¹     "How is it growing, Dad?" asked Samantha as she walked out to the garden.
 
²     "It's coming right along," said Dad proudly. "You haven't been out here in a while. Come and take a look."
 
³     Sam stared at her dad's pumpkin. It was huge.
 
⁴     "Wow," she gasped. "That is the biggest pumpkin I have ever seen. It's bigger than me! Did you grow that from a seed package from the store?"
 
⁵     Dad shook his head.
 
⁶     "Nope, this beauty was from some special order seeds. They were seeds from other Atlantic Giant pumpkins. They are bred to grow really big.
 
⁷     "Why do you have it on that wooden pallet?" asked Sam.
 
⁸     "Well, it keeps the pumpkin off of the ground. It also makes it easier to move it come weigh in time," said Dad.
 
⁹     "Do you think it will win?" asked Sam.

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