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Once upon a time, there was a very scary Jack-O-

Lantern. Although he was created to be scary, 

that isn't the pumpkin he wanted to be. He 

wanted to be a NICE pumpkin, but no one 

believed him.

One day, the scary Jack-

O-Lantern saw a little 

bird, yelling for help. 

"Help me, Help me!" said 

the bird, but no one else 

was around. "What's 

wrong?" asked the Jack-

O-Lantern. "The cat! The 

cat tried to catch me! 

You're so scary, please 

don't try to hurt me too!"

"I would never hurt 

anyone!" said the Jack-O-

Lantern. Fly up to the 

highest tree in the forest 

and wait for me to come 

back here. I'll talk to the 

cat for you and see if we 

can work something out. 

The bird agreed and as 

the Jack-O-Lantern 

hopped away, the bird 

flew away.

"Hello, Mr. Cat," said the Jack-O-Lantern. 

"Oh.. um.. hello.. sir," said the Cat, 

obviously afraid. "I wanted to talk to you 

about something. I know this wonderful 

bird who is just terrified of you, but I 

really think if you two got to know one 

another, you could be friends. Could we 

try that instead? The cat thought for a 

second, and decided that maybe he could 

use another friend.

Once the bird heard the 

good news, he flew 

back down. He quickly 

became friends with the 

cat and the Jack-O-

Lantern, and after 

telling all his friends 

how nice the Jack-O-

Lantern actually was, all 

the animals wanted to 

play with him. The very 

scary Jack-O-Lantern 

finally wasn't so scary 

anymore.

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