Since I was a young chick I've been fed a lot.
I remember seeing the humans take away large turkeys and they
would never come back. The humans must have been feeding me a lot
so they could take me away too. No one knows what happened to the
turkeys that they took away. I thought that the large turkeys were
taken to a larger barn. I guess I won't know till they come and
get me. A few days ago they took away a friend of mine. When they
first took him I was scared, but it turned out to be fun meeting
new turkeys.
When I got to know almost all the turkeys in
the barn, the humane came for me. They walked toward me, picked me
up and carried me out of the barn. The next thing I knew I was
locked up in a cage. There were only three other turkeys in the
cages besides me. I watched a human take another turkey out of his
cage and chop his head off. His head lay on the ground while his
body was busy running around. After his body stopped running
around they took it out. Then they threw his head in the
trash.
Finally it was my turn, and they took me out
and got me ready. Then, chop! I watched my body go crazy. At
first, it seemed like I was on the floor, then I seemed to rise up
and fly away. So be careful on Thanksgiving and Christmas. You may
be the one who eats me!
Marshall
Cultural Atlas
