Pumpkin Carving

Re: “Trick or Treat Murder” by Leslie Meier

Even though Lucy has had her car vandalized, received a threatening phone call and a warning note, she decides she is going to catch the arsonist before he has a chance to hurt anyone else. Despite the fact that her husband and the police don’t want her to get involved, she continues on her quest.

In the meantime her kids are carving the family pumpkin. Lucy has just seen a pumpkin carving demonstration where the final outcome was quite artistic. Pumpkins were carved like pieces of fine porcelain. Some had spiders carved in the sides. The person giving the demonstration urged people to use their creativity.



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So Lucy urges her kids to do something different, but they decide they want to stick with triangles for the eyes and the nose and a large toothy grin. Come to think of it, that’s how my Dad used to carve pumpkins when I was a kid!



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