NOT all of the pumpkins were used for Jack O’Lanterns, though. Some were given to Mamma to make into delicious pumpkin pies.
Poor little Tom ate too much of the pies, and his greediness made him have frightful dreams and a terrible pain in his stomach.
The verses Cousin Charlotte and the others made about his dream made greedy Tom feel very much ashamed.
Jack O’Lantern Dreams
Once a greedy little boy
Ate too much pumpkin pie at night,
And the awful dreams he had
Made his hair stand up in fright.