Pumpkinny Tales: The Adventures of Mr. Pumpkinhead

By Loyd C. Taylor

Mr. Pumpkinhead is a mischievous pumpkin whose friends include many delightful farm animals. Throughout the book, the author uses clever animal names and noises that children are bound to relate to, repeat, and memorize.

Curiosity, hard-headedness, and a hearty spirit of adventure combine to put Mr. Pumpkinhead in slightly scary situations where he is forced to call upon his pumpkin seeds and some unusual pumpkin magic to get him out of trouble. In one adventure, when spur-of-the-moment planning doesnt work, Mr. Pumpkinhead and his pumpkin friends miss out on a special farmyard day. In the end, readers, along with Mr. Pumpkinhead, realize that it's best to follow good advice and think twice before setting out on what could be a dangerous or silly adventure.

While the main thrust of this book is to encourage wise decision making, demonstrations of friendship and sharing, woven throughout, will appeal to parents and children alike.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 20, 2014
• ISBN: 9781499055405

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Copyright © 2014 Loyd C. Taylor

ISBN

Softcover 978-1-4990-5539-9

Hardcover 978-1-4990-5538-2

EBook 978-1-4990-5540-5

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Rev. date: 12/09/2014

Illustrated by Tiffany Petitt

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Edited by Lois J. Funk

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Dedication

To my wife Katherine, for her encouragement and patience during the writing of this book; and to my children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren to come.

Contents

Chapter One

THE FABULOUS FALL FESTIVAL

Chapter Two

FRIGHTFUL FRIDAY

Chapter Three

THE BIG ROLLER

Chapter One

THE FABULOUS FALL FESTIVAL

It all began at the beginning of the beginning of another day in the life of Mr. Pumpkinhead.

Mr. Pumpkinhead was a mischievous pumpkin who lived on Friendly Farm, in Wonderplace County. He had a bit of pumpkin magic and some hard-to-believe pumpkin powers which let him do things other pumpkins could not do. That was because there was something very special about his seeds. Whenever he was in trouble, or when he needed a little extra power, his seeds would join in to help him.

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Mr. Pumpkinhead had some very special friends, too. One of those friends was Ruffled Rooster, the farm’s living alarm clock.

Every morning, Ruffled Rooster started early, very early, fluttering around, from one fence post to another, waking everyone. Cock-a-doodle-a-doodle-do! Don’t doodle, there’s a lot to do! Get up, get up! The sun is bright! The day is light! Get up! Get up! Get up!

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Ruffled Rooster’s chest always swelled with pride when he glanced around and saw the barnyard alive with activity. He just knew that the day could not get off to a good start if he did not crow and do his part. So, when he had finished crowing, he cackled away, eating his breakfast and enjoying the day.

Spring had come to Friendly Farm in the usual way. Ralph Robin had arrived, showing off his beautiful red vest. Then summer came along, with busy baby bees flittering and fluttering, buzzing their buzzers and humming their hummers. After summer, came the news that the geese would soon be taking their winter vacation. That’s when everyone on Friendly Farm knew it was almost time for the greatest day of the year – the Fabulous Fall Festival.

At last fall arrived, and so did the day for planning and getting ready for the Fabulous Fall Festival. The grass in the meadow was no longer green. The shiny green leaves of the giant oak tree had turned golden brown. Tomorrow, children of all shapes and sizes, some with dimples, some with pimples, and all with lunch box cases, would arrive with smiling faces. They would come from many different places. They would bring joy to all the plants and animals on Friendly Farm.

Today, every plant and animal was doing its part to make this the best Fabulous Fall Festival ever. Songbirds were warming up their voices so that they could sing their best songs. Flowers were dusting and polishing their petals and leaves, getting ready to give out their sweetest smells. Butterflies were fluttering around flowers, showing how their wings fanned the sweet perfume into the air. Crickets were cleaning their legs so that they could make the loudest chirping sounds. Tomorrow would be a sweet-smelling, musical day.

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In Fishy Pond, the fish were fanning their fins and tails. Nearby, in the tall blade grass, Tommy Tortoise