(From the contributor: “Apparently this 4th grade teacher likes to assign stories told from odd points of view. Of course, for Thanksgiving, it is a turkey. A whole bunch of these can be found here: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/8076/if_turkey.html. Spot the vocab words! Many with fun usages.”)

“My name is Lurkey the Turkish turkey. I am very unhappy because Thanksgiving is dangerously close and I will be eaten soon. My brothers and sisters have already been plucked and have been taken to the market. I have a bad feeling that they were just the appetizers.
   I also feel that I’ve been tricked. I thought I was going to the feast, not being the feast! I’m trying to diet, but I can’t help gorging myself with the delectable corn. The farmers say I’m a gorgeous and picturesque turkey. I know what they are conversing about. There is no way to avoid this brutal holiday. Don’t mourn and grieve for me. I’m good as dead.”