11.23.25 - Part 1

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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hello, and welcome to Realized Children's Story Hour as a
reminder of ray O Eye is a reading service intended
for people who are blind or have other displays that
make it difficult to read printed material. Today we will
be reading from various books on Thanksgiving, and your reader
today is Diane. We will continue with this story Thanksgiving

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at the Tableton's and it was published by Harper An
in print of HarperCollins Publishers as a copy writer of
nineteen eighty two to nineteen ninety two. And the author
of our book is Eileen Spinelli. The pies cried Missus Tapleton.
I'll get the pies. I'll say grace as soon as

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the pies are cut, grandmother said with a smile. Missus
Tapleton brought in the boxes, set them down, and untie
the string. You brought home two empty boxes. She glared
at mister Tapleton, who covered his ears. Ye have elephants grown, grandfather.
The dining room was quiet. Everyone looked down at the
empty table. Uncle Fritz muttered something, but it could not

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be heard above the rumble of his stomach. A tear
rolled down Jenny's cheek. No Thanksgiving dinner, she sniffled. Nothing
to say a prayer for sighed Kenny. Grandmother smiled, of course,
there's something. There's more to Thanksgiving than the turkey and trimmings.
And then Grandmother Tapleton asked everyone to bow their heads

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and to hold hands around the dining room table. And
this is the Thanksgiving prayer, she said. Turkey's come and
turkeys go, and trimmings can be lost. We know, but
we're together. That's what matters. Not's not what's served upon
the platters. Amen, that's a wonderful prayer, said Aunt Heda.

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Missus Tapleton jumped up. We have liverwurst and cheese and
the refrigerator. I'll help fix the sandwiches, offered mister Tapleton.
Jenny wiped her tear away. I'll get the pickles, Kenny laughed.
I'll open a jar of apple sauce for dessert. And
so the table Tents and their Thanksgiving dinner had their

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Thanksgiving dinner. After all, Uncle Fritz's stomach stopped rumbling, and
Grandfather table Ten ate enough liverworths to feed six elephants.
In fact, everyone had plenty to eat, but most of all,
they had each other. Our next story is called Lama
Lama thanks for Giving Day and it was published by

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Penguin Young Readers in the print of Penguin Random House.
It has a copyright year of twenty twenty and the
author is Anna Doudney Lama. Lama and his friends are
learning about safety. The town's safety officer Flamingo, shows them
how to stop, look and listen. All of a sudden,

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he slips and falls right on his ankle. Out whh
looks like your sprang. You've sprained your ankle. Docor Hackney
says you'll be on crutches for a couple of days.
Officer Flamingo, It's okay, everyone, the officer replies, A hurt
ankle won't stop me from doing my job. But the
next day, Officer Flamingo tries to direct traffic and he

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realizes that crutches make doing the job difficult. Mama, Grandma
and Lama see that Officer Flamingo needs help. They take
over directing traffic so he can go home and rest.
Back at the house that afternoon, Lama and his friends
think about all the things that Officer Flamingo does in
the neighborhood to keep them safe. If you think about it,

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there are a lot of grown ups who help all
around town. Luna realizes, maybe we can make a special
day to help all these helpers who help us. Suggest Lama,
it could be like Thanksgiving ads Uclid. You mean like
a thanks Forgiving day, ask Sama. Everyone looks the idea.

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The next day, Lama and his friends begin their Thanks
for Giving Day plans. At school, they volunteer to help
with the fun science project. To thank their teacher, Zelja Zebra.
Mama and Grandpa Lama helped the class make a cool
volcano that actually erupts. Next, Lam and his friends go
to the library. They thank the librarian, Leonora Leopard, by

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helping organize books. Wow, says Lama, it sure takes a
lot of work to run a library. Leonora appreciates the
extra help. Then Lama and his friends go over to
Nellie's house to learn about firefighting. Mama Knew, a volunteer
firefighter teaches them how to coil fire hose into a
neat circle. Suddenly, Mama Knew gets an emergency call. Gilroy's

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sister stuck in a tree. She climbed too high trying
to get a ball that was caught in its branches.
Mama Knew rushes to the rescue with Llama and his
new friends behind her. Mama Nu gives every one instructions
on how to help. Lama and his friends hold a
large safety net under the tree. Jump. Sister Goat yells

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Mama Nu, what a giant lea. The Sister Goat jumps
into the net, safe and sound, says Mama Nu. She
gives the ball back to Sister Goat with a smile.
After the excitement of the rescue, Lama and his friends
pay a visit to Eleanor Elephant. She is picking up
litter in the park. We want to say thanks for

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doing this and to thank you, can we also help you,
ask Luna. Lama and his friends grab extra trash bags
and get to work helping the clean up effort. Thanks
for the thanks and thanks for helping Eleanor Elephant, says Lama.
And his friends have thanked so many people, but the
day isn't over yet. They head to Daddy News Bakery

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to thank him for feeding everyone in the community, especially
those who need it most. Daddy Knew offers him sweet
treat which gives Nellie an idea. If we gave special
treats to all the community helpers, She asked Lama. Lama
and his friends decide to host a special celebration to
honor all the community helpers. The very next day, it

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is soon time for the big celebration. All the community
helpers gather at the park gazebo, which Lama and his
friends have decorated with colorful balloons and manners. Welcome to
the first Annuel Thanks for Giving dinner, exclaims Lama. Wow,
said Mama. Now this is amazing. Let's celebrate, exclaims Mama Lama.

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Kicking off the fun, Lama and his friends have planned
lots of exciting games and activities. They have a ball
toss and a potato sack race, and they even do
a silly dance inspired by Officer Flamingo. Finally, Lama and
his friends present the helpers with a special cake and
a poem. We appreciate all the things you do, and

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most of all, we appreciate you, they recited together. Thank you,
Thank you, kids, said Officer Flamingo. The Thanks for Giving
celebration is a great success. Everyone celebrates by doing the
Flamingo dance together. Our next story is called Beyond Turkey,
a Thanksgiving feast of fun facts and activities, and it

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was published by Baron's Educational Series. It has a copyright
year of two thousand and five and the author is
Debbie Herman and Andy Kowski. The Story of Thanksgiving. Each
year on the four Thursday of November, we celebrate the
holiday of Thanksgiving, joining family and friends in a feast

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of turkey and cranberry sauce. But how did the holiday
as we know it come about? And what are we
thankful for? To answer these questions, we must look back
at a courageous journey some ordinary people took almost four
hundred years ago. Waves crashed against the ship, tossing up
and down and rocking it from side to side. Winds

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flew violently, and a crack of thunder pierced the air
below deck. Water leaked onto the passengers, who huddled together, shivering,
waiting for the storm to subside. One hundred and two
english men, women and children were all that ship. They
had waved goodbye to family and friends one sad September
day in sixteen twenty fare thee well, they called out,

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as the ship said, so pray remember me. Fun facts.
In addition to the passengers, there were twenty five to
thirty sailors on board and at least two dogs. The
journey would be a dangerous one and perhaps they never
see each other again, but they knew they had to go.

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Some went for religious reasons. They wanted to separate themselves
from the Church of England because they disagreed with many
of the IDAs, but King James would not allow it.
So off to the New World America they headed to
worship as they pleased. Other passengers were looking to make
new lives for themselves. Many had been poorn hungery in

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England and hoped to do better in America. So others
were looking for wealth or adventure. Now they all sat
together on the Mayflower, the ship that would take them
to their new home. They were ordinary people embarking on
new lives. Years later they would become known as pilgrims,
people who take a long journey. In a long and

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difficult journey, it was they ate hard, dry biscuits and
cold salty meat instead of water. Everyone, even the children,
drank beer. There was storm after storm, and many were seasick.
The ship was crowded and cramped, and because no one
could bathe or wash their clothes very smelly. One day,
a man named John Holland fell overboard, but he grabbed

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onto a rope and was They stood back onto the ship.
Another day a baby was born. His parents named him
Oceanus because he was born in the Atlantic Ocean fun
facs and like most ships which stu stunk like garbage,
the mayflower had been used to carry barrels of wine.
The scents, still lingering helped sweeten the air. Although it

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was a new world to the English, native people would
have been living there for thousands of years. In one
joyous day, land was sighted. They had reached Cape Cod,
a strip of land in what was now the state
of Massachusetts. People cheered and gave thanks praise God that
hath given us once again to see land. But as

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they came closer to shore, the land appeared to dissolate
to them. There were no houses, no towns to repair to,
they explained, and no one to bid us welcome. Their
only neighbors were them Wampawnock Indians, whom the pilgrims feared,
anchored at the tip of Cape Cod. But before the
people left the ship, they rode up an agreement stating

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that everyone must follow the rules of their new colony.
This agreement became known as the Mayflower picked. Then at last,
on the November eleventh, the pilgrim stepped onto dry land.
After sixty six days at sea, their voyage was finally over.
Many fell on their knees and prayed, children ran, women

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washed clothing. A carpenter repaired a small boat called a shallop,
which had been brought along on the Mayflower, and a
group of men went on exploring trip in search of
a place to build their new colony. Miles standish. A
soldier led the way while waiting for a permanent place
to settle. The Pilgrim, women and children lived and slept

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on the Mayflower fun Fix. There was also a second
birth on Mayflower, this time as it was anchored in
the bay. The baby was named Peregrene, meaning wonderer or pilgrim.
He was the first English baby born in New England.
Cape Cod was not where the Pilgrims had planned to go.
They had been trying to get to an area further

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south by the mouth of Hudson River, where New York
City now stands, but strong winds had blown them off course.
The Pilgrim's clothing was not just black and white, as
many people think, but also red, yellow, green, blue, purple
and reddish brown, and their hats and shoes did not
have buckles. For weeks, the pilgrims explored the land, but

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they couldn't find a suitable home for their colony, and
they were running out of time. I pray that you
discover a fitting place to dwell soon, one woman told another.
Winter is coming, with much foul weather falling in the
other women agreed, our provisions are much spent. We will
soon have nothing to eat, and many are becoming infected

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with sickness. The pilgrims decided to take one last exploring trip.
They climbed into the shape and sailed away. They sailed
the next day too. They rowed and rowed, fighting the
winds and the waves, the snow and the rain. They
continued rowing as darkness fell. That night, a strong wind
blew them into harbor. Little did they know they had

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found the place they would soon call home. Upon exploring
the area the next morning, the men were very pleased. Excitedly,
they sailed back to the others, telling them of their discovery.
There are running brooks of sweet fresh water with much
good fish, and a great deal of land cleared for planting.
There are forests nearby, where we can fill timber for building,

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and a great hill on top of which we can
keep watch. Tis a fine place to build our village.
The others agreed, and the mayflowers that sail once again,
this time taking as passengers to their new home in
Plymouth Harbor. The Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth on December sixteenth,
sixteen twenty. Plymouth was is the northeastern part of the

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United States, which is known as New England. There is
a legend that when the Pilgrim explorers landed at Plymouth,
they stepped onto a huge granite boater jutting out of
the sand. This boter became known as Plymouth Rock. Although
the boater was in the area in which the Pilgrims landed,
no one knows of the Pilgrims ever actually stepped on it.

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Plymouth Rock can be visited today in Plymouth, Massachusetts. But
life was difficult. Winter had arrived. The days were stormy
and cold, the ground was solid as ice. The Pilgrims
were exhausted, but they began to build. As winter continued,
many people became ill, some from pneumonia or malnutrition. There

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were many deaths during that terrible winter, only half the
Pilgrims survived. Then, one day in March, without warning, an
Indian strode into their village. Welcome Englishmen, He said, who
is this Indian? They wondered, and and how did he
know English? He introduced himself as Samuel sat He was

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a chief who had learned the language from English fishermen.
The Pilgrims gave him biscuits, cheese, pudding, duck, and something
to drink. They asked him many questions. He told them
about the neighboring tribes. He told them the history of
the land on which they were living. It was called
pat uXt, meaning at or near the little falls. Then

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Whampanoak had lived there until sickness had swept across their land.
Now the Pilgrims understood who had cleared their fields. Fishermen, explorers,
and traders had been traveling between Europe and America for
years before the Pilgrims arrived. Mysteriss sickness was smallpox. It
was a disease brought over by European fishermen and explorers

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that came to the New World. The Pakist had never
before been exposed to so disease, and many died Samuel
set left the next morning, caring gifts he had received
from the Pilgrims, a knife, of bracelet, and a ring.
He returned some days later with Wamponoague who spoke English
even better than he did. His name was test Quantum.

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Test Quantum was one of the survivors of the tribe.
Samuel said, and Tis Quantum weren't the only people to
visit the Pilgrims that day. Chief mass Sole sought a
leader of the Wamponoague joined them as well, bringing sixty
men with him. Extra exchanging greetings and gifts, the Pilgrims

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and the Waponoague signed a peace treaty, with Testa Quam
serving as their translator. We shall live together in peace,
they agreed, and if one people shall suffer attack, the
author shall come to its aide. The Pilgrims said goodbye
to their neighbors, but tess Quantum stayed on and lived

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with the Pilgrims for the rest of his life. He
became known as Squanto. The peace between the Pilgrims in
the Wampanoague lasted over fifty years. Squanto was a great
help to the Pilgrims. He showed them how to plant
corn using haring as fertilizer. He taught them how to
dig for clams and catch eels with their bare hands.

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Squanto pointed out which plants were edible and which were poisonous.
He showed them where the best berries grew. Squanto also
acted as their god and their interpreter. Everyone worked hard
that spring, planting, hunting, fishing, and building. The children worked
hard too. They had many jobs, including gathering muscles and clams,

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guarding corn fields for manimals, and making mattresses by filling
linen bags with straw or feathers. While many pilgrims had
traditional names like John and Mary, others had a name
like Love, Humility, and rem member. On April fifth, sixteen
twenty one, the Mayflower and its crew returned to England,

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but the pilgrims remained. Spring turned into summer and summer
to fall. Now it was harvest time. The ripe and
crops were gathered to eat and to store away for winter.
The harvest was a good one. There were many different
fruits and vegetables, including corn, pumpkin, and gooseberries. There was
plenty of fish and meat. Food was dried and pickled

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to last through the winter, the future looked hopeful. The
Pilgrims wanted to celebrate their plentiful harvest as they had
done back in England. Let us prepare a goodly feast
to celebrate our harvest, announced to William Bradford, the governor
of Plymouth. The first governor of Plymouth was John Carver.
He died in the winter, and William Bradford took over

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to prepare. Men hunted duck, wild turkey, and geese. Others
fish for cod, bass, and eel. When the east began
in the fall of sixteen twenty one, fifty two Pilgrims
gathered together to eat and celebrate. There were no forks
on the table, because the English in those days ate
with their hands. They had big cloth napkins to wipe

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their hands, and they ate out of wooden plates called trenchers.
Mass Toilswat joined them, bringing along some of his friends,
ninety of them. They went into the forest and returned
with five deer to add to the feast. The seventeen hundreds.
Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, and not
the bald eagle, the national bird of the United States.

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While the Pilgrims might have had cranberries and pumpkins at
their harvest feast. They did not have cranberry sauce or
pumpkin pot and while they probably did serve turkey, it
was only one of many foods. Plymouth was the second
permanent English settlement in the New World. Jamestown, Virginia was

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the first. It, along with the many others that followed,
eventually became the United States of America. Aside from eating
and drinking, adults and children played games. There were foot
races and jumping contests. Adults played tug of war. Men
had log throwing contests. The Pilgrims sang songs from the
Bible and English folk songs. Miles Stainish led the pilgrim

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men in a military parade where they marched a drum
and fired their muskets. The Wampanoaks shot their arrows and
entertained the crowd with dancing. The feast lasted for three days.
Things were looking better for the Pilgrims. Some of their
houses had already been completed. They were healthier now and
had food for the winter. They were in a land

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they could practice their religion, and they were at peace
with their neighbors. But most of all, they had hoped
that their little colony would survive and grow, and it did.
America's growth, unfortunately, also led to the name of people's
loss of land and of a way of life. Thanksgiving

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today is a combination of two customs, Puritan Thanksgiving Days
and English harvest festivals. Thanksgiving Days were religious holidays, established
as days of thanks to God when especially good things
happen and we're spent in prayer. Harvest festivals were secular,
non religious holidays celebrated with feasting after a good harvest.

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Thanksgiving Days were declared during and after the birth of America,
with different colonies, states, and territories ce bringing them on
and off in different times. In the eighteen hundreds, a
writer and editor named Sarah Joseph Hill urged American leaders
to make Thanksgiving a yearly holiday celebrated by the entire country.

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In eighteen sixty three, President Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving Day a
national holiday to be celebrated from that day forward. In
the mid eighteen hundreds and even even more so in
the nineteen hundreds, people call the story of the sixteen
twenty one Harvest Feast, which they incorrectly believed to be
the first Thanksgiving and linked to their own Thanksgiving celebration.

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As America continues to grow with immigrants coming from different countries,
this image of two different cultures feasting together seemed the
perfect symbol for the American holiday. The story of the
Plymouth Pilgrims and their Indian neighbors has always been closely
connected to our Thanksgiving holiday ever since. Fun fact, you

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can experience what life was like for the Pilgrims by
visiting Plymouth Plantation, a living history museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts,
where interpreters recreate life in Plymouth by dressing, speaking, and
acting like the Pilgrims did. You can also climb aboard
a production on the Mayflower. Our next story is called

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Theolonus Turkey Lives on Felicia Ferguson's Farm and it was
published by Alfred Andoff, an imprint of Random House. Chund's
book has a copyright year of two thousand and five
and it was written by Lynn Rowe reads. Every year

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a plump, waterly turkle turkey disappeared just before Thanksgiving. This year,
there was only one turkey left on Felicia Ferguson's farm.
It was just a week before Thanksgiving, and the Oniess
Turkey was becoming nervous about dinner being dinner, that is
every day. Felicia fifth the Loness three square meals of
special seats. Then she plucked feathers from him and put

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him in a big bag. The Loness thought that Felicia
was trying to fatten him up for the chopping block
and was plucking his feathers to bitter see his size gulp.
He was becoming very scared. With just seven days until Thanksgiving,
the Loneus turkey gatherers farm friends and made an announced
I will not go to the chopping block without a fight.

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Ferocious Felicia's gotta go. The next day, the Loneis got
to work. He was up bright and early doing a
little plumbing while everyone slept. Cow helped with When Felicia
showered that morning, she was utterly surprised. On the fifth
day before Thanksgiving, the Onus found a can of paint
in the barn and made a beautiful sign. All of

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the geese knew how to read. Still, Felicia was friendly.
She kept feeding the Lonis and plucking his feathers. Lovely day, Feleonis,
she said, not if you're a fat turkey, he gobbled.
You get one wish with the wishbone. The onus wished
he could stay alive. Imagine the worst mate, the onus

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a very naughty turkey. The pigs disappeared one day. Felicia
looked for them everywhere, under the tractor, in the pond,
and the haystack in the trash can. She searched until
she was so exhausted that she needed a nap pee you. Then,
just three days before Thanksgiving, the Onus cooked up another
bright idea hard boy eggs for the chickens to lay

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On the second day before Thanksgiving, the day before the
chopping block, the Onus was busy playing all kinds of
tricks that evening. He came up with the plan. If
Felicia overslept the next morning, she wouldn't get him to
the chopping block on time. He would have to keep
her awake. A good thunderstorm would work. Felicia hardly slept

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a wink still. If Felicia woke up the next morning
with a spring in her step, I have a surprise
for you, she told the Onus. I like to show
you the new block in town. Ah, you mean the
chopping block, gobbled with a groan. So Felicia loaded through
the Onus in the pickup truck and drove toward town.
Sounds clanked and whirled from the building where they parked.

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Felicia grabbed the Onis by the neck. The Onus was
so scared even his wattle shook. They went inside. Well
I'll be stuffed, proclaimed Theonis. I'm a hat interpreter, a
fashion phenom, the guru of Gorges. On Thanksgiving Day, Theonis
fixed a feast fits for Felicia. Lovely dinner, said Felicia.

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Lovely day, replied Theonis. Felicia, Theonis and all of his
friends stuffed themselves and they all gave thanks. Today Theona's
turkey Sillos on the farm with all of his friends.
That concludes our story our for today. Please join us
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