Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman on Local

## Transcript:

* Once there was a witch who wanted to make pumpkin pie.
* So she planted a pumpkin seed. She weeded and watered, and after a while
* a sprout poked through. And then a pumpkin grew.
* And it grew. And it grew. And then it grew some more.
* Soon Halloween was just hours away. The witch thought about pumpkin pie
* and bent down to take her pumpkin off the vine.
* Well, she pulled and she tugged and she pulled. First she pulled hard and then she pulled harder.
* But that pumpkin just sat. "Drat!" said the witch.
* Just then, along came a ghost. "Big pumpkin," said the ghost.
* "It's big and it's mine, but it's stuck on the vine, and Halloween's just hours away,"
* said the witch. And she kicked that pumpkin.
* "I am bigger than you and stronger, too," boasted the ghost. "Let me try."
* "Hmph!" said the witch.
* But she thought about pumpkin pie and stepped aside.
* The ghost bent down to take the pumpkin off the vine.
* Well, she pulled and she tugged and she pulled. First she pulled hard and then she pulled harder.
* But that pumpkin just sat. "Drat!" said the ghost.
* Just then, along came a vampire. "Big pumpkin," said the vampire.
* "It's big and it's mine, but it's stuck on the vine, and Halloween's just hours away,"
* said the witch. And she kicked that pumpkin.
* "I am bigger than both of you and stronger, too, boasted the vampire. "Let me try."
* "Hmph!" said the witch. "Hmph!" said the ghost.
* But she thought about pumpkin pie and stepped aside.
* The vampire bent down to take the pumpkin off the vine.
* Well, she pulled and she tugged and she pulled. First she pulled hard and then she pulled harder.
* But that pumpkin just sat. "Drat!" said the vampire.
* Just then, along came a mummy. "Big pumpkin," said the mummy.
* "It's big and it's mine, but it's stuck on the vine, and Halloween's just hours away,"
* said the witch. And she kicked that pumpkin.
* "I am bigger than all of you and stronger, too, boasted the mummy. "Let me try."
* "Hmph!" said the witch. "Hmph!" said the ghost. "Hmph!" said the vampire.
* But she thought about pumpkin pie and stepped aside.
* The mummy bent down to take the pumpkin off the vine.
* Well, she pulled and she tugged and she pulled. First she pulled hard and then she pulled harder.
* But that pumpkin just sat. "Drat!" said the mummy.
* Just then, along came a bat. "Big pumpkin," said the bat.
* The witch didn't say a word. She just looked at the ghost and rolled her eyes.
* The ghost looked at the vampire. The vampire looked at the mummy.
* They all looked at the little bat. And they started to laugh.
* "I may not be big and I may not be strong," said the bat.
* "But I have an idea." And the bat told them what to do.
* "Hmph!" said the witch. "Hmph!" said the ghost. "Hmph!" said the vampire. "Hmph!" said the mummy.
* But she thought about pumpkin pie and bent down to take the pumpkin off the vine.
* "Ready, set, pull!" called the bat.
* The bat pulled the mummy, the mummy pulled the vampire,
* the vampire pulled the ghost, the ghost pulled the witch, and the witch pulled the pumpkin.
* Well, she pulled and she tugged and she pulled. First she pulled hard and then she pulled harder. And...
* Snap! Off came the pumpkin!
* "Drat!" said the witch.
* Whoosh! It flew and it flew and...
* Thud! It landed on top of a hill and...
* Thump-bump, thump-bump, thump-bump. it bounced all the way down to the witch's house.
* And when it got to her door, that pumpkin just sat.
* "Hurray for the bat!" shouted the witch.
* And she hurried inside to make pumpkin pie.
* "Mmm," said the ghost.
* "Have some more," said the witch.
* "Couldn't eat another bite," said the vampire.
* "Fun party," said the mummy.
* "Time to go," said the bat.
* "Drat!" said the witch as she watched them all leave.
* Then she went right out and planted another pumpkin seed.