[Sca-cooks] From my Mom- folks, enjoy ;-)

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

>When I was a young turkey, new to the coop,
>My big brother Tom took me out on the stoop,
>Then he sat me down, and he spoke real slow,
>And he told me there was something that I had to know;
>His look and his tone I will always remember,
>When he told me of the horrors of.... Black November;
>"Come about August, now listen to me,
>Each day you'll get six meals instead of just three",
>"And soon you'll be thick, where once you were thin,
>And you'll grow a big rubbery thing under your chin";
>"And then one morning, when you're warm in your bed,
>In will burst the farmer's wife, and hack off your head";
>"Then she'll pluck out all your feathers so you're bald'n pink,
>And scoop out all your insides and leave ya lying'in the sink";
>"And then comes the worst part" he said not bluffing,
>"She'll spread your cheeks and pack your rear with stuffing".
>Well, the rest of his words were too grim to repeat,
>I sat on the stoop like a winged piece of meat,
>And decided on the spot that to avoid being cooked,
>I'd have to lay low and remain overlooked;
>I began a new diet of nuts and granola,
>High-roughage salads, juice and diet cola;
>And as they ate pastries, chocolates and crepes,
>I stayed in my room doing Jane Fonda tapes;
>I maintained my weight of two pounds and a half,
>And tried not to notice when the bigger birds laughed;
>But 'twas I who was laughing, under my breath,
>As they chomped and they chewed, ever closer to death
>And sure enough when Black November rolled around,
>I was the last turkey left in the entire compound;
>So now I'm a pet in the farmer's wife's lap;
>I haven't a worry, so I eat and I nap;
>She held me today, while sewing and humming,
>And smiled at me and said "Christmas is coming..."
>
>Have a very happy and safe Thanksgiving!

Phlip

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....