Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for October 25, 1998

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Z UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL! with your host: Chip Chipson! CHIP: Greetings, friends! I'm here with "Cucurbita Pepo," or as he's more commonly known...Pat Pumpkin! PAT: You da man, Chip. CHIP: Well, Pat, it's almost Halloween. PAT: Finally! I'm sick of sitting around like a ....a vegetable! CHIP: So you look forward to this time of the year, eh? PAT: Oh my gourd yes! It's the highlight of our year! There's no greater honor for a pumpkin than getting picked, taken home and carved into a first class Jack-O-Lantern! CHIP: So it's not scary getting arved up? PAT: Not at all! Unless...Unless... CHIP: Unless what? PAT: Unless you end up with a clumsy carver! You see, most people can easily carve a reasonably atractive pumpkin face...But there are a few hacks out there who don't know what they're doing! Getting carved by one of them is every pumpkin's greatest fear! DAD: I had a little trouble with the mouth... NATE: You're bleeding.