Where the hell did you come up with that? He couldn't afford housing, so he used a pumpkin shell which served him well.

yes it does. He's a freaking Sicko I tell ya, I dont wanna see you anywhere near that man...Do you hear me?

Are you suggesting he "couldn't keep her" like someone can't keep a dog, so he put her down and used the pumpkin as a coffin? That is a frightening interpretation on many levels. Stop watching late-night "true crime" TV and seek help. Peter could not afford to "keep" his wife, a phrase which used to mean he could not manage a life for her, he could support her. So, he was "ingenious" and made a home from a pumpkin shell and they lived happily ever after.

Honestly, ever since I was little, I always interpreted this as Peter's wife was a slut, so he imprisoned her in the pumpkin shell. I'm not kidding.

I don't think he killed her. I have my own plausible interpretation, but it is not one young children should hear...(lol)

Peter was very capable of getting his own needs met and one day realized that his wife had needs of her own. The wife was willing to live through Peter to keep him happy and be supportive. When "the wife" (who is evidently so important yet continues to have no name) wanted to start filling her own needs, desires, dreams, etc., Peter took this as a threat to his own happiness (selfishness). No one likes change when it interferes with their comfort. He manipulated his wife into thinking she would be a "bad wife, bad woman, bad person" if she weren't to spend all of her time fulfilling his needs. He loved her for what she could do for him. He put her in a pumpkin shell so he could continue getting his needs met in the manner familiar. He kept her very well for himself. She eventually died of sadness, anger, depression, frustration in that she was never truly loved or loved unconditionally.

I think the fact that Peter's a "pumpkin eater" is an innuendo ;) Not sure about his wife though... haha funny question

Peter is like my former husband. He married the girl he loved, adored her for many years, then saw that the grass appeared to be greener on the other side (for lack of a better cliche), but he didn't want to let his wife go because he really did love her. So, he put her in a shoebox up on the top shelf of the closet and would take her out for special events and business meetings and even fun and happy times too. He took very good care of his special girl but one day when he went to the shoebox to get her because he loved her and missed her, she was gone. Peter's wife will leave the pumpkin shell, despite the fact that Peter thinks he keeps her very well. When Peter's nameless wife does leave the shell she will be sad for a long time because she waited so long before she realized that no matter what she did to help Peter keep her, Peter just could not keep her....happy. He did not kill her.

Peter Peter pumpkin eater, Had a wife but couldn't keep her. He put her in a pumpkin shell, And there he kept her very well. I believe that Peter's first wife cheated on him, so he killed her and put her remains in a pumpkin shell. Then he remarried. Peter, Peter pumpkin eater, Had another and didn't love her; Peter learned to read and spell, And then he loved her very well. Peter's second wife was well-educated and appeared smarter than Peter. So he learned to read and write so he didn't feel inferior. Peter apparently has issues.

Peter Pickering was the most handsome young man in Buckingshire, born just south of the intersection of Old Dirt Road and Dreary Lane. While he could have had almost any young maiden in the town, he only had eyes for Teresina. Unfortunately for him, Teresina was also lovely and had several suitors. It seemed he’d picked the one woman he couldn’t have. Peter was determined, however, and once he noticed Teresina had a love of money, he set about making a fortune. You see, as a child he’d traveled to nearby London and found all sorts of strange plants the explorers had taken from a new world. Among these was the pumpkin, a plant Peter found was the delicious subject of a pie. He moved outside of the town, just below Scrabble Hill, where he purchased a small farm and grew these new fruits. Suddenly, everyone in the town wanted to own a pumpkin, especially around All Hallows Eve. Scary faces could be carved in these pumpkins to scare off the malicious spirits rumored to roam around midnight. As a result, the unusual new fruit sold faster than any in Buckingshire. Seeing the wealth Peter had acquired, Teresina agreed to marry Peter, but she quickly found that the money did not bring her happiness. Furthermore, Peter had a controlling, paranoid air about him that frightened Teresina, and there were rumors circulating that she was seeking comfort in the arms of other men. Soon enough the whole town was joking. Peter Pickering had a wife, but he couldn’t seem to keep her. Unfortunately, much to her horror, her lovers were soon turning up missing. Everyone in the town had their suspicions, but there wasn’t any solid evidence against Peter, and thus a case was not brought against him. Meanwhile, the town saw less and less of Teresina, until finally in late October she disappeared all together. Search parties went everywhere, but no one could find her. Her brother, Jack Sprat, was interviewed, Peter was interviewed, the whole town was interviewed! But still no sign of where Teresina could have gone. No one knew what happened until Pumpkin-Carving season was in full swing, and Little Corrik Blue found Teresina’s frowning head in an empty pumpkin shell, where Peter had kept her, and kept her very well.