#17 Looking for Pumpkin

The patch looked perfect and didn't need anything. So, William kept walking near its boundary until he saw some weeds nearby.

He walked to it and tried to pull with one hand, expecting it to come out easily, but it didn't happen. They didn't look as strong as they were.

William held it tight with both his hands, but it was still difficult to pull it out. He pulled it with all his force, and fell down, but he got the weeds out of the ground.

He got up from the ground, dusted out his clothes, and looked around to check that nobody else had seen it. He was happy that the wed was in his hand now, but when he looked around, there were more weeds. With a sigh, he moved forward for others also.

Pulling that first weed was incredibility hard and left his hands with pain. At least he wore the gloves, so it was not that bad.

Finally, when William pulled out that one, it bought a lot of dirt and made his clothes dirty. He covered his face in time with his hands. That's why his gloves caught all the mud coming toward his face.

When he got to his feet, all his clothes were brownish except his face. The biggest annoyance he got was when he realized that a lot of dirt was inside his hair. He tried to get it out of his hair with his hands, but his gloves made them even dirtier. Now, shaking his head fast was the only option for now, which didn't help much, but at least not he could concentrate on the work in front of him.

When William looked back at the ground, he noticed many earthworms. Before he could react, a crow came from somewhere and flew away with the worms. William looked around to find no more earthworms nearby. Probably, he should finish his work fast so he could go and have a bath.

Still feeling a bit creeped out, he moved forward and started pulling the other weeds. They were also hard to pull but better than the first one. So, he kept pulling them one by one.

Constant pulling was making his hands soar. Even the gloves were not good protection against them. William could feel the pain increasing with every weed. The red hands were visible out of the various holes in the gloves.

The only good lining was that only a few were left. William pulled out each one of them. In the end, he was left with painful hands.