By this time the children were sneezing and Mother said they'd have to
go to bed or they'd catch their "deathocold."

When they were at last undressed Jehosophat lay his head on the
pillow. But it wouldn't stay down. He could see Ole Man Pumpkin
sitting there on the dining-room table--so still! The Toyman had
forgotten to put out the candle in his head. It was a thick candle,
and it burned a long, long time. Ole Man Pumpkin seemed to be very
cheerful with it inside his hollow skull. It made him feel "all lit
up," he heard the Toyman say.

The big, round eyes never blinked. They just watched the little boy
all the time, and the big mouth was "just laughin' an' laughin' an'
laughin' at him."

Then all of a sudden Ole Man Pumpkin started to move. He didn't have
any legs, but he slid from the table to the floor, and somehow climbed
up on the window sill, and rolled out of the window. Jehosophat had to
get out of bed to see what his new friend was going to do. He followed
him across the dining room, over the window sill, and by the barn. And
all the little boy had on were his pajamas, but he didn't feel cold,
for Ole Man Pumpkin looked so bright and jolly and warm that
Jehosophat felt bright and jolly and warm, too.

Ole Man Pumpkin kept bumping his way along to the cornfield where Mr.
Scarecrow stood on guard, though his work for the year was done.

Now Mr. Scarecrow seemed to have a lot of friends around him, and he
was making a speech. There was Ole Man Pumpkin, of course; and