THE HISTORY OF A SQUASH 
    Once upon a time a farmer planted a little seed     in his garden, and after a while it sprouted and became     a vine and bore many squashes.  One day in October,     when they were ripe, he picked one and took it     to market.  A grocerman bought and put it in his shop.
    That same morning, a little girl in a brown hat     and blue dress, with a round face and snub nose, went     and bought it for her mother.  She lugged it home, cut     it up, and boiled it in the big pot, mashed some of it     with salt and butter, for dinner.  And to the rest she added     a pint of milk, two eggs, four spoons of sugar, nutmeg,     and some crackers, put it in a deep dish, and baked it     till it was brown and nice, and next day it was eaten     by a family named March.
    T.  TUPMAN