Why Pumpkins Share Their Glow — Before the rooster shook his feathers, Lina tucked Grandmother’s tiny lantern into her wagon. Its glass was no bigger than an apple slice, but it hummed warm against her palm. Read the full story →
Before the rooster shook his feathers, Lina tucked Grandmother’s tiny lantern into her wagon. Its glass was no bigger than an apple slice, but it hummed warm against her palm. She wanted to carry its gold light to the barn shelf before the chilly fog found it.
The wagon bumped—clack, clack—over vine loops and dry leaves. At the scarecrow, the lantern slipped free and rolled beneath the pumpkins. “Oh, please shine!” Lina whispered. A soft glow poured out, not just from the glass, but from every round pumpkin nearby, as if joy had jumped from one to the next.
The scarecrow’s straw hands seemed to welcome it, and even the sun smiled wider. Ever since, pumpkins keep a little lantern glow inside their orange ribs, ready to share on misty fall mornings. Next time you spot the wagon in the patch, can you find where Lina’s joy first spilled?