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Turkey Talk Contest
Sam
By Katelynn
(Age 11)
Copyright © 2000
Sam is actually pretty brave as far as turkeys go. He wasn't always, though.
When Sam was first layed, he was considered a rotten egg. His egg lay uncovered for days! Then, ten days after his brothers and sisters were born, Sam was hatched. Everyone believed he was very ugly, then again they were all geese whereas he is and was a turkey! They were always constantly snickering about him and how he looked! Usually stuff like, "Oh look at that ugly gosling! The farmer should be ashamed he hasn't killed him yet!"
When Sam was only six months old he decided that he'd go to a farm where no one lived so his ugliness wouldn't have to be bared by any of the beautiful, magnificent, majestic, grand, dazzling geese! As the joke goes, this poor turkey tried to cross the road to get to the other side, but when he was half way across the street a farmer in a pick-up stopped and got out of the truck! He chased Sam till the farmer fell in a mud puddle, and pretended to cry. Sam, being a caring turkey went over to see if the farmer was all right. Suddenly the farmer lunged his hand out! Sam was in the farmer's possession! Sam was plopped into the passenger seat! This turkey was scared and tried to dash away. The farmer was very strong and quick so he was able to tow Sam back in. Sam landed back in the passenger seat! The motor roared and Sam hid his head. This was the first time he'd encountered a truck, car or motor vehicle. Off they went into the wild road yonder.
Sam started to panic! "Gobble! Gobble! Gobble! Gobble!" he clucked out!
"Settle down fella! We'll be home in just a moment!" the farmer tried to reassure the turkey. The turkey was still going crazy.
Sure as day, the farmer was right! Within thirty seconds, they were at a new farm with a million more kinds of animals than the last! Sam ran off to see the geese, because that's what he still thought he was!
"Hi!" he replied.
"Go cluck with the hens!" they honked.
"But I'm a-" Sam protested.
"You heard us turkey! Scram!" the head goose exclaimed wildly as he approached Sam, wings open, honking his head off.
He walked away head down. Being so humiliated and depressed was not new to him. He started to think. Why me? I'm just a poor old ugly goose- no! I'm a turkey! So I'm a turkey, not a goose. What's a turkey? He was confused. The farmer seemed to like him, so he went to visit the admirable and marvelous farmer who was picking the ripe red tomatoes. Sam carefully picked one with his beak and gently set it down in the basket. He did this in a continuous pattern, over and over again. Over time he got faster and faster. After a while the farmer stopped and stared at Sam. He was stunned! He suddenly yelled out, "Wow! Honey! Come here!"
"Whoa! I've never seen a bird do that before! How'd you train it?"
"I didn't! He did that by itself!"
"Kids! Come here!" the farmer's wife hollered.
"What mom?" Susie and Tom exclaimed "Wow! What a smart bird!"
They soon went back to doing chores. Leaving the house to go to the grocery store was a big mistake. After they left a hooligan showed up. He had a crowbar. He used it to try to wedge in between the door and the door frame to open it. Sam heard the commotion at his house. When he tried to run over the driveway, but it was too hot. Fortunately the farmer left his work sneakers in the driveway. When Sam tried to run across, his second try, he stumbled. Within second his feet were tangled in the blue sneakers! When Sam got there he saw the hoodlum and started to make a ruckus! And what a commotion it was! "Gobble! Gobble! Gobble! Gobble! Gobble!" over and over! It was all that could be heard as Sam pecked at this burglar! What a noise! The crook started to sweat. His body ached all over from the pecking. "Yoww! Get off you stupid bird!" he yelled as he fled from the premises. The farm was saved! Sam is a hero!
"Wahhhhooooo! Wahoo!" the nine one, one rescue team drove up. Mrs. Pallanaski next door had called the authorities!
Once everyone had realized what happened, Sam was the talk of the day. "A turkey who stopped a burglar! What an exciting event!" some firemen yelled.
"I'd love to own that bird!" the policeman yelled. As the farmer's pick-up truck pulled in the hot driveway. The farmer was home! His family too! Soon the news was let out as the chief policeman, Chuck Sanders informed the farmer of what happened! The farmer was shocked, speechless.
"I'll give you $1000 for your turkey!" someone yelled.
"No way!" the farmer yelled, "I won't give him up for all the money in the world!"
Sam didn't like the huge, noisy, tremendously big commotion. He hid behind the farmer till everyone left. The farmer never noticed the shoes, so lucky Sam, the turkey (not goose) got to keep them. He always kept them with him in case the burglar came back. He was the only animal, besides some occasional field mice, to live and sleep in the house with the farmer. All of the chicks (chickens) loved him after that so once a week he'd sleep in the chicken coop.
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