Tragedy and comedy

Our two pumpkins, once carved, looked like the masks. The local church pumpkin patch seemed to be doing very good business this year. There seemed to be some sort of campaign for public safety in all the press, so perhaps too much caution in wielding the knife led to less expressive and imaginative faces. No teeth or eyeballs were attempted this year. We ran out of treats a little after 8:00 p.m. I think business must have been heavy because others ran out sooner. The only duplication in costume was that there were two Superman wanna-bes. The most original costume and the most difficult to get around in was a very good and elaborate replica of a milk carton (organic, of course). The father of one little boy was carrying his costume and said, "Just imagine that he's a pumpkin; it's too hot for this thing!."