It’s autumn, and you know what that means: pumpkin spice
everything and decorative gourds everywhere! I am very puzzled by the
decomposition rate of various decorative gourds. For example, I have one on my
desk that has been sitting there since last autumn and does not appear to be
any worse for wear. It looks like a small, pale yellow pumpkin. However, during
the gig at the orchard, I got two tiny gourds that looked just like little
pumpkins, and they both molded within two weeks. Here I had thought they would
last until Halloween, and they didn’t even last until October! So why did they
go bad so fast while the one at work appears to be immortal? Will it last until
the earth is swallowed up by the sun? And what exactly is its secret? Maybe I
should alert scientists to this phenomenon so they could study it and apply
their findings to, say, me. After all, this gourd is about 200 years old in
gourd time, and it doesn’t look a day over 25. Wouldn’t we all love to know its
secrets?
Famous Hat
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