Hi Worm.

Hi Miss Greenwood.

What are we going to do today?

Oh, we're going to have a story eventually.

But I thought that this might be a good time for me to get you ready for that play you were telling me about.

Oh, yes.

I get to be a pilgrim.

I'm so excited.

I love to be in plays.

I got a costume for you.

Yeah, and I have a hat and hat.

Oh.

That's beautiful.

Think that's good?

Yes.

You like that?

Yes.

Okay.

And then I got something for you to wear around like this.

That's a cape.

Oh, that's very handsome & it matches the hat.

And I have a wig for you so that you really, honestly and truly look like a pilgrim.

So let's see... Did pilgrims wear wigs like that Miss Greenwood?

Well, not a wig.

They had real hair, but then you don't have any.

So I had to think of something that would make you look like a pilgrim.

That's true Let's see how you're going to look in all this.

Let's put the cape on first.

You may have to turn around here so I can see this.

Yes, certainly Miss Greenwood.

Let's see.

Has a little hook here somewhere.

I know, because I put it on there.

Hope it don't stick you.

Please don't.

There.

It's hooked.

Okay, okay.

How does that look?

Oh, looks very nice, I like that.

Well.

Yes.

You ready?

Some people look good in costumes.

That's true.

Are you ready for the wig?

I'm not sure.

Well, you know, the pilgrims had long hair.

And so this is a wig that has long hair.

And let's see how you going to look in this.

Oh, I look like how Dracula's sister.

Oh, no, you don't There, with your bangs in front your long hair That feel like you'll stay on?

Yeah.

Pretty good, pretty good, pretty good, All right, you ready for the final thing?

Well, I hope it does something for this hair.

The hat.

All right.

Can you turn around and look at me so that I can really get it on.

Lets see put that there, and we'll put this under your chin, so it'll be sure and stay on.Whoops.

We'll try again a little more.

Hold your chin in so I can get it under there, there.

We want your hair showing.

There.

There you are.

Oh, my.

You really look good from the back.

That long hair and the cape.

And I can tell in a moment that that's a pilgrim hat.

I look like Benjamin Franklin.

No, worm.

You're supposed to look like a pilgrim.

Well, yeah, he was a little later, wasn't he?

A little later.

Okay.

All right, well, now you think that's going to be all right for your part in the play?

I think so.

You sure?

Well, no, I'm not positive, but I can't tell you exactly what's wrong yet.

I'll think about it.

Alrighty.

I'm going to do the story.

All right.

Yes.

But.

Oh my goodness.

What?

What?

I think I forgot the book.

All right, I'll go and get the book.

Okay, okay.

See you back in a minute.

All right.

I'm going to go look in the mirror to see how really I look.

Badump, badump, ba... Oh, look here, look here.

There's some corn.

And I just love corn.

Oh my goodness.

Oh, boy.

That's my favorite food.

That's my favorite food.

Yes, sir.

Well, I don't look quite as bad as I thought I might, but what is that thing?

Oh, my goodness, that's the ugliest looking pilgrim I've ever seen.

Oh my gosh.

What Is that?

That's a turkey.

Looks like an overstuffed avocado.

Gosh, no.

Miss Greenwood, said she needed a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.

Well, just ruin my whole breakfast.

Just ruin my whole day.

If I get that turkey, then I'll save her trouble and I'll do a good deed.

And pilgrims always did good deeds.

I'm gonna go.

Oh my gosh, my gosh.

Hey, say.

I'm Im gonna get that turkey.

I'm I'm really an ostrich.

I'll stick my head in the barrel over here.

Oh, come on, I can tell youre a turkey.

Oh, no.

You have feathers.

How can you tell?

Feathers Get out you chicken turkey.

Come on, I'm going to get you.

Oh, Leroy the frog.

Help me.. This was Groundhog day.

Oh my goodness.

Come on, come on, come on.

Oh, no!

Whered he go?!

Oh my gosh!

Did you see that, pilgrim?

Was he ugly?

Oh, is he ugly?

I'm gonna get you.

There he is again.

Oh, you're looking worse.

Oh!

Oh my goodness!

No!

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

Come on, dumb turkey, come on.

Oh, I lost him just by the skin of my teeth.

Just by the skin of our teeth.

I'm gonna look.

Maybe I can hide behind the corn.

Oh, okay.

I'm gonna get him.

These darn feathers.

Stick up all the time.

I can't hide anywhere.

My head, I see him.

I'm gonna get him.

How come you're so ugly?

Well, I'll be darned.

What?

You're not a pilgrim.

You're a worm.

Im a pilgrim!

Uh Oh.

And you know?

What?

My diet consists of worms as well as corn.

No!

Yes, sir.

I'm going to get me a worm.

Yes, sir.

I'm going to get me a word.

Yes.

Oh, no.

Oh, yes, I am.

Oh, yeah.

Where'd he go?

You can't catch me.

Where'd he go?

Where's that?

Oh.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, look here, worm.

Oh, you're a juicy little worm.

Can't catch me.

Oh, yes I can.

Ahh!

Miss Greenwood.

He's got me Almost, almost got him.

Hey, hey, what's going on here?

Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait.

Oh my goodness.

Wait, wait.

Now what?

Oh, that worm is delicious.

Well, Miss Greenwood, I was going to get that turkey for you.

And then he decided that he should eat me.

There's nothing wrong with the whole thing Miss Greenwood.

Yes.

My dentures are slipping anyway.

Well, things are certainly different than when I left them anyway.

You say he was chasing you?

Well, I chased him too, for while.

You did?

But I didn't catch him.

Well, what did you do that for?

Well, you want a turkey for Thanksgiving, don't you?

Oh, well, yes, but not this kind of turkey.

He's a nice turkey.

I'm out of breath.

You wouldn't want it.

I wouldn't want to have a nice turkey like that for Thanksgiving dinner.

Oh.

All right.

Yeah, I'm a nice turkey.

And you wouldn't want to eat this nice worm.

This is a bookworm.

This is my friend, a bookworm.

See you donrt waana eat me.

How do bookworms taste?

Not very good.

Hey, and speaking of books, you know that book I went to look for?

Yes, it was here all the time.

Excuse me.

Oh, here's my book right here.

Yes.

Oh, my gosh, a story.. Yes.

We're going to have a story now.

Does he get to stay and listen to it too?

Well.

Why not?

Well, only if he promises to be.

Only if you promise to be good.

Oh, gosh.

You have to listen to the story.

But I think you'll want to.

Don't you, worm?

Well, yeah.Might be a good story I guess ill be good.

You ready to listen to the story?

Oh, I'd love to hear it.

Love to hear you ready to listen?

I'm always ready for a story.

Let's check with the boys and girls and see if they're ready to listen.

Are you ready, boys and girls?

Are you?

Are you sitting up nice and straight?

Are your feet flat on the floor?

Are your hands still?

Your eyes looking right this way?

Then I think we're ready for the story.

So let's begin.

Each year, pumpkin patches were planted throughout all of old New England.

Every harvest produced pumpkins to spare.

They were boiled, broiled, baked, fried, mashed, and stewed.

The seeds were used to make wine and medicine.

In fact, pumpkins were used for everything from pickles to pie.

But by far the most unusual use for the pumpkin was found in the town of New Haven.

D ue to a most peculiar inciden The townspeople are called Pumpkin Heads to this very day.

It all began in the colony days when we lived under the King.

People at that time were peaceful and proper and plain, and the laws were very strict.

Now, one day in the town of New Haven, it was announced that the law required all men and boys to wear their hair one length.

Their hair was to be cut around a special cap.

This made all of them look alike.

They all looked very homely.

Every Saturday, man and boy alike lined up under the watchful eyes of the village elders.

One at a time, each had his hair trimmed to the required length.

On a certain Saturday, as the elder sternly stood by, the first man online, removed his hat, and seated himself on a stool.

But the cap was not placed on his head.

He fidgeted restlessly as he sat, but still nothing was done.

Where's the cutting cap?

It's well past time to begin.

I gave it to you.

I don't know.

Where is it?

Where is it?

No.

You had it.

No, I didn't have it.

Never did.

I gave it to you.

Oh, I gave it to him.

No, I gave it to you.

But not one of them had the cap.

The cap was gone, and everyone was suddenly uneasy.

Then and there on the village green, the elders held a special meeting.

The wise men agreed that all work must stop, so that everyone might hunt for the missing cap.

The townspeople searched high and low.

They peaked in every corner.

They combed through every crack.

They rummaged through every cupboard and cabinet from cellar to attic.

They looked under all the beds and hunted through every kettle and crock before they were through without a doubt they had turned the whole town inside out.

But the cap was nowhere to be found.

The men were worried.

The children were frightened.

The women were all in tears.

Everyone knew that a price would be paid if the hair wasn't properly cut.

Everyone knew that the punishment would be very severe if the law was broken.

It could mean the pillory, or the stocks, or even the dunking chair.

The elders held another huddle as the townspeople anxiously waited and watched.

After considering the problem at length, they decided to try to find something which could be used in place of the cap.

Heads were stuffed into pots and pans.

They were crammed into baskets and bowls, but not a single thing could be found.

That was exactly the right size.

The elders argued.

The women wept and wailed.

The children cried, puddles of tears.

From moment to moment the situation seemed to grow more frightful.

Suddenly, one wise old woman suggested that half the shell of a hard pumpkin might be used in place of the cap.

A pumpkin!

Maybe we still can be saved.

Quickly, the children were sent off to the pumpkin patch to find a suitable pumpkin.

Some pumpkins were too large, some were too small, and some were much too ripe.

Only one pumpkin in the entire patch seemed to be just right.

The children cut it off the vine and carried it carefully back to the village.

The townspeople held their breath.

as the pumpkin was split and cleaned.

Then, the oldest of the elders, plopped half the pumpkin shell onto the head of the boy standing closest to him.

Hooray!

Hooray!

New Haven town is saved.

After that terrible day.

The people of New Haven never gave the missing cap another thought.

Instead, every Saturday, each man and boy in turn had half the shell of a hard pumpkin placed upon his head, and all the hair that showed beneath the shell was very carefully trimmed away.

And that is the story of how the people of New Haven came to be known as the Pumpkin Heads.

I mean, you know, it needs that kind of thing.

And and so that my hair will look like the pilgrims hair, a head cutter.

Well, I don't think we've got anything.

You mean the cutting cap?

Yeah, cutting cap.

I don't I don't think we.. I don't think we have that.

Do you have a pumpkin?

Pumpkin top?

No, I don't see anything that we might use.

Wwll, can you just cut it?

You know, like with scissors?

Well, I could try that.

Anything will improve that worms looks.

I don't think I like that turkey at all Miss Greenwood.

Well, you have to.

You look like an overstuffed avocado.

here, here, here, here.

Yeah.

Just a minute.

Now we'll get this.

We'll just get this on here.

I have to put it on you before I can tell how to trim it.

Yes.

Okay.

But I think that's what was wrong Miss Greenwood, is it wasn't cut the way pilgrims hair was cut.

Yeah.

Cover more of the face.

Cover more of the.

Oh.

You're kidding.

Don't listen to anything that dumb turkey says.

Bring your head over here.

Stick it in the barrel like that.

Here, here, here.

Now!

Is that all right?

Now you're going to have to sit real still and whoops.

Didnt stay did it?

All right.

Got it on there.

I hope so.

All right.

I'll take a little bit off here.

Oh.

Let's see.

Where do you think I ought to cut here?

Maybe about right here.

A little below my ears.

Closer to be closer to the ear.

Oh, closer to the ear.

No, not in your life.

I wouldn't want to cut worms ear.

It shouldn't be much below my shoulders.

Not much below your shoulders.

Well.

Let's see.

How's that looking?

You can't see it.

But you'll have to ask your friend here.

I think you've cut too much off.

Too much?

Oh, what'll I do now?

Put it back on!

Id have to sew it back on.

I couldn't do that.

Let's see.

Cover up that furry looking body.

I think that's good.

Im getting hungry.

Yes, sir.

You promised.

You promised.

Bookworms don't taste very good.

No.

Right, right, right.

Turkeys aren't supposed to eat bookworms.

Let's see.

Turn around.

Look at me, worm.

Let's see if I'm.

Whoops!

Came off again.

Yeah, that's pretty good.

All right, hold still.

Here we go again.

I look more like a guy now, Miss Greenwood.

You did have it a little long.

It looked kind of like a witch.

And then Halloween's over, you know.

Thanksgiving is different.

Say, this is really a lot of hair back here.

Oh, well, you were a little wig.

Happy.

I'm going to hold it now.

I want you turn around and show your friend here and see what he thinks.

No, the other way.

How about that?

Is that about the.

Yeah.

What an ugly looking worm.

Oh my goodness.

Well, isn't the haircut helping?

The hair.

The haircut you're going to need.

A you're going to need a great big hat.

All right, well, I think we've got a hat.

Well, my same hat was beautiful.

What happened to your hat?

I don't know, Miss Greenwood.

When I was chasing that dumb turkey, it fell off.

Pull that hat down way over her beady eyes.

I'll have to find the hat first.

Let's see.

That's.

That feels much better.

Before my head fell down because the wig was so heavy, and now it feels better.

I'll tell you what.

You're either going to have to turn and look in that direction, or I'm going to have to stand up and I'll turn out all right.

Okay.

Let me taste it to see how it looks.

Oops.

It's a dumb turkey, Miss Green.

That what you wanted?

The hair.

Oh, no, that's not what I wanted.

That's what you want.

I didn't think so.

I want that slimy little green thing over there.

No no no no no no no, that's not in the spirit of thanksgiving at all.

Oh yes, I'm embarrassed.

Oh, gosh.

Whoa!

A little more worm, a little more.

Almost done?

Almost done.

I'm not very good at sitting still.

A little more.

Now, if you had feathers like me, you'd look pretty good.

You need feathers.

Now turn around.

Look at me, because I can't see how it looks from the back.

It looks pretty good.

You know what I think?

I think we've got to have something to make that stay on.

The hat.

Oh, real still, I won't hurt you, but I'm going to press down and see that.

I'm sorry about that.

Can you do anything about that nose?

Can't do a thing.

Ugliest nose I've ever seen.

Cant do a thing about that.

Now, hes got that thing hanging over his beak.

Excuse me.

What?

Wait wait wait wait.

Where did you say your hat was?

I don't know, it fell off in.

It has to be around here someplace.

You lost it?

Well, I'll tell you what.

I'll go and look for the hat, okay?

Okay.

Only if you promise not to go that each other again.

Just put on my cape Miss Greenwood.

Maybe that would be.

Where is the hat now?