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11.23.25 - Part 1 · Children's Hour

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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Realized Children's Story Hour as a
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reminder of ray O Eye is a reading service intended
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for people who are blind or have other displays that
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make it difficult to read printed material. Today we will
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be reading from various books on Thanksgiving, and your reader
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today is Diane. We will continue with this story Thanksgiving
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at the Tableton's and it was published by Harper An
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in print of HarperCollins Publishers as a copy writer of
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nineteen eighty two to nineteen ninety two. And the author
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of our book is Eileen Spinelli. The pies cried Missus Tapleton.
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I'll get the pies. I'll say grace as soon as
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the pies are cut, grandmother said with a smile. Missus
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Tapleton brought in the boxes, set them down, and untie
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the string. You brought home two empty boxes. She glared
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at mister Tapleton, who covered his ears. Ye have elephants grown, grandfather.
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The dining room was quiet. Everyone looked down at the
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empty table. Uncle Fritz muttered something, but it could not
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be heard above the rumble of his stomach. A tear
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rolled down Jenny's cheek. No Thanksgiving dinner, she sniffled. Nothing
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to say a prayer for sighed Kenny. Grandmother smiled, of course,
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there's something. There's more to Thanksgiving than the turkey and trimmings.
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And then Grandmother Tapleton asked everyone to bow their heads
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and to hold hands around the dining room table. And
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this is the Thanksgiving prayer, she said. Turkey's come and
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turkeys go, and trimmings can be lost. We know, but
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we're together. That's what matters. Not's not what's served upon
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the platters. Amen, that's a wonderful prayer, said Aunt Heda.
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Missus Tapleton jumped up. We have liverwurst and cheese and
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the refrigerator. I'll help fix the sandwiches, offered mister Tapleton.
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Jenny wiped her tear away. I'll get the pickles, Kenny laughed.
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I'll open a jar of apple sauce for dessert. And
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so the table Tents and their Thanksgiving dinner had their
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Thanksgiving dinner. After all, Uncle Fritz's stomach stopped rumbling, and
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Grandfather table Ten ate enough liverworths to feed six elephants.
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In fact, everyone had plenty to eat, but most of all,
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they had each other. Our next story is called Lama
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Lama thanks for Giving Day and it was published by
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Penguin Young Readers in the print of Penguin Random House.
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It has a copyright year of twenty twenty and the
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author is Anna Doudney Lama. Lama and his friends are
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learning about safety. The town's safety officer Flamingo, shows them
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how to stop, look and listen. All of a sudden,
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he slips and falls right on his ankle. Out whh
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looks like your sprang. You've sprained your ankle. Docor Hackney
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says you'll be on crutches for a couple of days.
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Officer Flamingo, It's okay, everyone, the officer replies, A hurt
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ankle won't stop me from doing my job. But the
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next day, Officer Flamingo tries to direct traffic and he
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realizes that crutches make doing the job difficult. Mama, Grandma
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and Lama see that Officer Flamingo needs help. They take
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over directing traffic so he can go home and rest.
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Back at the house that afternoon, Lama and his friends
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think about all the things that Officer Flamingo does in
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the neighborhood to keep them safe. If you think about it,
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there are a lot of grown ups who help all
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around town. Luna realizes, maybe we can make a special
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day to help all these helpers who help us. Suggest Lama,
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it could be like Thanksgiving ads Uclid. You mean like
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a thanks Forgiving day, ask Sama. Everyone looks the idea.
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The next day, Lama and his friends begin their Thanks
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for Giving Day plans. At school, they volunteer to help
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with the fun science project. To thank their teacher, Zelja Zebra.
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Mama and Grandpa Lama helped the class make a cool
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volcano that actually erupts. Next, Lam and his friends go
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to the library. They thank the librarian, Leonora Leopard, by
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helping organize books. Wow, says Lama, it sure takes a
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lot of work to run a library. Leonora appreciates the
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extra help. Then Lama and his friends go over to
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Nellie's house to learn about firefighting. Mama Knew, a volunteer
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firefighter teaches them how to coil fire hose into a
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neat circle. Suddenly, Mama Knew gets an emergency call. Gilroy's
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sister stuck in a tree. She climbed too high trying
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to get a ball that was caught in its branches.
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Mama Knew rushes to the rescue with Llama and his
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new friends behind her. Mama Nu gives every one instructions
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on how to help. Lama and his friends hold a
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large safety net under the tree. Jump. Sister Goat yells
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Mama Nu, what a giant lea. The Sister Goat jumps
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into the net, safe and sound, says Mama Nu. She
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gives the ball back to Sister Goat with a smile.
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After the excitement of the rescue, Lama and his friends
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pay a visit to Eleanor Elephant. She is picking up
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litter in the park. We want to say thanks for
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doing this and to thank you, can we also help you,
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ask Luna. Lama and his friends grab extra trash bags
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and get to work helping the clean up effort. Thanks
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for the thanks and thanks for helping Eleanor Elephant, says Lama.
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And his friends have thanked so many people, but the
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day isn't over yet. They head to Daddy News Bakery
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to thank him for feeding everyone in the community, especially
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those who need it most. Daddy Knew offers him sweet
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treat which gives Nellie an idea. If we gave special
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treats to all the community helpers, She asked Lama. Lama
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and his friends decide to host a special celebration to
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honor all the community helpers. The very next day, it
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is soon time for the big celebration. All the community
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helpers gather at the park gazebo, which Lama and his
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friends have decorated with colorful balloons and manners. Welcome to
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the first Annuel Thanks for Giving dinner, exclaims Lama. Wow,
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said Mama. Now this is amazing. Let's celebrate, exclaims Mama Lama.
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Kicking off the fun, Lama and his friends have planned
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lots of exciting games and activities. They have a ball
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toss and a potato sack race, and they even do
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a silly dance inspired by Officer Flamingo. Finally, Lama and
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his friends present the helpers with a special cake and
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a poem. We appreciate all the things you do, and
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most of all, we appreciate you, they recited together. Thank you,
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Thank you, kids, said Officer Flamingo. The Thanks for Giving
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celebration is a great success. Everyone celebrates by doing the
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Flamingo dance together. Our next story is called Beyond Turkey,
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a Thanksgiving feast of fun facts and activities, and it
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was published by Baron's Educational Series. It has a copyright
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year of two thousand and five and the author is
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Debbie Herman and Andy Kowski. The Story of Thanksgiving. Each
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year on the four Thursday of November, we celebrate the
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holiday of Thanksgiving, joining family and friends in a feast
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of turkey and cranberry sauce. But how did the holiday
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as we know it come about? And what are we
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thankful for? To answer these questions, we must look back
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at a courageous journey some ordinary people took almost four
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hundred years ago. Waves crashed against the ship, tossing up
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and down and rocking it from side to side. Winds
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flew violently, and a crack of thunder pierced the air
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below deck. Water leaked onto the passengers, who huddled together, shivering,
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waiting for the storm to subside. One hundred and two
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english men, women and children were all that ship. They
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had waved goodbye to family and friends one sad September
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day in sixteen twenty fare thee well, they called out,
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as the ship said, so pray remember me. Fun facts.
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In addition to the passengers, there were twenty five to
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thirty sailors on board and at least two dogs. The
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journey would be a dangerous one and perhaps they never
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see each other again, but they knew they had to go.
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Some went for religious reasons. They wanted to separate themselves
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from the Church of England because they disagreed with many
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of the IDAs, but King James would not allow it.
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So off to the New World America they headed to
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worship as they pleased. Other passengers were looking to make
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new lives for themselves. Many had been poorn hungery in
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England and hoped to do better in America. So others
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were looking for wealth or adventure. Now they all sat
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together on the Mayflower, the ship that would take them
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to their new home. They were ordinary people embarking on
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new lives. Years later they would become known as pilgrims,
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people who take a long journey. In a long and
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difficult journey, it was they ate hard, dry biscuits and
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cold salty meat instead of water. Everyone, even the children,
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drank beer. There was storm after storm, and many were seasick.
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The ship was crowded and cramped, and because no one
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could bathe or wash their clothes very smelly. One day,
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a man named John Holland fell overboard, but he grabbed
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onto a rope and was They stood back onto the ship.
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Another day a baby was born. His parents named him
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Oceanus because he was born in the Atlantic Ocean fun
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facs and like most ships which stu stunk like garbage,
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the mayflower had been used to carry barrels of wine.
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The scents, still lingering helped sweeten the air. Although it
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was a new world to the English, native people would
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have been living there for thousands of years. In one
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joyous day, land was sighted. They had reached Cape Cod,
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a strip of land in what was now the state
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of Massachusetts. People cheered and gave thanks praise God that
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hath given us once again to see land. But as
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they came closer to shore, the land appeared to dissolate
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to them. There were no houses, no towns to repair to,
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they explained, and no one to bid us welcome. Their
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only neighbors were them Wampawnock Indians, whom the pilgrims feared,
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anchored at the tip of Cape Cod. But before the
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people left the ship, they rode up an agreement stating
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that everyone must follow the rules of their new colony.
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This agreement became known as the Mayflower picked. Then at last,
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on the November eleventh, the pilgrim stepped onto dry land.
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After sixty six days at sea, their voyage was finally over.
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Many fell on their knees and prayed, children ran, women
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washed clothing. A carpenter repaired a small boat called a shallop,
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which had been brought along on the Mayflower, and a
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group of men went on exploring trip in search of
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a place to build their new colony. Miles standish. A
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soldier led the way while waiting for a permanent place
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to settle. The Pilgrim, women and children lived and slept
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on the Mayflower fun Fix. There was also a second
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birth on Mayflower, this time as it was anchored in
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the bay. The baby was named Peregrene, meaning wonderer or pilgrim.
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He was the first English baby born in New England.
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Cape Cod was not where the Pilgrims had planned to go.
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They had been trying to get to an area further
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south by the mouth of Hudson River, where New York
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City now stands, but strong winds had blown them off course.
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The Pilgrim's clothing was not just black and white, as
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many people think, but also red, yellow, green, blue, purple
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and reddish brown, and their hats and shoes did not
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have buckles. For weeks, the pilgrims explored the land, but
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they couldn't find a suitable home for their colony, and
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they were running out of time. I pray that you
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discover a fitting place to dwell soon, one woman told another.
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Winter is coming, with much foul weather falling in the
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other women agreed, our provisions are much spent. We will
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soon have nothing to eat, and many are becoming infected
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with sickness. The pilgrims decided to take one last exploring trip.
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They climbed into the shape and sailed away. They sailed
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the next day too. They rowed and rowed, fighting the
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winds and the waves, the snow and the rain. They
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continued rowing as darkness fell. That night, a strong wind
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blew them into harbor. Little did they know they had
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found the place they would soon call home. Upon exploring
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the area the next morning, the men were very pleased. Excitedly,
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they sailed back to the others, telling them of their discovery.
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There are running brooks of sweet fresh water with much
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good fish, and a great deal of land cleared for planting.
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There are forests nearby, where we can fill timber for building,
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and a great hill on top of which we can
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keep watch. Tis a fine place to build our village.
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The others agreed, and the mayflowers that sail once again,
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this time taking as passengers to their new home in
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Plymouth Harbor. The Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth on December sixteenth,
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sixteen twenty. Plymouth was is the northeastern part of the
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United States, which is known as New England. There is
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a legend that when the Pilgrim explorers landed at Plymouth,
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they stepped onto a huge granite boater jutting out of
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the sand. This boter became known as Plymouth Rock. Although
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the boater was in the area in which the Pilgrims landed,
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no one knows of the Pilgrims ever actually stepped on it.
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Plymouth Rock can be visited today in Plymouth, Massachusetts. But
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life was difficult. Winter had arrived. The days were stormy
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and cold, the ground was solid as ice. The Pilgrims
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were exhausted, but they began to build. As winter continued,
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many people became ill, some from pneumonia or malnutrition. There
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were many deaths during that terrible winter, only half the
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Pilgrims survived. Then, one day in March, without warning, an
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Indian strode into their village. Welcome Englishmen, He said, who
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is this Indian? They wondered, and and how did he
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know English? He introduced himself as Samuel sat He was
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a chief who had learned the language from English fishermen.
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The Pilgrims gave him biscuits, cheese, pudding, duck, and something
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to drink. They asked him many questions. He told them
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about the neighboring tribes. He told them the history of
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the land on which they were living. It was called
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pat uXt, meaning at or near the little falls. Then
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Whampanoak had lived there until sickness had swept across their land.
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Now the Pilgrims understood who had cleared their fields. Fishermen, explorers,
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and traders had been traveling between Europe and America for
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years before the Pilgrims arrived. Mysteriss sickness was smallpox. It
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was a disease brought over by European fishermen and explorers
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that came to the New World. The Pakist had never
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before been exposed to so disease, and many died Samuel
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set left the next morning, caring gifts he had received
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from the Pilgrims, a knife, of bracelet, and a ring.
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He returned some days later with Wamponoague who spoke English
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even better than he did. His name was test Quantum.
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Test Quantum was one of the survivors of the tribe.
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Samuel said, and Tis Quantum weren't the only people to
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visit the Pilgrims that day. Chief mass Sole sought a
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leader of the Wamponoague joined them as well, bringing sixty
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men with him. Extra exchanging greetings and gifts, the Pilgrims
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and the Waponoague signed a peace treaty, with Testa Quam
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serving as their translator. We shall live together in peace,
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they agreed, and if one people shall suffer attack, the
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author shall come to its aide. The Pilgrims said goodbye
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to their neighbors, but tess Quantum stayed on and lived
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with the Pilgrims for the rest of his life. He
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became known as Squanto. The peace between the Pilgrims in
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the Wampanoague lasted over fifty years. Squanto was a great
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help to the Pilgrims. He showed them how to plant
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corn using haring as fertilizer. He taught them how to
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dig for clams and catch eels with their bare hands.
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Squanto pointed out which plants were edible and which were poisonous.
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He showed them where the best berries grew. Squanto also
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acted as their god and their interpreter. Everyone worked hard
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that spring, planting, hunting, fishing, and building. The children worked
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hard too. They had many jobs, including gathering muscles and clams,
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guarding corn fields for manimals, and making mattresses by filling
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linen bags with straw or feathers. While many pilgrims had
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traditional names like John and Mary, others had a name
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like Love, Humility, and rem member. On April fifth, sixteen
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twenty one, the Mayflower and its crew returned to England,
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but the pilgrims remained. Spring turned into summer and summer
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to fall. Now it was harvest time. The ripe and
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crops were gathered to eat and to store away for winter.
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The harvest was a good one. There were many different
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fruits and vegetables, including corn, pumpkin, and gooseberries. There was
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plenty of fish and meat. Food was dried and pickled
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to last through the winter, the future looked hopeful. The
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Pilgrims wanted to celebrate their plentiful harvest as they had
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done back in England. Let us prepare a goodly feast
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to celebrate our harvest, announced to William Bradford, the governor
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of Plymouth. The first governor of Plymouth was John Carver.
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He died in the winter, and William Bradford took over
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to prepare. Men hunted duck, wild turkey, and geese. Others
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fish for cod, bass, and eel. When the east began
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in the fall of sixteen twenty one, fifty two Pilgrims
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gathered together to eat and celebrate. There were no forks
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on the table, because the English in those days ate
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with their hands. They had big cloth napkins to wipe
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their hands, and they ate out of wooden plates called trenchers.
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Mass Toilswat joined them, bringing along some of his friends,
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ninety of them. They went into the forest and returned
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with five deer to add to the feast. The seventeen hundreds.
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Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, and not
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the bald eagle, the national bird of the United States.
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While the Pilgrims might have had cranberries and pumpkins at
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their harvest feast. They did not have cranberry sauce or
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pumpkin pot and while they probably did serve turkey, it
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was only one of many foods. Plymouth was the second
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permanent English settlement in the New World. Jamestown, Virginia was
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the first. It, along with the many others that followed,
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eventually became the United States of America. Aside from eating
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and drinking, adults and children played games. There were foot
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races and jumping contests. Adults played tug of war. Men
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had log throwing contests. The Pilgrims sang songs from the
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Bible and English folk songs. Miles Stainish led the pilgrim
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men in a military parade where they marched a drum
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and fired their muskets. The Wampanoaks shot their arrows and
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entertained the crowd with dancing. The feast lasted for three days.
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Things were looking better for the Pilgrims. Some of their
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houses had already been completed. They were healthier now and
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had food for the winter. They were in a land
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they could practice their religion, and they were at peace
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with their neighbors. But most of all, they had hoped
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that their little colony would survive and grow, and it did.
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America's growth, unfortunately, also led to the name of people's
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loss of land and of a way of life. Thanksgiving
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today is a combination of two customs, Puritan Thanksgiving Days
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and English harvest festivals. Thanksgiving Days were religious holidays, established
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as days of thanks to God when especially good things
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happen and we're spent in prayer. Harvest festivals were secular,
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non religious holidays celebrated with feasting after a good harvest.
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Thanksgiving Days were declared during and after the birth of America,
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with different colonies, states, and territories ce bringing them on
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and off in different times. In the eighteen hundreds, a
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writer and editor named Sarah Joseph Hill urged American leaders
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to make Thanksgiving a yearly holiday celebrated by the entire country.
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In eighteen sixty three, President Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving Day a
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national holiday to be celebrated from that day forward. In
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the mid eighteen hundreds and even even more so in
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the nineteen hundreds, people call the story of the sixteen
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twenty one Harvest Feast, which they incorrectly believed to be
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the first Thanksgiving and linked to their own Thanksgiving celebration.
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As America continues to grow with immigrants coming from different countries,
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this image of two different cultures feasting together seemed the
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perfect symbol for the American holiday. The story of the
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Plymouth Pilgrims and their Indian neighbors has always been closely
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connected to our Thanksgiving holiday ever since. Fun fact, you
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can experience what life was like for the Pilgrims by
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visiting Plymouth Plantation, a living history museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts,
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where interpreters recreate life in Plymouth by dressing, speaking, and
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acting like the Pilgrims did. You can also climb aboard
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a production on the Mayflower. Our next story is called
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Theolonus Turkey Lives on Felicia Ferguson's Farm and it was
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published by Alfred Andoff, an imprint of Random House. Chund's
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book has a copyright year of two thousand and five
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and it was written by Lynn Rowe reads. Every year
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a plump, waterly turkle turkey disappeared just before Thanksgiving. This year,
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there was only one turkey left on Felicia Ferguson's farm.
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It was just a week before Thanksgiving, and the Oniess
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Turkey was becoming nervous about dinner being dinner, that is
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every day. Felicia fifth the Loness three square meals of
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special seats. Then she plucked feathers from him and put
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him in a big bag. The Loness thought that Felicia
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was trying to fatten him up for the chopping block
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and was plucking his feathers to bitter see his size gulp.
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He was becoming very scared. With just seven days until Thanksgiving,
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the Loneus turkey gatherers farm friends and made an announced
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I will not go to the chopping block without a fight.
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Ferocious Felicia's gotta go. The next day, the Loneis got
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to work. He was up bright and early doing a
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little plumbing while everyone slept. Cow helped with When Felicia
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showered that morning, she was utterly surprised. On the fifth
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day before Thanksgiving, the Onus found a can of paint
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in the barn and made a beautiful sign. All of
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the geese knew how to read. Still, Felicia was friendly.
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She kept feeding the Lonis and plucking his feathers. Lovely day, Feleonis,
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she said, not if you're a fat turkey, he gobbled.
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You get one wish with the wishbone. The onus wished
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he could stay alive. Imagine the worst mate, the onus
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a very naughty turkey. The pigs disappeared one day. Felicia
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looked for them everywhere, under the tractor, in the pond,
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and the haystack in the trash can. She searched until
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she was so exhausted that she needed a nap pee you. Then,
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just three days before Thanksgiving, the Onus cooked up another
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bright idea hard boy eggs for the chickens to lay
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On the second day before Thanksgiving, the day before the
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chopping block, the Onus was busy playing all kinds of
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tricks that evening. He came up with the plan. If
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Felicia overslept the next morning, she wouldn't get him to
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the chopping block on time. He would have to keep
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her awake. A good thunderstorm would work. Felicia hardly slept
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a wink still. If Felicia woke up the next morning
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with a spring in her step, I have a surprise
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for you, she told the Onus. I like to show
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you the new block in town. Ah, you mean the
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chopping block, gobbled with a groan. So Felicia loaded through
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the Onus in the pickup truck and drove toward town.
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Sounds clanked and whirled from the building where they parked.
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Felicia grabbed the Onis by the neck. The Onus was
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so scared even his wattle shook. They went inside. Well
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I'll be stuffed, proclaimed Theonis. I'm a hat interpreter, a
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fashion phenom, the guru of Gorges. On Thanksgiving Day, Theonis
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fixed a feast fits for Felicia. Lovely dinner, said Felicia.
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Lovely day, replied Theonis. Felicia, Theonis and all of his
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friends stuffed themselves and they all gave thanks. Today Theona's
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turkey Sillos on the farm with all of his friends.
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That concludes our story our for today. Please join us
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next time as we will read more stories, fables and
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fairy tales, and thank you for listening. Please stay tuned
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