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Pumpkin Dropping

By P. Starr

I grew up in Springdale in a three-bedroom trailer house with leather furniture and

pictures on the walls.

I elbow-dropped pumpkins at a Halloween party with my family. Nobody was dressed

up. It was just a regular party on Halloween. There were decorations of webs and spiders on the

porch. I had an idea to elbow-drop a pumpkin, so I did. Then I elbow-dropped another pumpkin.

The next morning I woke up and my elbow was hurting really bad. I couldn't move it. I

called my mom at work. I said, “I think my elbow is broken.” She knew what I had done, and

she said, “Yeah, probably. You were elbow-dropping pumpkins.” When my mom got home from

work, she took me to the doctor. The doctor x-rayed my elbow. The doctor said, “There's a small

crack in your elbow”. My immediate thought was I'm pretty dumb!