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The Therapy Session
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Some of us were visiting after church, and
since Thanksgiving had just passed, the topic of
conversation turned to turkeys. Our neighbor had
one that had become rather mean. He was telling
about it and how he would never raise a turkey
again.
"I've raised some turkeys," I said, "and they
can be as mean as any animal there is, except
maybe a rooster. Turkeys and roosters think they
are the cock of the walk."
Our young fourteen-year-old neighbor,
McKenzie, said, "We had a really mean rooster,
too. But then he had a therapy session, and
everything changed."
"A therapy session?" I asked.
She nodded. "It all started when our turkey
was young. We put him in the chicken building
because he was smaller than the hens, and we
didn't think he would bother them. But because of
his size, all the chickens, and especially the
rooster, picked on him. We were afraid they
would kill him, so we ended up having to move
him to a pen of his own.
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