Would be awarded for the best
And largest pumpkin at the show.
“Ha! ha!” thought Nocket, “now I’ll grow
A pumpkin shall be such a size
It will be sure to gain the prize.”
In hothouse, where the heat was greater
Almost than in Mount Etna’s crater,
The pumpkin grew, and grew so fine
That Nocket asked his friends to dine.
And showed it to them all with pride.