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Bob's Pumpkin Patch: A Short Story

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One sunny day, Judy Waterson was going to get a big heavy pumpkin at Bob’s Pumpkin Patch. She always goes there to get her pumpkin. When she got home she was in a rush to finish her homework so she put the pumpkin in her dad’s science lab. That night Judy’s dad put an evil serum into the pumpkin to make it come to life for a Halloween trick. The next day when she was about to carve the pumpkin it started to glow. She lowered the knife and it grew even brighter. Even though it did this Judy was not scared and continued carving. She carved a scary face into the pumpkin with jagged teeth and big angry eyes. “I’m going to call you Dr. Boo,” said Judy. By the time she was done it was time for bed. When everyone was asleep, Dr.Boo came to life
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