THE TURKEY MISTAKE Tom was a turkey. Tom loved his master because Farmer Bill was a vegetarian. He never ate turkey or chicken, but kept them as pets. One day Farmer Bill was reading the newspaper when his Wife came onto the front porch. Bill put down his paper, scratched Tom, and asked what was for dinner. But then, the cat, Nemo, Pounced at Tom but fell into the newspaper on the porch. The newspaper slid past Tom and slid off the porch and into the trashcan. Mrs. Bill was a policewoman and in Kokum it is illegal to steal somebody else's newspaper. " He must have eaten it!" she cried pointing at Tom. Tom had known it was illegal so he bolted away at high speed. He ran to Antarctica and built an igloo. He installed a phone line and cable TV. He lived happily eating fish that the penguins brought him. Then, one day, Tom was watching TV when a special bulletin came on. "Tom Turkey, pick up the phone and dial 345-6789," A man said. It was judge Taboo. Tom Picked up the phone and called the court. Then the man on TV said thank you and the camera turned to the whole courtroom. "This Turkey is accused of eating Farmer Bill's news," a man said. Tom got very stressed, so he did something his mother had taught him. He cried out singing his favorite blues song. The people in the court were so stunned; Tom started singing "It was Nemo, not me," which he made up. When Tom finished, the court decided Nemo was to go to jail, but Tom, paying for his bail, freed him. Then everyone on the farm was happy, and Tom was known everywhere as "The Blues Turkey." THE BAD TURKEY There once was a turkey accused, For eating up the farmer's news. He yelled at the court, From inside his snow fort, And started to sing the blues.