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“But where in the  old pumpkin patch? It wasn’t that small, according to the picture here.”  Carrie was scratching his head and thinking that there should be something more.

“Now we’re back to looking for  another rhyme that has to do with cranberries or plums or any other fruits or   vegetables," suggested David.  “Or.... something else. If we find a rhyme  that has to do with something that could have  been in the  garden before l850, like a plum or cranberry tree or  bush, maybe a grape vine or....then perhaps  we will get a clue  where to  walk the remaining 25 paces.”

Then we can dig,” said Beth.

 Anna and Jeff had just entered the room where the children were talking.

Just then Mrs. Lomber remembered something.
 “I think I   recall a rhyme about  a little boy who put his thumb in a pie and pulled out a plum.  Now, what one was that one..hmmm?”

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  ”I think I remember that one, “ said Anna Foster.  “It was...
.........

"'''.''Little Jack Horner, sat in the corner,
..........eating  a ...something...pie-- .'

I   can’t remember the rest.”

David was already looking that one up. “Here it is,he said,

.....' 'Little Jack Horner sat in a corner
      Eating his Christmas pie.
      He put in his thumb and pulled out a .......................plum,
      And said, what a good boy am I.'

There you go, pumpkins and plums. Both in nursery rhymes and  both in the garden of long ago. However, perhaps we should look for nursery rhymes about cranberries or other fruits and vegetables as well.”

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