The Little Princess
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The Little Princess is a religious tract published by Chick Publications.
While Chick Publications and its founder, Jack Chick, are noted opponents of Halloween (and several of his tracts purport a link between Halloween and Satanism), The Little Princess departs from the normal Halloween-bashing, and instead provides a message of how religious tracts (preferably those produced by Chick) can be used at Halloween.
The story tells of Heidi Spencer, a terminally-ill seven-year-old whose last wish is to go trick-or-treating dressed as a little princess (her parents' nickname for her, thus the title). Her parents agree provided her health allows it. Knowing that she is dying, Heidi also asks what happens after death; her parents state that they don't know and most likely no one does.
Heidi's health holds out long enough that she gets her wish. However, she passes out during the route, but begs her brother to visit one last house, that of the Smiths, an older couple who are new to the neighborhood. The Smiths (who are Christians) place candy along with a tract (in a bit of cross-promotion, the tract is Happy Halloween, also a Chick Publication) in her bag. They immediately recognize that something is wrong with Heidi, and begin to pray for her.
Meanwhile, Heidi reads the tract and accepts Christ as her Savior, but wonders about her family. She asks her father to call the Smiths over (which he quickly does, telling them of her condition). She then tells the Smiths what she did, and asks them to tell this story to her family. Remembering her dad's response to her question about the afterlife, Heidi tells her family to listen, and the family accepts Christ as well.
Later that night, Heidi dies and immediately goes to Heaven.
