The Turkey goes Missing!: A Thanksgiving Tale

The Turkey goes Missing!: A Thanksgiving Tale

     It was the day before Thanksgiving on the farm, and that meant a fancy dinner. Mia was so excited for it. She was going to make the cookies this year! She was so excited for tomorrow that she could not stop smiling. "Mia, help me with the turkey!", Her father said.

     "OK!", she replied, running to the barn.

    But there was a surprise for them. The turkeys were gone! They looked and looked and looked, but there was no sign of the turkeys. "Look around the place. They couldn't have gone far!", her father said. 

     Mia went out into the field. She saw something running and shaking the grass. It was a turkey! Mia started running toward it. But, it saw her and it went sprinting the other way. She could not catch up to it. Disappointed, she went back into the house. 

     She went to the very back to drink some lemonade. But, there wasn't lemonade there. It was a big, fat turkey! This is my chance, she thought. Mia lunged for the turkey, but stopped to look at it's terrified face. "Aww, did I startle you?", She asked it.

     "SQUACK", it said.

     "I'll take that as a yes"

     "SQUACK SQUACK"

     It looked so scared. Why did it look so sad? Then she realized; it probably thinks that she'll give it to her dad to cook.

     So, the next thing she did was talk to her dad. "Dad, how about if we do a thanksgiving dinner without a turkey?", she asked.

     "A dinner without it? Might as well say no dinner! "her dad said

     "Pleeeeeeeeeease?", she pleaded.

     "Well, I guess we can hold it back for 1 year!"

     "YAY!!!!"

    Mia raced out and grabbed the turkey and raced to put it in the barn. The next day everyone came. "This year there is no turkey!", Mia announced.

     Everyone gasped. "Instead, there is extra cookies!", she said.

     Everyone cheered. This was a Thanksgiving to remember.

 The End

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