Show I FATHER TURKEY You ou must bo careful not to get your feet teet wet you know said Father Turkey Yes said the little turkeys Mother Moth er was t telling us to be v very ry careful 1 I not to get gee our feet wet wei vet lor ur me gun mat four weeks of ot our lives for tor if it we Ve do dowe dowe dowe we will wUl never be strong strong or orwell well tur tur- keys 1 If It w were we're rc careful well careful then we willbe will willbe be shon strong and well t turkeys The TIle little e turkey dr drew w a long breath for tor he bad had said all that wIth without ut stop stop- ping Father Turkey laughed and said Well VeIl anyway you know Just what you should do Your mother teaches y you very well Why did y you u ask us ns If It we were spring turkeys s dad asked the lit little tie tle turkeys we ve whether o know were or or not not not- Yes Yes I knew said their father but I wondered if you had heard beard of ot the autumn and of Thanksgiving No mother hasn't told us about Tl Thanksgiving said sald t the e little turk turkeys ys Is Thanksgiving something to eat cat at dad daddy y No Thanksgiving Is something which eats us That is we are supposed suppo supposed sup sup- po posed ed to to be e good food for Thanksgiving ing and and- for Christmas t too o. o We are going t to be eaten asked the little turkeys turleys In In frightened voices Cheer up little turkeys said Fath Father Father Fa Fa- th ther r Turl Turkey ey It sounds quite dreadful dreadful dreadful dread dread- ful to you now but It wont won't when I explain It It to o you And nd it i is is' best for me to explain it Jt to you ou Then so some one el else e wont won't 1 r a r i ir r r JA t a we rz Yes I I I Know now Said Th Their lJ Father have to explain it to you you some you some some one else who vho might not understand the thew w whole ole thing you You see said Father Turkey Thank Thanksgiving Day is a day when they give thanks for all aU the fine things I they have in this world When some some people came over tou to u this ls country years and years ago the they set aside a day upon which to give thanks for their safe arrival In in this landWell land Well Its It's a day that Is kept year ear after f r year after and In year year- order to celebrate it In great st style le they have turkeys s 's to eat Its a great honor that they pay us They also have turkeys for Christmas Christ Christ- Christmas mas which Is a day still stall greater tb than n Thanksgiving Day And more lunge than the the compliment that they pay us Is the tact fact fact that were we're fed so well wen and given s- s so so much to e eat eat lt before before before be be- fore Thanksgiving Day that we never have to hunt for our food tood We Ye are given I all alJ the goodies wo vo want and we are made fat In the most delightful fashion To be sure all nil of us arent aren't eaten but it doesn't matter whether we are or not for we dont don't know It when we weare weare weare are and we do know all aJi about the delightful delightful de de- days dars beforehand when we eat and eat and gobble and gobble and gobble and eat I When your mother was looking aft after er you I kept watch all nit the time to see that no harm came to you ou ouI I warned her whenever danger was near I will teach you now to roost Inthe in the trees and und I will teach you how toI to to I I put your our heads un under er your wings I. I Yes youre you're fine spring turkeys you yott are are I |