St Joseph School - Josephium Yearbook (Elwood, IN)

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1: I ' 111 gap! 'xxf ffl lf.- xxxx' itil I wonder why? It is best she 1sg't here though, because it would surely be hard for her o hold her own among these big turkeys.' November 15- UMy rations have been almost doubled, and my master took me to a shed and weighed me today. Everything is so suspicious that I must be on my guard at all t1mes.' NOVGYHDSI' 16- WI was weighed again today and my master seemed well pleased that the scales registered twenty-four pounds and twelve ounces. All because of my weight, my master placed a tag on my leg, bearing one word WSOLDN. I don't like this a bit, so I will go and get into mischief--no! on second thought, that would do no good, so I just wait for further events.'k November 20- WWell I find that this will be my last entery in this diary because I must leave this place and all my friends today. A strange man is coming to take me awgy, I wonder why? Am I to be his pet? Live in the city? On a farm? I wonder? The answer will never be written here by me, I am leaving-- forever. The strange man is ready to take me away so I must close now 'DIARX'-- And what lays ahead I must wait and see.' P. B. 'I am going to be welcomed into the strange man's family on UThanksg1v1ng Dayu. It is a holiday, I think. It's strange that I've never heard of 'Thanksgiving Dayn before, but it must be a very nice occasion--I wonder?' --Beverly Fettig

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S i f .1 s::Q - 4,p1Ql' af' ... X? HIMA TURKEY'S DIARXU April 20- 'My name is 'ImaN, and I live on a huge turkey farm with all my new friends, 1 When I was not more than six weeks old, I learned who was the 'King of the turkey lot, meaning NTom Turkeyu. Tom is almost one and a half years old and really rules this turkey lot like an HEmp1ren. Among my new friends, I have a very special one, named 'ToddleU. May 1- Wwell UTodd1en and I are very friendly but we play too rough and we are too m1schievous.' ment tall have June I learned to stop fighting the hard way, through punish- Many's the time I have been minus a few of my beautiful feathers, usually as a reminder from HTomH that I will to behave or pay the consequences.n 18- nI've been paying the consequences for quite a while, and so as of this moment I resolve not to get into any more USorapsU with my fr1ends.N August l- that 'I'm growing a lot now, but as I look around, I can see UToddle' is a very small turkey for six months, and I think she just 1sn't eating enough.u August 14- 'Toddlen is eating much better but she just doesn't seem to frow,U to make October 25- 'A 'I frow and frow but 'Toddle' just frows, which 1sn't enough, her as healthy as she ought to be.' very strange thing happened today--I am now in a bigger lot with bigger turkeys, but NToddleU d1dn't come with me.

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