" That was my costume for the past five years.
A hobo. Actually, it wasn’t much of a costume. I wore one of Dad’s baggy old suits with patches on the pants. Mom rubbed charcoal on my face to make me look dirty. And I carried a knapsack on a fishing pole over my shoulder.
Bor-ring! "

― R.L. Stine , The Haunted Mask II (Goosebumps, #36)