It was a few nights before the big night of Halloween, and the whole gang was getting ready in their own ways.
Snoopy was helping Charlie Brown rake leaves. Peppermint Patty and Marcie were were preparing their costumes. Schroeder was practicing some Halloween tunes on the piano. Linus and Lucy were on their way down to the pumpkin patch to choose a pumpkin, kicking leaves along the way. Linus found a great one, and held it up. "No," said Lucy. Another? "No," she shook her head. With great strain, Linus found the biggest pumpkin in the pumpkin patch and held it above his head. Lucy smiled and nodded the approval and they took off on their way home, Linus rolling it on its side due to its gigantic size.
On the way home, Linus talked to Lucy about his Halloween plans. "Are you ready for the Great Pumpkin this year?"
Lucy: "Not that thing again. You're going to sit out all night in the pumpkin patch for
nothing!" she sneered. "You're crazy!"
Linus: "We'll see who's crazy when the Great Pumpkin shows up at the most sincere pumpkin patch of all, and flies around giving toys to all the good boys and girls of the world. Don't you want to be there?"
Lucy: "NO. I'd rather go trick-or-treating. You'd be better off doing the same."
Linus looks dejected, but undeterred. Back at the house, Lucy cuts the top off the pumpkin and pulls out its guts to carve it into a jack o'lantern.
Linus: "Ooh, you didn't TELL me you were gonna KILL it."
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