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The True Story of the Sad, Short Life of Jack the Tree Pumpkin

I wrote this little story in 2005 after some hoodlums smashed the pumpkin we had just put out on our porch on Halloween.  I was very proud that I was able to embed a photograph into the text!

The True Story of the Sad Short Life of Jack the Tree Pumpkin

 

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