me…
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> A swarm of leaves from Autumn’s Tree!

p. 79 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ray-bradbury/the-halloween-tree/o-autumn-winds.md)

> “What’s happening, Mr. Moundshroud? Where are we?”
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> Moundshroud struck a flinty finger into fire and held it up. “Why, bless me, boys. It’s the Dark Ages. The longest darkest night ever.”

p. 96 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ray-bradbury/the-halloween-tree/whats-happening-mr-moundshroud.md)

> It’s big, it’s broad…
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> It’s broad, it’s bright…
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> It fills the sky of All Hallow’s Night…
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> The strangest sight you’ve ever seen.
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> The Monster Tree on Halloween.

p. 28 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ray-bradbury/the-halloween-tree/its-big-its.md)