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!) That's pretty horrible - but it would have been worse if they'd smashed it. -- Personal Pages http://www.midnightbeach.com/jon Programming Publications http://www.midnightbeach.com/jon/pubs Homeschool Resource Page http://www.midnightbeach.com/hs