So much extra watermelon at the Watermelonville Fair that year… (2 of 10) 
…we had all kinds of watermelon coming across the channel, just coming up out of the water everywhere… (3 of 10) 
…we couldn’t have known this strain of watermelon was airborne, and it grew on stucco, cedar shingles, etc. it spread quickly… (4 of 10) 
…so the baker thought it would be a good idea to scare it off his building with a little fire. he wasn’t thinking straight, driven temporarily mad by the destruction the watermelon were wreaking, and then… (5 of 10) 
…so the baker thought it would be a good idea to scare it off his building with a little fire. he wasn’t thinking straight, driven temporarily mad by the destruction the watermelon were wreaking, and then… (6 of 10) 
…everything started to catch fire. Who knew watermelon was so flammable, not to mention the humble homes. And it got worse by the minute… (7 of 10) 
…it was as if the whole town was going up in watermelon flames, while whole buildings contorted in the heat into unnatural, impossible shapes… (8 of 10) 
…the whole city was engulfed in the fiery sweet smell of roasted watermelon and cedar shingles roasted to perfection… (9 of 10) 
…with night approaching there was simply nothing left to do, but make sure the bears no longer had access to matches in the former town of Watermelonville. RIP. (10 of 10) 
