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A Halloween Tail
Black cat prowling
stalking slow
it's shadow appeared
in the pumpkin's glow.
Arched and stretching
it's sillouette,
it gave a yowell...
I can't forget.
On Halloween night,
frightened as could be,
that sight and sound
sent chills through me.
I still remember,
and it makes me smile,
what happened next
put me in denial.
For there on the porch,
as cute as could be...
was the neighbor's kitten,
for all to see.
Nancy Russell
The Irish who had placed candles in carved turnips, found this vegetable hard to come by, and used pumpkins which were readily available and more easy to carve. This became the Jack-o-lantern that is now so much a part of our Halloween celebration. The carved 'Turnips" (at that time) were said to ward off spirits.
For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad.
~ Edwin Way Teale
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