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That's the plastic jack-o'-lantern pail, the little pumpkin-shaped bucket kids have swung down sidewalks for more than half a century. It has a black face molded right into the front, a plastic handle looped over the top, and a hollow belly just waiting to fill with candy. You might assume it has always been the star of Halloween night, but that grinning bucket is actually a newcomer to a very old tradition.  \nLong before that cheerful pail existed, kids hauled their loot in whatever they could grab from around the house. In the early and middle 1900s, trick-or-treaters in the United States carried pillowcases, paper grocery bags, or old baskets from door to door. A pillowcase was the greedy champion of the group, because it could stretch to hold enough candy to weigh down a small child. The trouble was that paper bags tore in the rain and pillowcases dragged in the mud, so the treats sometimes ended up on the ground.  \nThose soggy, ripping bags left plenty of room for a sturdier idea, and that idea arrived shaped like a pumpkin. Sometime in the 1960s, companies began selling hard plastic jack-o'-lantern pails, and by the 1970s they had become a common sight on porches across the country. Suddenly a kid could carry arainproof, reusable bucket that looked like a tiny glowing gourd instead of a wrinkled sack. The orange color and carved-face design borrowed straight from the real carved pumpkins already sitting on doorsteps. Best of all, the pail could be dumped out, rinsed, and used again next October.  \nThat reusable design starts its life not as a pumpkin but as a puddle of melted plastic. To make one, factories use a process called molding, where hot plastic is pushed into a hollow metal mold and then takes the mold's shape as it cools. The mold works a little like a cookie cutter shaping soft dough, giving the plastic its shape and its familiar face before the finished bucket pops out. Because a single mold can stamp out thousands of identical pails, that grinning face on your bucket is a twin of countless others.  \nThe pail's job, though, is about more than holding candy in the dark. Trick-or-treating happens at dusk, so today many families add glow sticks or clip-on lights to bags and buckets, and some use reflective bags that bounce a car's headlights right back at the driver. These small touches turn a simple bucket into a safety tool that helps a moving car spot a kid crossing the street. So the next time you see that orange grin swinging along a sidewalk, remember it began as a rescue from muddy, torn pillowcases and grew into something that can help keep you safe.  \nThe Jack-o'-Lantern Candy Pail  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) What does the plastic jack-o'-lantern pail look like, according to the passage?\u003Cbr>A. A pumpkin-shaped bucket with a black face molded in front and a handle on top\u003Cbr>B. A cloth bag shaped like a pumpkin with a drawstring at the top\u003Cbr>C. A round orange basket with a woven handle and a paper liner inside\u003Cbr>D. A tall plastic sack printed with a glowing pumpkin and reflective stripes |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) How do reflective bags help keep trick-or-treaters safe?\u003Cbr>A. They make a loud sound when a car comes too close\u003Cbr>B. 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