Once upon a time not far from Holly’s house in a popular suburb of one of the country’s largest cities was a pumpkin patch. And by pumpkin patch Holly means a large picturesque field where pumpkins are trucked in and laid in neat rows.
Holly and her family visited and enjoyed the pumpkin patch very much. They looked forward to the following fall so that they could visit again.
The next year Holly was surprised to see the WHOLE field full of pumpkins. She couldn’t wait to go visit the super-sized pumpkin patch.
Hey, wait!
It wasn’t just one pumpkin patch. It was now
two.
Practically identical pumpkin patches sitting right next to each other.
Holly wasn’t the only one that noticed the phenomenon.
The pumpkin patches noticed
each other.
Soon each patch had new signs:
And then some more signs:
At this point some legal action took place that Holly is too tired to review and report back to you. She assumes it involved lawyers, judges and a whole bunch of pumpkin patch proceeds.
She would also like to make the following legal disclaimer: Holly has no further understanding of this case then what is obvious to the general public while driving a minivan past the patches at no more than 50 mph. Nothing drawn in marker should be construed as fact, opinion or slander.
Once the case was settled, things settled down a bit at the patches.
One of the patches received a new name!
And so it went for a few pumpkin seasons. The Patch and Village coexisted in a civil manner.
As civil as two fighting children required to sit next to each other.
Then a new sign appeared
this fall on the patch formally known as Village:
It appeared they had changed their name to Park.
Why Park?
Holly thinks that it might have something to do with the fact that when you drive from town toward the Patch, you cannot tell that there are two separate pumpkin entities. All you are looking for is pumpkins and a place to park:
That Pumpkin Park is so sneaky it is downright scary.
Oh man, that sneaky pumpkin park is genius!
That is brilliant.
Heh heh. Space Age Monorail.
I know why the Pumpkin Village changed it’s name to the Pumpkin Park! Comes before Pumpkin Patch in the phone book.
I just found your blog, and you are a hoot! Glad to have a new blog to follow 🙂
Who knew? Pumpkin politics.
Fabulous, as usual.
Pumpkins are the sneakiest vegetables. Little known fact.
it’s all fun and games til the pumpkin guts and seeds go flying. 🙂
i think i’ve been to this pumpkin patch, village, park…..thing.
Texasholly, I think you should write and illustrate your own children’s book, explaining to our country’s youth that they need to play nice – even if they one day rule the pumpkin kingdom. Oh, and for the sequel? Write about the rules of personal space.