Short Story Of The Pumpkin's Mistake

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She lowered the knife and it grew even brighter. The pumpkin grew bigger and brighter and said you can try and gut me if you dare, then the pumpkin said I will curse your family for as long as they shall live. Then all the kids in the house took off running the one with the knife tripped over one of the other kids and the knife came back on themselves and stabbed the kid in the chest. The rest of the kids started screaming and crying the pumpkin came flying through the room, and then killed one of the children and said I told you I would get revenge. All the remaining kids screamed and tried to run away but then the jack o'lantern's light grew brighter, and then the last three kids yelled even louder and the jack o'lantern spit fire from his

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