VOA慢速英语:'Feathertop,' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

broomstick - n. the handle of a broom

pesky - adj. making someone annoyed or irritated

pumpkin - n. a large, round, orange vegetable used as food and sometimes as a decoration — often used before another noun

scarecrow - n. an object that looks like a person and that is placed in a field to scare birds away from crops

puff - v. to breathe smoke from a cigarette, pipe, etc., in and out of the lungs