The Great Pumpkin Hunt!

The great tradition is here! That's right it's the Monday before Halloween.

 

For those not familiar with the Great Pumpkin I will tell you the story of The First Great Pumpkin Hunt.

 

The little boy with the blue blanket really did have it right. There really is a great pumpkin. And he really does rise out of the pumpkin patch. And He really does bring all the good little boys and girls presents. Only he doesn't do it out of the kindness of his heart, like a leprechaun, you have to catch him! Once you catch him, you have to give him a face.

 

 This is a story of four little kids who caught the great pumpkin. 

 

The oldest, soon to be a teenager. Everyone around her wanted her to grow up and forget about being a kid. All she wanted was to stay a little girl forever. She also desperately wanted to be an only child.

 

 

 

 

The next one was sometimes forgotten and sometimes stuck in the middle. She was stuck doing her own thing, while watching and wanting to be a part of the action, just a little too scared to say anything.

 

The third was, believe it or not, another little girl. At just eight years old she was ready for adventure, just as long as she didn't get dirty or wet or hurt. She looked to her older two sisters to figure out just how to do things. That's how she learned to be afraid of spiders and learned to like making cookies.

 

Our fourth little adventurer was really quite different from the others. For starters, he was a boy, and you would not believe just how much he showed it. By the time he was 5 he had been on many adventures. Like Jack and Jill, he too climbed a hill and came tumbling down, broke his crown, then got up and did it all over again. Never minding that he was filthy head to toe or that was covered in water and forgetting he was hurt.

 

Our brave group of hunters, went where no one had ever dared to venture in costume! Searching high and low, over and under, this way and that way for that elusive pumpkin. Alas, it was too dark to see every pumpkin and too windy to look in every nook and cranny. So they found the largest pumpkin around and the littlest pumpkin ever seen and took them home. 

Once home, that great pumpkin was in need of a face! "Let the carving begin!"

Now with a look all his own, The Great Pumpkin was brought to life, granting one great wish. And what, pray tell, did our warriors ask? Why for candy of course!