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The Thanksgiving Turkey
by Kristiana L., Contest #200811
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For Thanksgiving this year, we're having turkey. Yes, that's right, turkey. Of course I've never had turkey for Thanksgiving, which is crazy baloney, but this very year I'm having my very first bite of turkey.

In the dining room, I saw people hovering over the glorious turkey that my mother had cooked. I heard “oohs” and “aahs” and then I heard a high-pitched shriek.

“That turkey is alive!” my aunt screeched.  

Everyone scurried from the house, and my mouth flew open in horror. The turkey was alive, and it was flapping its way towards me!  I smacked the turkey down and the poor bird fell flat on the floor. It twitched some more and then laid still. I knew it was now dead.

My mother came in and saw the turkey on our carpet. “What in the world happened?” 

 “Mommy,” I asked, “do people eat turkeys alive... or dead?”

 


Kristiana L. is a 9 year old 4th grader from Lemoore, CA. She is currently learning piano and enjoys reading.

© 2008 Kristiana L. Original for CCF (Kristiana L. grants CCF first electronic rights for one month; CCF may archive the material indefinitely and include it in an eBook anthology).

* CCF does not publish students' last names on the work they submit for publication.



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