1.   Cut the unpeeled pumpkin or squash in thick slices and cook in boiling salted water until a knife pierces the flesh easily.

2.   The bullet, having pierced the flesh, the organs, the nerves and the psyche, never left him.

3.   There, Flanagan pierces his flesh and bleeds.

4.   To cut thin membranes, use a paring knife or small kitchen shears, but take care not to pierce flesh or tear skin.

5.   When he pierces pumpkin flesh with his serrated blade, he slices and he saws.