I waited and grew and waited and grew. Finally one day I was harvested from the patch and placed into a really large cardboard box. Many of my relatives were placed in the same box. Once the box was filled to the brim, we could feel ourselves being lifted by a machine someone outside the box called a forklift. The forklift carried us over to what another person outside the box called a truck.
I think they were lots of boxes of us on the truck. I could hear the almost silent cries of pumpkins on the bottom of the boxes. They were feeling the heavy weight of the pumpkins that were in the middle and top sections of the box.
I was blessed to be near the top of my box. I couldn’t tell where we were going as we traveled, but I knew we would eventually end up in a store glowing with light.
Finally my box was taken off the truck and moved into a store. Aldi is what I heard the people in the store call the place. Apparently Aldi isn’t a place with shelves for foods to be displayed, because I remained in the box as did everyone else I had traveled with in the box. Not a single pumpkin was removed from the box for awhile.
After a couple of hours, pumpkins started to be lifted out of the box. I could look up and see the bright lights I had heard about back on the farm.
There was a long time between leaving the field and becoming a jack o’ lantern, but the wait had been worth it.
Susan Case says
This is beautiful! You should have it published in a magazine – submit it somewhere early for next year. Wonderfully creative and very fine writing.
Kimberly says
This is so creative!
You should turn this into a children’s book for Halloween!
Lisa @ Two Bears Farm says
I never thought about it like that before!
Miss Courtney says
The title reminds me of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown when Linus brings home the pumpkin for Lucy. When she starts to carve it, he cries “I didn’t know you were going to kill it!” Your story is more optimistic, LOL.
~ Noelle says
I bet you tell amazing bed time stories!!!!!
Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell says
That was so darn cute! I love how the pumpkin got an earful on the decision of design. 😉
Barbara says
This post is too adorable. I loved it!
Blond Duck says
Love this!
maryanne @ mama smiles says
This post is adorable 🙂
Emma @mummymummmymum says
oh just lovely! xx
RedTedArt says
What a sweet “story”, love it 🙂
Bethany says
That is so cute. I love this fun story!
Melissa says
Love this narrative …. what a great way to illustrate perspective and point-of-view! (dropping by from SITS)
Sue says
Delightful.
=)
Esther CraftoArt says
This post makes me smile! Wonderfully written!