Cucumber Challenged

I love cucumber but it is an unrequited love. I orginally grew several plants. I kept three for myself and gave the others to friends. The first two died within a month. The last one didn’t grow for three months. It just stayed in this stunted form while my friend’s plants flourished. That was until I went away for a week when I returned I saw that it had grown and it had flowers. I was so excited when I saw the first signs of a cucumber.
That excitment died down a little when I found this in my garden. Poor deformed cucumber I don’t think he ever had a chance.