11.29.25 - Part 2

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello, and welcome to Real Eyes Shorn Story Hour. As
a reminder, Real Eye is a reading service and tender
of people who are blind or have other disabilities that
make it difficult to reprim material. Today we will be
reading from various books on the character Pete the Cat.
Your reader today is Diane. We will begin with the

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book Pete the Cat Snow Days. It was published by
Harper and Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers. It has a
copyright year of twenty sixteen and the author is James Steen.
Pete the Cat wakes up and gets ready for school.
He has Show and Tell today. There's no school today,
says Pete's mom. It is a snow day. Hooray, yells Pete.

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Let's go sleddings, says Pete. Great idea, says his brother Bob.
Pete puts on his hat, boots and mittens. I'm ready
to go, he says. On the way, Pete makes snowballs.
He throws one at Bob. Bob throws one back. Pete
makes a snow cat. Snow days are way more fun

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than school days, he says. Sledding Hill here we come,
says Pete. He can't wait to get there, Pete waves
to CALLI come sludding with us.

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He says.

Speaker 1 (01:23):
The hill is big. Tray and Emma look small. At
the top, Crunch Crunch goes the snow as Pete, Bob
and CALLI go up up, up wee, they yell as
they go down, down down. I love snow days, says Pete.
On the way home, Pete and Bob stop at Trey's house.
The hot chocolate is yummy. What a fun day, says Pete.

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Tomorrow at school, I'll tell my class all about it.
Pete wakes up to more snow. It's not a school day,
it's another snow day. Pete makes a snow fork, he
throws snowballs, he makes a snow dog. Then he has
fun sledding. He can't wait to tell his teacher about it.
But the next day is a snow day.

Speaker 2 (02:08):
Two.

Speaker 1 (02:09):
There's too much snow. Pete and Bob can barely even
open the front door. Before you go sledding, Please shovel
the walk, says mom. But shoveling is hard work. When
Pete is done, he's too tired to go sledding. Pete
misses his teacher. He misses the other cats in his class.
Pete can't wait to go back to school tomorrow. But

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when Pete wakes up, it's snowing. Oh no, he says,
not another snow day. Pete wants to go to school,
so Pete plows the streets all by himself. The other
cats rush outside. They help clear the snow. Everyone wants
to go to school. The streets are clear and safe,

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the bus can drive. School is open. All the kids
are excited to see their teacher. He has a snow
Day's Show and tell. When it's Pete's turn, he tells
everyone about the fun he had in the snow.

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I love snow.

Speaker 1 (03:10):
Days, says Pete, but I.

Speaker 2 (03:13):
Love school best.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
Our next book is titled Pete Goes Camping, and it
was published by Harper and Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers.
He's a copyright year of twenty eighteen and the author
of our book is James sten Pee's excited to go camping.

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This is his first time.

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Don't forget your sleeping bag, says Dad, or your hiking boots.
Mom says. The campsite is deep in the woods. Mom
and Dad set up the tent. Pete and Bob helped
collect sticks so they can make a fire. Later, Pete
and Bob go for a hike. Bob shows Pete the
footprints of different animals. Do you think we will see

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anything cool? Ask Pete, Maybe, says Bob. Pete and his
dad go fishing. They must be very quiet and very
still to catch a fish. Fishing takes a long time.
They finally catch some fish. Mom builds a fire. She
cooks the fish for dinner. It tastes yummy. Next, Pete

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toasts marshmallows. Pete makes moores with chocolate and Graham crackers.
It starts to get dark out. Bob tells Pete a
story about a scary, hairy giant. The giant lives in
the woods. His name is Bigfoot. Do you think Bigfoot
lives here?

Speaker 2 (04:32):
Asks Pete.

Speaker 1 (04:33):
No one has ever seen Bigfoot, says Bob. Don't let
Bob scare you, says Dad. Bigfoot is not real, Mom,
says Pete sighs with relief. But if he is real,
I bet he's friendly, says Dad. And likes moores too.
That's not scary, thinks Pete. Maybe he wants his smart

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Pete leaves one for his hairy friend. Soon it's time
for bed likes out. Boy dad, says. Bob and Pete
share a tent. Pete gets into a sleeping bag. It
is cozy, but he cannot sleep. The wood seem extra
dark and all the sounds seem extra loud at night.

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Pete hears a weird swishing sound. What is that, he asked, Bob.
That's just the wind, says Bob. Pete hears an odd
chirping noise.

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What is that?

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He asks out loud, Those are just the crickets. Pete
hears a strange shooting sound.

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What is that?

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He wonders, That's just an owl. Pete thinks of his
friend Owl. Pete, here's a loud snapping sound.

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Crack. What is that?

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He wonders, But Bob is already fast asleep. Pete listens carefully.

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Crack.

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Is it Bigfoot? Pete peeks outside. It is too dark
to see anything. When Pete wakes up, he checked the
spot where he left this moores for Bigfoot.

Speaker 2 (06:03):
This moore is gone.

Speaker 1 (06:05):
There is a note It says thanks for the treat
xes and O's. Pete shows his family. Wow, I knew
Bigfoot was real, says Bob. Pete knows Bigfoot is not scary,
just because he looks different does not mean he is scary.

Speaker 2 (06:22):
He even likes s'mores too.

Speaker 1 (06:25):
Our next story is titled Pete the Kitty in the
Three Bears, and it was published by Harper and Imprint
of Harper Collins Publishers, and it has a copywriter of
twenty twenty four. The authors are Kimberly and James Steen.
Once upon a time, Pete the Kitty walked to the woods.
Pete saw a house. Hello, anybody home, asked Pete. No

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one was home. Something smelled yummy. Pete saw three pizzas.
The first pizza was too hot, the second pizza was
too co The last pizza was just right. It was
dying a mike. Pete ate the pizza yummy. Then Pete

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soft three guitars. Let's jam.

Speaker 2 (07:13):
Pete said.

Speaker 1 (07:14):
The first guitar was too loud, the second guitar was
too quiet. The last guitar was just right. It was
out of sight. Pete rocked out. Oops, the string broke.
Then Pete felt sleepy. He wanted to take a nap.
The first bed was too hard, the second bed was

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too soft, The last bed was just right. Nighty night,
Pete fell asleep. Papa, Mama and baby Bear came home.
Someone ate their pizza. Mine is all gone, said Baby Bear.
Someone played their guitars. Mine is broken, said baby Bear.

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Someone slept in their beds. They're still in my beds,
said Baby Bear. The three Bears crowd. Pete woke up,
Baby Bear was crying. Pete felt bad that he ate
the Bear's pizza. Pete felt bad he played their guitars.
Pete felt Baddy slept in their beds. Pete knew what

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to say. I am sorry. I didn't ask to use
your stuff. Pete said, everyone makes mistakes. Mama Bear said,
we forgive you Pete. Papa Bear said, Pete fixed the guitar.
Baby Bear was happy. Let's be friends, Pete. Baby Bear said.
The new friends rocked out. It was just right. Our

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next serve stories are about the characters the Benstein Bears,
and the first book is titled The Beernstein Bears Around
the World. It was published by Harper and Imprint of
Harper Collins Publishers. It has a copyright year of twenty
sixteen and it was written by Mike Benstein. The Bear

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family is visiting the Great Bear Museum. Doctor Bear shows
them a globe of the earth we live right here.

Speaker 2 (09:09):
He says.

Speaker 1 (09:11):
It would be fun to travel all around the world,
says Sister. I agree, says doctor Bear. Just follow me,
step inside my anywhere anyplace machine, says doctor Bear. He
pushes a button. Everything starts to spend. When things stop spinning,
they are in another country. Welcome to London, England, says

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doctor Bear. The tower bell is called Big Ben. It
makes a lot of noise, says Brother. Being bomb, Being
bomb says Honey Again. Doctor Bear pushes a button. Welcome
to Paris, France. He says. This is the Eiffel Tower.
It is one thousand feet tall. You can climb to

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the very top. No thanks, says brother. Switzerland is known
for its cloths, says doctor Bear. Moving on, and it's
mountains says Mama. And cheese with hoes in it, says Papa.
And chocolate says brother and sister. Yum says Honey. In Venice, Italy,
everyone travels by water, says doctor Bear. You need a

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boat to cross the street, adds Papa. Russia is in
the far co North, says doctor Bear. It's church dums
are shaped like onions. I don't care for onions, says sister.
Egypt is part of Africa, says doctor Bear, is the
oldest country on earth. It is mostly desert, but the

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Now River gives it water. Great buildings and statues of
long ago stand You're still. Much of Africa is covered
by forests and plains, says doctor Bear. Look lions, says brother. Roar, roar,
says Honey. Hush, Honey, say Mama and Papa. In India,
we can see the sites from back of an elephant,

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says to Bear. But watch out for tigers. Growl, growls,
says Honey. Sh say Brother and Sister. China has a
long history, says doctor Bear, and a long wall, says brother.
The Great Wall of China was built to keep enemies out,
says doctor Bear. It's wearing me out, says sister. Australia

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has kangaroos, says doctor Bear. They carry their babies in
the pouch. So does the koala, but it looks like
a teddy bear. We are near the South Post, says
doctor Bear. Scientists and penguins live here, but little else.
It is the coldest place on earth for her, says brother.
I'll say South America is much warmer, says doctor Bear.

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Here great rainforests are home to many animals. What animal
is that, asks brother. It looks like a big beaver.
It is like a big beaver. It's a camp of boras,
says Doctor Bear. Now we'll visit Mexico, says Doctor Bear.
Great cities were built here long ago. Canda is north

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of Bear Country, says Doctor Bear. It's the land of
great natural beauty. Over half the lakes on Earth are here.
Our own country is the USA, says doctor Bear. The
United States of America. Alaska's way up north. Here we
can join a dog sled race Wolf Wolf, says Honey.
Hawaii is an island state, says doctor Bear. Surfers ride

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huge waves along its shores. River dug out the Grand
Canyon over millions of years, says doctor Bear. The faces
of presidents are carved on Mount Rushmore.

Speaker 2 (12:42):
Can you name them?

Speaker 1 (12:43):
George Washington, Thomas Shefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln. The Statue
of Liberty is in New York Harbor. She stands for
freedom and now, says doctor Barrett, we are right back
where we started. The Bear family waves. Goodbye, come back,
say Dune, says doctor Bear. There are many more places
to visit all around the world. Our next story is

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titled The Berenstein Bears and the Ducklings, and it was
published by harpurn in print of Harper Collins Publishers. Has
a copyright year of twenty eighteen and the author is
Mike Berenstein. The Bear family business farmer Ben's farm. They
like to help feed the animals. They feed the chickens,
They feed the pigs. Down at the pond, the bears

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feed the ducks. There is a mama duck and a
Papa duck. The Papa duck has a bright green head.
It's time to go home. Goodbye, Duckies, says the cubs.
The ducks follow the bears home. No more food, Duckies,
says mama. But the ducks don't want food. They look
around the yard. Mama duck pokes into the flower bed.

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The ducks waddle away. What were they looking for? The
next day's sister goes out the back door. Is that
a quock, she hears, She looked in the flower bed.
It's Mamma duck. She is sitting on a nest. Sister
shows the nest to the rest of the family. Mama
duck will lay her eggs here, says Mama Bear. We

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must not bother her. The bear family stops using the
back door. They only use the front door. They try
not to make too much noise. They don't want to
scare Mama Duck away. The cups peek out the window.
Papa Duck comes by. He takes a turn sitting on
the nest. Mama Duck needs something to eat. She goes
back to the farm. Mamma Duck soon comes back. She

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sits on the nest again. The cups watch her and
watch her. Won't those eggs ever hatch? One morning, the
cups peek out the window. They hear peeping sounds. The
eggs are hatching. There are ducklings. Mom and Papa Duck
lead their ducklings. They lead them in a line. They
lead them right across the front yard.

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Eh oh.

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Mom and Papa Duck are leading their duglings towards the road.
Papa calls the police. The police come right away. They
stop the cars on the road. Mom and Papa Duck
lead their ducklings down the road. The police go in front.
Soon they come to Farmer Ben's farm. Mom and Papa
Duck lead their ducklings to the pond. They all jump in.

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They are very happy brother, sister, and honey feed the ducks.
They are very happy too. Our next stories are about Thanksgiving,
and the first one that I am going to read
is called I Am Thankful and it was published by

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Roadale Kids and Imprint of Rodale Books. It was has
a copyright of twenty seventeen and it was written by
Susy Camposey. There is no school today, hooray. I am
thankful that I can stay in bed. Pops wakes me up. Anyway,

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we have a lot to do. I am thankful Pops
lives with us. Today is Thanksgiving. First, we help mom
make pies. Pops chops apples. I pill sweet potatoes. Sweet
potato pie is my favorite. Next, we head to the firehouse.
Dad has to work today. I am thankful for what
my dad and his crew do to keep us safe.

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We help the firefighters. I pill more potatoes. Soon it
is time for our town's Turkey Trot. Some people walk,
some people run. We all have fun. I zoom by Pops.
He cheers for everyone. It starts to drizzle. I slip
on some wet leaves and fall. Another runner helps me.
We finish the race. I am thankful for a new friend.

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Pops and I head home. My cousins are here. The
whole family will play football after we eat. We do
this every year for now. We kids practice. Oh no,
it starts to pour. We go inside. We watch football,
play games. It is cozy and warm. More family arrives,
gets very loud and a little crowded. I check on

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Great Grand. She sits in her chair by the window.
She likes the quiet. Great Grand points outside. The leaves
go round and round, they dance in the wind. She
always spots something special. I am so thankful for Great Grand.
It is time to eat. Everyone takes a seat at
the table. We settle down. We are thankful for the

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tasty food. We are thankful for everyone on the tape
at the table, and we are thankful for loved ones
who are not with us.

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After dinner, we all clean up.

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At last day at his home, he has great news.
The rain is stopped, the wind dried the grass, the
sun is out. We play football, but we take a
time out to eat some pie too. Yum, I am
so thankful. What are you thankful for? Can you think

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of three examples? Our next story is titled Twas the
Night before Thanksgiving, and it was published by Scholastic, originally
published in hardcover by Orchard Books, has a copyright year
of nineteen ninety two two thousand and four and the

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author is Dave Pelke. Twas the night before Thanksgiving, and
all through the trees the follies were spinning aloft in
the breeze. Eight children had boarded their school bus with grins,
in hopes that a field trip soon would begin. They
sang as they wrote through autumn terranks, while visions of

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drumsticks danced in their brains. Verse through the woods with
winding and weaves, their school bus sailed on through the
new fallen leaves. When out on the road they arose
such a clatter they threw down their windows to see
what was the matter. When what their wondering eyes should

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they see that a miniature farm in ate tiny turkey,
and a little old man, so lively and rugged they
knew in a moment it was farmer mic Nuggets. He
was dressed all in denim from his head to his toe,
with a pinch of polyester and a dash of vel crow.
And then in a twinkling they heard in the straw

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the prancing upon of each little claw more rapid than chickens,
his cockerels that came. He whistled and shouted, and he
called them by name, Now Ollie, now Stanley, now Larry,
and mow On, wally On, beaver On, Shemp, and grout show.
The turkeys were chunky, with smiley beaked faces, and they

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greeted the children with downy embraces. So after the barnyard
they ran, and they flew, and they gobbled and giggles,
as friends sometimes do. Then somebody spotted and axe by
the door, and she asked, Farmer Nugget, what is that.
For the blink of his eye and a twist of
his head, the old farmer.

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Told a grim tale of dread.

Speaker 1 (20:22):
Tonight, said Mike Nugget, These feathery beasts will be chopped
up and roasted for Thanksgiving feast. The children stood still
as tears filled their eyes. Then they clamored aloud in
a chorus of cries. Oh dear, cried Mike Nugget. Now
what shall I do? So he dashed to the well,
and the teacher went to and they fetched some water

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fresh from the ground, in hopes that a swig might calm.

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Every one down.

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And when they returned to quiet the manner, the children
were calmer and mysteriously fatter.

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The boys and the girls up their drinks in.

Speaker 1 (21:01):
The hay, then thanked old Macnugget and wattled away. They
limped the school bus, all huffing and puffing. It's not
easy to walk with hot turkey stuffing. And then as
the school bus drove off in the night, Mike Nugget
looked around, not a turkey in sight. Twas the night

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before Thanksgiving, and the stars up above shone down on
the school bus, abounding with love. The very next evening,
eight families were blessed with eight fluffy Thanksgiving turkeys as guests.
They feasted on veggies with jelly and toast, and everyone
was thankful. The turkeys were most so Each one gave

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thanks for love and for living, and they all had
a wonderful happy Thanksgiving. Our next book is titled Happy
Thanksgiving and it was published by the Rosen Publishing Group.
It has a copyright year of two thousand and eight

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and the author of our book is Abby Mercer.

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What is Thanksgiving?

Speaker 1 (22:11):
Thanksgiving is a holiday when people gather to eat a
feast and enjoy one another's company. At first, Thanksgiving was
the harvest celebration, people celebrated how thankful they were that
they would have enough food to eat in the coming year. Today,
people remember all the good things in their lives, such
as food, homes, family, and friends on Thanksgiving. The date

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of Thanksgiving changes from year to year, but it always
falls on the same day of the week. United States,
the fourth Thursday in November is Thanksgiving, and Canada, Thanksgiving
is the second Monday in October. It is a time
for family fun and feasting gathering for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is

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a holiday that brings people together. Millions of people travel
by train, plane, or car to spend Thanksgiving with family
or friends each year. The United States, the day before
Thanksgiving is one of the busiest days of the year
to travel. Airports are always very crowded around Thanksgiving, since
more than four and a half million people travel by

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plane on that weekend. Many people spend Thanksgiving with their families.
People who have small families or families who live far
away often decide to celebrate with friends instead. Whom do
you celebrate Thanksgiving with? Wherever you celebrate Thanksgiving, you will
likely have a big feast. The chief dish at most

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people's Thanksgiving dinner as turkey. While most of the turkeys
people eat or raised on farms, there are also wild turkeys.
While turkeys live in North America. Both mal wild turkeys
and mail turkeys on farms have folds of skin called wattles,
which hang over their necks. However, only wild turkeys are
able to fly. Everything Giving Americans eat more than five

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hundred and thirty million pounds of turkey. Vegetarians often eat
tofu in the shape of a turkey for Thanksgiving. Mail
turkeys are also called gobblers or tom turkeys. Tom turkeys
can push their tail feathers up into a fan. How

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to make a pine cone turkey, Let's make one in
honor of Thanksgiving. First, start your pine cone turkey by
fine in pine cone. The bits coming out of a
pine cone are called scales. Next, look carefully at a
picture of one, or have one look for you, and
draw the head for the turkey. Make sure to add

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a bill and a eye. Color the turkey's head. Next,
draw a fan shape. This will be a turkey's tail.
Draw in the shapes of the feathers, color in the tail,
and then lastly cut out the head and the tail.
Slide the head into the skills at the flat end
of the cone slide the tail between the skills at.

Speaker 2 (25:04):
The cone's tip.

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Turkey is just one of many foods people eat at Thanksgiving.
Lots of Thanksgiving foods are closely tied to turkey. For example,
stuffing is a mix of bread, vegetables, and seasoning that
is cooked inside the turkey. The juices that run out
of the turkey are used to make a topping called
gravy that is poured over the turkey. People also put

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a topping called cranberry sauce on turkey. Cranberries are redberries
with a sharp taste. Many people in their Thanksgiving beast
with pumpkin pie. People also eat pies made with apples
or nuts called pecans. Vegetables like potatoes, sweet potatoes, and
green beans are part of most people's Thanksgiving feasts. Eating

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a big meal is just one of many Thanksgiving traditions.
Watching football games on tea is a big part of
many Americans Thanksgiving Day. There are always two football games
on TV on Thanksgiving. A football team called the Detroit
Lions plays in one of the games, the Dallas Cowboys
playing the other. Parades are another Thanksgiving tradition. Many cities

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and towns hot Thanksgiving parades. The largest Thanksgiving parade is
the Mazy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. It is held every year
in New York City. The parade has marching bands, well
known seniors, floats, and giant balloons. Thanksgiving traditions have built
up over time, but the holiday dates back to sixteen

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twenty one. In the fall of sixteen twenty one, a
group of English settlers held a feast with a group
of Wampanong Native Americans in Plymouth, Massachusetts. This feast is
often called the First Thanksgiving. The English settlers had arrived
in Massachusetts in November of sixteen twenty The winter that
father was cold. The settlers did not have enough food.

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Any settlers died during the winter. The following year, the
Indians showed the settlers how to find and grow food.
That file, the settlers had a good harvest and celebrated
with a feast. Though the English settlers in the Native
Americans had a feast, it was different from a modern
Thanksgiving meal. For one thing, their harvest celebration lasted three days.

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There were more than one hundred people at that feast.
The settlers' houses were small, so they set up tables
and ate in the street. No one knows if they
ate turkey at the feast. We do know that the
settlers and the Native Americans ate fish, duck, and venison
or deer meat. They also ate vegetables like corn, onions,
and squash. They ate most of the food with their

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hands because they did not have forks. Thanksgiving traditions have
changed a lot since its beginning one hundreds of years ago. However,
people still use this holiday to think about all the
good things in their lives. Many people also think about
those who have been less fortunate than them. They collect
food to give to people who do not have enough

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to eat. Some people work in a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving.
Soup kitchens are places where poor people can get a
free meal. This is just one way to honor this holiday.
How do you celebrate Thanksgiving? This concludes the Children's Story
Hour for today. Please join us next time as we
will read more stories, fables and fairy tales. Thank you

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