Mirthy Bird - Bird of Mirth

Soft piercing eyes covered in baggy flesh set into a melted pumpkin of a head.  Words shot out of a narrow opening towards the pumpkin’s base.  

“Jumpppp!!  Jumpp!!  Jump!!  JUMP! Jummmmmppppp!”

I jumped.  About 2 inches up and 2 inches back down.  My feet landing on the sidewalk with a flat plastic sound.

“Happy now?”

The pumpkin smiled a big squash smile.

“Yes.”