Once upon a moonlit Halloween night, lived a jovial pumpkin named Jack. Jack, unlike his fellow pumpkins, was never picked as a jack-o’-lantern, because of his unusually broad grin that scared the children.
Jack felt lonely and neglected. One day, in a fit of pique, he conspired with the mischievous spirit of Halloween. “A pumpkin revolution is also due, dear spirit,” Jack’s voice echoed in the empty pumpkin field.
On the night of Halloween, Jack’s spell came alive! All those benign jack-o’-lanterns transformed into giggly pumpkins, their scary appearances replaced by goofy grins. Children started to laugh at the once feared jack-o’-lanterns, instead of shrieking.
Jack, the once rejected pumpkin, became the hero of the Halloween night. The townsfolk, amused to their hearts’ content, decided to keep the tradition of the “goofy grinning pumpkins” from that day on.
And what happened to the lonely pumpkin, Jack? Well, he still sits, grinning broader than ever in the pumpkin field as the Mayor of Pumpkin town!
So beware, everyone! This Halloween, if your jack-o’-lantern starts to act goofy, remember – there’s a broad-grinning pumpkin out there who is not to be underestimated!