Thanksgiving Stories ~ THE VERY STUFFED TURKEY Read Aloud ~ Bedtime Story Read Along Books

the

story

of the over

stuffed

turkey

by katherine kanaw photographs by benny talib it was

thanksgiving

morning and

turkey

had a problem pig horse goat and sheep cow and mouse he had been invited to a

thanksgiving

dinner at their homes turkey loved his friends from the barnyard and not wanting to hurt anyone's feelings, he was going to e

very

one's house, the turkey wasn't sure he had room in his stomach for five dinners, but he thought of all the good food bubbling and baking in those kitchens. Just thinking about it made him hungry, five houses, five dinners, no problem.

It was time to get

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y. The turkey jumped and touched the ground with its beak 25 times to stretch its stomach. It brushed its feathers. Then the turkey made a map of the way to its friends' houses. The turkeys' friends. The pig's house. The pig's house. horse the goat and sheep house the turkey house the cow house the mouse house was

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y to go the turkey walked to the pig's house the first pig was outside hanging Christmas lights the piglets were playing ball pumpkin nearby hello turkey said pig I hope you're hungry one of the piglets made an amazing pumpkin pass that almost hit the turkey's head, touchdown called turkey when he caught the ball and kicked it back to the piglets, the pig in the middle screamed time, he went down the stairs and motioned for e

very

one to come into the house for dinner.

The pig made an excellent turkey stew with beets, corn, and a worm or two while the pig's family huffed and puffed. The turkey slurped and burped. He swallowed everything on his plate. The turkey felt like part of the family. It was a sensation. wonderful horse house was next the turkey wished he hadn't eaten like a pig when he saw the dining room table was covered with plates of oatmeal pies and hay, carrots, sugar cubes and pumpkin and apple pies, while the family of The horses ate crunchy ground and mixed turkey, they swallowed everything on their plate.

I have an idea. The horse said after dinner, let's have a turkey race, right? I think it was a good idea, he was too full to trot and his belly felt funny as the horse's family ran ahead, the turkey jumped and fluttered behind them, but he didn't get very far, so the horse gave the horse a ride. turkey under autumn leaves as colorful as candy. The turkey felt like part of the family, it was a wonderful feeling. The goats and sheep lived next to the horse. The turkey sniffed the air until he reached his house. What is that delicious smell? asked the turkey as he walked out the front door.

Come to see. They said it was made with goat. His special Thanksgiving soup with flowers, herbs and glue He baked a clover casserole sprinkled with dandelions while the goat and sheep tasted and drank The turkey devoured everything on his plate That soup was sticky He said the teeth sheep lion they tasted fuzzy the goat turkey said the dinner was delicious but he thought he might explode they played hide and seek inside after dinner the goat and the sheep kept spying but the turkey won every time the turkey felt part of the family it was a wonderful feeling the turkey was too late for dinner when he got home lime they were getting ready for dessert the cow family was crowded around the kitchen counter everyone was holding spoons and ice cream cones there were cartons of ice cream everywhere in so many flavors it looked like a rainbow ready ask how he gave the turkey a cone and a spoon for what the turkey said our family thanksgiving ice cream cone contest said cow the tallest cone wins ready ready let's go the ice cream flew through the air everyone was screaming pushing and laughing the kitchen was a disaster turkey felt like part of the family it was a wonderful feeling the turkey had one house left to go When he arrived at the mouse's house, the table was full of mothers and parents, sisters and brothers, grandparents, cousins, uncles and aunts, happy Thanksgiving turkey, shouted that dinner was a feast of birdseed soap and berries, while the mouse family nibbled, savored, savored, the turkey swallowed everything. dish, now comes the best part, said mouse, what a turkey's ass, I hope it's not frozen, our family's Thanksgiving parade, said mouse, they put on their coats and boots, they blew up balloons and handed a drum to the turkey.

The turkey was so full that he thought they could use him like a balloon a gigantic floating turkey when everyone was ready the mouse family parade came out the door with the turkey at the front of their long, noisy line happy thanksgiving turkey he felt like part of the family was a wonderful feeling the neighbors came out of their houses to join the parade turkey saw pig saw horse saw goat and sheep he even saw cow saw each of his friends from the corral turkey was so happy so surprised and so full that he fell over when the turkey opened his eyes his friends from the barnyard were in a circle around him looking at him with worried faces how are you feeling he asked horse i ate too much he said turkey but it was worth it i got to spend thanksgiving day with all of you and that's what families do I'm sorry turkey said cow we didn't know that everyone invited them to dinner it's okay turkey said but next year we will have a thanksgiving dinner at my house everyone laughed and cheered it was a wonderful feeling , the parade began again as the turkey beat his drum, he planned what he would prepare for the next dinner with his family in the corral. year the roasted grasshoppers were always good just thinking about it made him hungry happy thanksgiving the ending I hope you enjoyed this

story

the very

stuffed

turkey I'm sure they ate a lot of fun things have you ever eaten worms or glue or even soap for thanksgiving day? dinner hmm, grandma neither, I can't wait to eat my thanksgiving dinner, so now have a very happy thanksgiving and be sure to come back for more

stories

, my grandma, you.