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Oct 12
10m 24s

The Vanishing Pumpkin - by Tony Johnston

KeriAnne Jelinek for Sloth Dreams Books
About this episode

A classic Halloween story about a pumpkin gone missing is certain to delight readers of all ages!When a 700-year-old woman and an 800-year-old man want to make pumpkin pie on Halloween, they can’t find their pumpkin.


“Our pumpkin’s been snitched,” cries the woman. And off they go to find it.


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