Cluck put-purr kee kee went the turkeys in the back of Jim's truck. He was delivering them to neighboring vicinities for Thanksgiving. When he reached Tom's house he yellared "Turkeys for sale!" Tom had a peek, "How much do you want for the plump one?" and that is when the trouble began.
Claudie loves pets so when granny said "Tom go fetch the turkey (wink wink ) the turkey got loud and started running in circles. Claudy the grandaughter led him to a room and dressed him up in clothes. "Meet Gumbo, " she said proudly. He strutted round the kitchen with a cluck put-pur kee kee
Now, he thought he was family. "Tom take the turkey out and give him a good talkin'(wink wink)" What else could he do. He plunked the turkey in the back of his pick up truck and drove away. Claudie stood at the window crying. The last thing she heard was "cluck put-purr kee kee." as the truck drove away, the clucking faded out.
Tom sat on a rock with an unfired rifle in his hands. "Gumbo
was reciting Grace in a mumbo jumbo kind of way but it was
obvious even to a Hillbilly man that this turkey was
brainy and smart. "So your a Canadian heh!" he said to the
strutting anxious turkey. "Oka. Let's go home. Never mind.
We will eat an opossum instead"
Not only presidents pardon turkeys. Poor hungry hillbillies, do, too. Show me a hillbilly that will eat a possum rather than a turkey for Thanksgiving, and I will show you fake hillbilly from Beverly Hills!
