Show fairy lairy lah la G gralian iiii bonnar bonne 11 boyl J je FATHER TURKEY you yon must be careful not to get your leet feet wet you know said father turkey yes said the little turkeys mother alother was telling us to be very careful not to get our feet wet lor for the first four weeks of our lives for it if we do we will never be strong or well turkeys it if were careful well then we I 1 will kill be strong and well turkeys turl the little turkey drew a long breath for he had bad said all that without stopping father turkey laughed and said well anyway you know just what you should do your mother teaches you very well why did you ask us if we were spring turkeys lur keys dad asked the little littie turkeys you on know whether we vere flere or not yes I 1 knew said their father but I 1 wondered if you had bad heard beard of the autumn and of thank thanksgiving sg giving no mother told us about thanksgiving said the little turkeys Is thanksgiving something to eat daddy no thanksgiving la Is something which eats us that Is we are supposed to be good food for thanksgiving and for christmas too we are going to bs be eaten asked the little turkeys in frightened voices cheer up little turkeys said father turkey it sounds quite dreadful to you now but it wont when I 1 explain it to you and it is best for me to explain it to you then some one else wont I 1 d MA yes I 1 know said their father have to explain it to you some one else who might not understand the whole thing you see said father turkey thanksgiving day is a day when they give thanks for all the fine things they have in this world when some people came over to this country years and years ngo ago they set aside a day upon which to give thanks tor for their safe arrival in this land well its a day that Is kept year after year after year and in order to celebrate it in great style they have turkeys to eat its a great honor that they pay us they also have turkeys for christmas which la Is a lay day still greater than thanksgiving day and more than tile the compliment that they pay us Is the tact fact that were fed so well and given so much to eat before thanksgiving day that we never have to hunt for our food we are given all the goodies we want and we are made fit fat in the most delightful fashion to be sure all of us arent eaten but it matter whether we fire are or not for we dont know it when we are and we do know all about the delightful days beforehand when we eat and eat and gobble and gobble and gobble and eat whon when nour mother was looking after you I 1 kept watch all tile the time to see that no harm came to you 1 I warned her whenever danger was near 1 I will teach you now to roost in the trees and I 1 will teach you how to put your heads under your wings yes youre fine spring turk turkeys ays eys yov are arel I 1 |