THANKSGIVING SPARKLER



Divide the group into four smaller groups and assign each group one of the words listed below. Read the story. After each of the words is read pause for the group to make the appropriate response.

FATHER Stand up and say "When I was your age, son."
CAR Stand up and say "Chuga, chuga, chuga"
FARMER Stand up and put hands in suspenders and say "Where's my horse?"
TURKEY Stand up and say "Gobble, Gobble, Gobble"


Once upon a time, just before Thanksgiving a FATHER___, a mother and Cub Scout climbed into the family CAR___ and drove into the country. They were looking for a FARMER___ with a TURKEY___ that they could buy for their Thanksgiving dinner. As they drove down the road in their CAR___, they saw a FARMER___ standing in a yard with a TURKEY___.

Turning into the yard, the FATHER___ stopped the CAR___ near the FARMER___ and the TURKEY___. They all got out of the CAR and the FATHER___ purchased the TURKEY___ from the FARMER___. "Now, if you will remove the TURKEY'S___ head, we will get into the CAR___ and drive home," said the FATHER___ to the FARMER___.

As the FATHER___ the mother and the Cub Scout were riding home in the CAR___ an amazing thing happened! The TURKEY___, although its head had been removed by the FARMER___, began to speak! "Please don't eat me for Thanksgiving," the TURKEY___ pleaded. "I will make a fine pet for you," he told the Cub Scout. The FATHER___, the mother and the Cub Scout talked about this astounding request as they rode home in the CAR___.

And so it happened that the TURKEY___ joined the FATHER___, the mother and the Cub Scout in their Thanksgiving dinner of hamburgers and French-fries. The Turkey became a very good pet, as it did not chase CARS___, cats or fire hydrants. The FATHER___ enrolled the Turkey at college as everyone know, with a good education, it is much easier to get a head . . .

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