Episode 30: Peter Pumpkin Eater

Mother Goose Stories
Written by	David Angus
Director	Brian Henson

The thirtieth episode of Mother Goose Stories retells the nursery rhyme of "Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater."

Story

“Peter, Peter pumpkin eater,
Had a wife but couldn't keep her;
He put her in a pumpkin shell
And there he kept her very well.”

Peter is so distracted by his pumpkins, that his house is falling apart. It's so bad, even the mice are moving out. A neighboring boy invents a pumpkin that's crossed with a Venus flytrap.

Muppet Characters

Mother Goose, Goslings, Pumpkin, Peter, Peter's Wife, Mice, Peter's Neighbor

Cast

• Anthony Walters as Peter's Son

Notes

• The episode was packaged with "Miss Muffet" and "Jack Be Nimble" to create a half-hour episode for Disney Channel and other outlets.

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