Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for July 18, 2022

When it starts to shrivel and stink. Maybe, Max will let you get rid of it then, Wally.

Wally thinks that Zucchini is big. He should have seen the gigantic one in Mamasan’s yard next door to us.

Originally it was turnips. Don’t ask, I don’t know how you carve a turnip into a jack o’lantern.

I like this idea. If I have one that’s suitable, I’ll do almost the same as Wally. I’ll cut off both ends to make hollowing easier, and use toothpicks and superglue to reaffix them as ears. LED strip lights inside for the glow.

sometimes ya got to do with what ya got.

Looks like a ‘Smashed Head’.

Without carving, it will stay fresher until Max forgets about it and then mom can turn it into a pie.

I think this may be a reference to Ed Crankshaft’s bumper crop of Zucchini.

Wait – some stranger left a huge zucchini on your porch?

I agree that turning it into a jack-o’-lantern may be a good idea… I would be very uneasy using it for anything else!

Not the same sorry Wally.