Page 17 - Publishing Inspiration Christmas Card 2020

"Meanwhile, while the turkey grew up, the

rooster got meaner. Every time we would try to
gather eggs, the rooster would attack us. We,
kids, like to gather eggs, but we were all afraid of

him. That's why my dad decided that the rooster
could no longer be in the henhouse.
"So we caught the rooster, and having

nowhere else to put him, we put him in with the
turkey. They seemed to remember each other.

The rooster immediately went on the attack, and
the turkey backed away as he always had. But
after a few minutes, something changed. It was as
if the turkey realized his old nemesis was no

longer that intimidating. That's when the turkey
attacked back.

"The two of them went at each other, and
feathers started to fly, mostly those of the rooster.
The fight was getting so bad that we eventually

had to shut the door to the shed and just let them
work out their differences. Mom called us to
dinner, so we left the rooster and turkey to

themselves. When dinner was over, we came out
of the house, and everything was quiet.
"We approached the door of the building

that had the rooster and the turkey in it and
listened, but there was no sound. We were afraid

the turkey had killed the rooster because we
doubted it would be the other way around. We

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