Halloween Pumpkin

It was the night before Halloween and the kids were excited about making a pumpkin lantern. They had wanted to do it earlier, but we insisted that they do their homework first. Iv'e never seen their work done so fast and it was soon time to get the pumpkin ready.

I sliced the lid off and they were in there like whippets getting all the seeds and gungy bits out. What a mess! I had to finish the difficult bits and then started to cut out the eyes, nose and mouth. The little lass was so close I nearly cut her nose off. I put a tea-light in the middle and lit it. The lantern looked really effective, glowing eerily in the dark.

I heard sobbing in the background and turned around to discover the little lass crying her eyes out.

"What's the matter, sweetheart." I said to her.

"I'm scccared." she replied.

Aaaah. Bless her.