The Case of the Mysteries Pumpkin Plant

This story really starts last year. H-moms sister grew a bunch of pumpkins and after Thanksgiving she brought a bunch over for h-mom to feed us. Well for a few weeks, every day h-mom would bring out a pumpkin or 2 and smash them on the ground and they would break open and many goats would attack it. Kali had an orange forehead for a month. Anyway, h-mom decided to plant some this year just for us goaties. So she cleared an area and planted some pumpkin seeds. Well a few seeds came up and there is the hope of pumpkins from them, but none of them look like the pumpkin plant that came up in our pen. It is what they call a volunteer because no one planted it, it just came up from seeds falling in the grass last year during our feasting. The thing that surprised h-mom the most is that none of us mess with the plant. It has grown to an enormous size, must be all the goat poo fertilizer. It looks delicious, but in fact it has a bit of a strange taste so we steer clear, but don't tell her. She thinks we are being extra good and I hate to disillusion her. Now what will happen as the actual pumpkins develop is undecided, but for now the plant is safe.