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October Fun: Celebrating The Imagination and Fall Harvest
Jack-O-Faces

This is Jack-O happy.

This is Jack-O sad.

Now you see him sleepy.

Now you see him mad.

This is Jack in small pieces,

But in a pie

He is best of all!

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5 Little Pumpkins

Five little Pumpkins

sitting on a gate.

The first one said,

“Oh my it’s getting late.”

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Pumpkins

I see pumpkins large,

I see pumpkins small.

I see pumpkins short,

I see pumpkins tall.

I see pumpkins orange,

I see pumpkins green.

Just what we need

For fall and Halloween!

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I’m A Little Pumpkin

(Tune: I’m a Little Teapot)

I’m a little pumpkin

Round and stout

Packed full of seeds

That you can scoop out!

Clean me up and carve me

And then I’ll be

The best Jack-o-lantern

That ever could be!

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Scarecrow

Scarecrow looks so funny,

Flopping in the field, outside.

Maybe the crows are laughing

As they fly near—

Then hide.

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Bat

So what do you wonder

about a bat?

Nocturnal animal.

Fancy that!

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Round Little Pumpkin

A round little pumpkin

grew in the sun.

It grew and it grew

To a big, big one.

It grew and it grew

And became on Halloween

The best Jack-o-lantern

ever seen!

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Halloween

On Halloween,

Strange things are seen.

We dress-up all dandy,

And ask for some candy:

Trick-or-treat!

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Nocturnal Animals

Nocturnal animals

Fascinate me.

While I sleep in bed—

They wake up instead.

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