The Thanksgiving Quads

It was getting close to Thanksgiving, and these four turkeys were discussing how they were going to escape before that Thanksgiving meal. They were huddled in the barn gobbling to each other so that the humans could not understand them, but if they only knew. The humans always seem to know that there are always some turkeys that plan to try to escape before the holiday. The leader of this group called 'The Thanksgiving Quad' knew that they had a true escape plan. Their plan which still needed to be tweaked a little for they hope would work.

Three of the turkeys will need to act kind of sick or maybe even a bit rabid if turkeys could get that way. There was an old pumpkin left over from Halloween, and they waddled over to it and started to peck at it when the farmer came over and saw what they were eating. The farmer did start over to them right away but slowly approached them and that's when one of the Quad back up and ran at the farmer as the leader told him to do. After a few laps around the barnyard the farmer finally trapped the turkey back in not really knowing that the turkey went in willingly due to the plan the Quad was launching.

The farmer went about his evening chores, and the Quad went to the barn to make further plans for the next day. They knew that they only had two more days to figure out maybe who the farmer would pick for dinner. He usually that they heard from the chickens that they choose the fattest of the group, but who knows maybe they won't have turkey for dinner this year the chickens cackled. The Quad just stood there in the corner and smirked and did kind of wish that would be true. They huddled together and settled down for the night.

The next day the Quad decided to waddle up to the farmhouse and maybe try to see what preparations were beginning to form. One turkey went to the kitchen screen door; one went to the front of the house for some of the humans were on the front porch discussing the big day. The other two turkeys were just meandering around the yard just observing the goings on around the house and farmyard. When they all caught with each other, they headed for the barn to discuss what they all found out.

You know guys wouldn't it be funny if instead of having us for the meal what if we were guests. The other three just stared at him and they did think about the for a second and then they just gobbled happily in a condescending manner if that is possible for a turkey. We still have a day to plan our escape unless you all want to see if we will be invited as guests. Who knows?

The next morning the Quad saw the farmer and he had his ax with him, but they for some reason knew they still had one day before the holiday. They observed him from afar. They saw that he went towards the big stone in the corner that spun and spun really fast and the farmer held his ax to it. The Quad began to wonder. After a while the farmer went back to the house for the farmer's wife needed him to run somewhere.

For some reason the whole barnyard was all so quiet. The chickens were not cackling, the Quad were not gobbling, and geese were not honking and the sheep were not bleating. That's when one of the turkeys mentioned "Wouldn't be nice yet mean if they had a goose for that meal instead of one of us?" They thought of that and if a turkey could smirk maybe they were. The farmer spread the feed for all who were present and he had such a smile on his face, and they could feel that he was making a decision on who to choose for that meal tomorrow. "Well, guys I guess we will find out tomorrow who gets chosen." "Why don't we all just meander over to that loose board in the wall and just walk over to that old fence and keep walking. They thought but at night that could mean one of them could become 'roadkill' and that is worse than being axed. They just sat there that night.

Thanksgiving morning the farmer came out with his ax and walked around with a smile on his face. He went to a storeroom that for some reason they did not know there was a freezer back there and the farmer came out with some frozen chickens and a goose. Before he left, he turned and looked at the Quad and said "You're safe for this Thanksgiving, but Christmas is just around the corner with that smile still on his face.

The quad stood there quietly and softly gobbled.