Just Dessert
By Melissa Vo & Tanisha Hill
Once upon a time, there lived a teenager named Amanda who lived with her grandparents. Her grandparents were known throughout the town and even the world. They grew the biggest, most famous pumpkins in the whole state. People came from all over the world to view the strange, gigantic, yet beautiful pumpkins and the strange, old couple that lived on a huge farm where they grew the pumpkins. People thought that they were strange because the old couple believed that the pumpkins had magical powers. The pumpkins were allowed to grow to such a big size because the old couple made each person promise not to carve the pumpkins. They could paint the pumpkins or put them on display but the old couple said "if you ever cut into these pumpkins the magic that allows these pumpkins to grow magically will vanish and will be replaced by an enchanted curse. I do not know what exactly will happen but I know that if even one person breaks their promise, all the people who currently have one of these magical pumpkins will be affected by the enchanted curse."
For years and years no one broke the curse. However, one day the old woman fell very ill and suddenly died. The old man full of grief, died the very next day, leaving the granddaughter who was now 24 to run the old farm and the famous pumpkin patch. But the granddaughter, unlike the old couple, did not believe in magic or enchanted curses. She thought the pumpkin patch would make more money if she allowed the customers to carve the pumpkins and put them on display all around the town and even throughout the world.
So, one night, she decided to test her theory that there was no such thing as magic or enchanted curses. Amanda walked down to the pumpkin patch and grabbed the first pumpkin she saw. It was a medium sized pumpkin. Once she had it, she returned to the house. She crept throughout the dark house, entering into the old creaking kitchen. She opened the draw and retrieved the biggest and sharpest knife she could find. Now with a knife in her hand, taking a deep breath and hoping that there was no curse, she began to press the knife into the pumpkin, thinking of the sweet pumpkin pie she would make. Amanda always wanted to make desserts out of the pumpkins that grew on the patch, but as she began to cut it she found that the pumpkin was too hard to cut through. Amanda blinked her eyes. Was she crazy? She could've sworn that the pumpkin was actually starting to grow bigger. Amanda blinked her eyes again the pumpkin was starting to glow, she tried again this time the pumpkin even bigger, grew legs, jumped off the counter, and ran away.