A king meets a woman who grows pumpkins. She gives him water in a dirty old jug, and then she breaks it. The king thinks this is strange, but he likes the woman. So he gives her a challenge: if she can put a big pumpkin in a small jug, he will marry her. But she cannot break the jug or the pumpkin. Can she do it?

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Level: Beginner.

Genre: Romance.

Vocabulary: Pumpkin, Jug, Pick (flowers), Poppy, Thirsty, Bow (verb), Hole, Fit, Rule (noun), Impossible, Landslide victory, A good match, Come into season.

Setting: Fairytale.

Word Count: 1348.

Author: Ariel Goodbody.

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