A little girl brings home a baby turkey and raises him to be the smartest turkey in the world.
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Early one bright, summer day, when Auntie Suzie was a little girl, just about your size, her daddy said, “Auntie Suzie, we’re going to get us a turkey!”
“A turkey?” She said. This is going to be fun. So, off they went to the local feed store. That’s where they sell all kinds of food for all kinds of critters. They sell dog food and cat food, chicken food and duck food, cow food and horse food and of course, turkey food.
They sell fluffy, fuzzy baby chickens, soft and yellow baby ducks and guess what else, baby turkeys.
“Mr. Feed Store Man,” said Auntie Suzie’s daddy, “how much do you want for one of those baby turkeys?” Mr. Feed Store Man looked at him and said, “Well, since you’re Auntie Suzie’s daddy, I guess I can take a dollar for it.”
Auntie Suzie was so excited. They put the baby turkey in a small box and the Feed Store Man handed him right to her.
Now, you know, baby turkeys have to be taken care of really well so they can grow up big and strong, and Daddy told Auntie Suzie it would be her job to take care of the turkey. “You have to keep him warm, keep him clean and make sure he has plenty of food to eat,” said the Feed Store Man.
Well, they took Tom home, Auntie Suzie named him Tom because she just knew he was a boy turkey and what else would you call a boy turkey but Tom?
Read more about Auntie Suzie Raises a Turkey and Susan Kaplan-Williams HERE.
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My granddaughter read this and her comment was “Why would the father and the feed store man call his daughter ‘Auntie’ Suzie?
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