Attack of the Killer Turkey

Anyone want to guess what I was doing at 2:30 this afternoon? Give up? I was chasing this bird around my girl's school with a broom. No kidding. I have talked before about the country school that my girls attend, and the various critters that show up occasionally, but we were all surprised today when right up to the gym door strolled this huge turkey. It wasn't afraid of the kids at all, it just stared at them and stayed all puffed up. Well after awhile we closed the gym doors and hoped he would eventually keep strolling on. There was a lot of discussion on whether or not it was a wild turkey....but because it was so obviously well fed we assume it came from a neighboring farm.

When Pre-K came out to play the bird followed them out to the playground and pretty much cornered them. That is when we had to get the broom out to shoe it away. The funny thing is it really just wanted to stick around. A group of kids helped send it towards the track and the football field before I realized that Regan was doing laps on the track in her special bike accompanied by her aide and physical therapist. Now if there is one thing Regan is truly afraid of it is animals of all shapes and sizes. That turkey just took off running towards her and the bike, and I took off after the turkey to head it towards a neighboring pasture and not my screaming 12 yr old.

We finally managed to keep it close to the fence line when one of the men there to pick up his kids recognized the bird from his neighbors farm. It was in fact a pet, and loves people! Well he chased the turkey down, and grabbed it up by it's feet, then just simply tossed it into his truck and drove off. Turkey time was over.

Riddle for the day: A man was hiking in the hills for the first time and, for safety, he brings along two guides. At the beginning of the hike, the first guide said, "Keep all personal items close, stay behind me, and above all else, keep your balance around the steep dropoffs!" The second guide had never been on such a long hike and, despite the warnings, tumbled off one of the high cliffs and rolled into a valley. The second guide's spine was broken in the fall. The man and the first guide watched the fall, shrugged, and moved on. Why did they offer no help or concern?