From Pumpkin to Jack-O-Lantern

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From Pumpkin toJack-O-Lantern
October 31
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Pumpkin Vines

• Pumpkins are large vegetables that grow on vines.
• (Since they develop from flower blossoms, they
  are really fruits, but we call them vegetables.)

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Pumpkin Bud

• Pumpkin vines have large buds that turn into
  flowers.

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Pumpkin Blossom

• This yellow blossom will turn into a pumpkin soon
  after it opens.

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Pumpkin Field

• When pumpkins are ripe, they turn orange and
  their stems wither and die.

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Pick-Up Truck

• After they ripen, they are put on trucks and
  taken to pumpkin patches.

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Pumpkin Patch

• A pumpkin patch is a place with a lot of pumpkins
  for sale.
• The pumpkins are usually kept on the ground.

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Buying a Pumpkin

• Parents and their children visit pumpkin patches
  to buy pumpkins for Halloween.

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Gigantic Pumpkin

• This pumpkin is gigantic.
• Gigantic means very, very large.

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Removing Pulp and Seeds

• To make a jack-o-lantern you need to cut off the
  top.
• Then you need to take out the seeds and the pulp.

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Pumpkin Pulp and Seeds

• The inside of a pumpkin has pulp and seeds.

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Carving the Face

• After you remove the seeds and pulp, you carve a
  face on the pumpkin.
• You can draw the face with a pencil.

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Roasted Seeds

• Roasted pumpkin seeds taste delicious.
• This is a mixture of pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds,
  and sunflower seeds.

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Jack-O-Lanterns

• Many people put their jack-o-lanterns outside to
  greet trick-or-treaters.

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