Fourteenth Annual Reading Rainbow Contest

Walter and His Pumpkin House

Walter’s Pumpkin House was luxurious, especially if you’re a mouse.  It had a pine needle couch tied together with twine.  It also had a table made of a mushroom.  A rug of moss lay on the floor.  Walter’s bed was made of a matchbox with 4 little twigs for bedposts.  The mattress was milkweed.  There was a little mouse candle, which had been on someone’s birthday cake once upon a time.  Hanging on the wall was a poster of “Cheeses Around the World.”  Walter had worked very hard hollowing the pumpkin, making his furniture, and setting each item in its place.  He was very content living there.

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