Hugo throws pumpkin

Holding the pumpkin at his waist with both hands, leaning back a bit to stay balanced, Seth approached the golem.

 “Hugo, take this pumpkin and throw it as far as you can into the woods.”

The inert golem sprang to life. Grasping the pumpkin in one massive hand, he twisted and then fiercely uncoiled, hurling the pumpkin into the sky like a discus. Dale whistled softly as the pumpkin shrank into the distance, finally dropping out of sight, an orange speck vanishing behind far-off treetops.

Chapter 12