MY grandchildren made a pumpkin lantern with their granddad and we placed it outside our house on Hallowe en, with a candle in it, waiting for them to come trick-or-treating. When they arrived, dressed as witches, they were very upset that the pumpkin was

MY grandchildren made a pumpkin lantern with their granddad and we placed it outside our house on Hallowe'en, with a candle in it, waiting for them to come trick-or-treating. When they arrived, dressed as witches, they were very upset that the pumpkin wasn't outside the door. They had spent a lot of time making it.

May I say thank you to the sad person who stole and destroyed it. You managed to make three children very upset by your thoughtlessness. I hope that, when you have children, people are not so mean as to spoil their fun.

PAT KING, Mayfield, Buckden