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Re: By-By Pumpkin

Jim,

That, once again I have to say, makes me so sick.  2 Hallowe'ens ago I had some
kids stealing my pumpkins off my porch.  I finally caught them in the act and
told them about how wrong it was to steal... but that if they would just knock on
the door and ask me politely for one of our pumpkins I would give them one.  I
think I made a big impression on them (I was much more sad than mad), but these
were not pumpkins I grew MYSELF, and especially not a pumpkin my child felt was
their very own.  I say put signs everywhere and maybe even an ad in the paper--be
sure and say it is your sons and that he worked hard for it.  Sometimes all it
takes is making people think about the situation of the person they stole from.
Too bad most people don't already practice putting themselves in other's shoes.
Please tell your son we are all so sorry for him.

Kristina

Fireman243@aol.com wrote:

> We awoke yesterday morning to find that my 4 year old sons pumpkin that he
> had grown all summer long was gone!  Thats right someone decided to walk up
> on our porch and help themsevles to his 131 pound pumpkin!!  How do you
> explain to a 4 year old the cruel facts of life?  I drove him around for 2
> hours untill he fell asleep,looking for his pumpkin.  When he called his
> favorite aunt to tell her what happened we found out that the sister to his
> pumpkin that he had given her was also stolen that night!!  Now what do you
> tell the totally heart broken kid?  Now he says he wants to keep all the
> pumpkins in the house next year ( and grow them in the house) so th ebad boys
> can not steal his pumpkins.  To make him feel better we put a sign on the
> lawn asking for its return. Oh well so much for proudly displaying his hard
> summers long work!!  Better luck next year. ( And maybe an alarm system!)
>
> A sad father,
> Jim
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