Q. I need a play/ skit for our Thanksgiving program. If anyone have any great ideas where I can find them, please let me know. Thanks!
By the way I already have "Squanto'sThanksgiving".
By the way I already have "Squanto'sThanksgiving".
Answer
How about The Ugly Turkey (a short play)
SETUP
This play can be shortened or lengthened to suit the needs and skill levels of the children participating. Props can be simple puppets made from lunch bags or more complex marionettes. Use a large cardboard box for the backdrop. Paint, or draw with crayons, rolling hills, trees, a farm house and fence.
SCRIPT
Narrator: There were once five turkeys, all born on the same day, but one turkey was not quite like the others.
Turkey #1: "Isn't it a beautiful morning? It is GREAT to be a Turkey today!"
Turkey #2: (Strutting around) "I am so proud to be a Turkey, don't you think we are beautiful?"
Turkey #3: "I think we are the most handsome creatures on earth!"
Turkey #4: "The four of us are definitely gorgeous to behold, but what happened to you (speaking to the Ugly Turkey)? You do not look like the rest of us, you are not as beautiful as we are."
The Ugly Turkey: "It is true I do not look like you, but won't you be my friend anyway? Are looks all that is important? I am a good friend, a good listener, and I would help any of you if you were in need."
Turkey #1: "Honestly, I don't think I want to be friends with someone who is so different from myself."
Turkey #2: "Yeah, you aren't cool like the rest of us."
Turkey #3: "We don't want to play with you."
Turkey #4: "Go away."
The Ugly Turkey: "I am sad that you will not be my friend. I will go away, surely there is someone who will like me for who I am and not what I look like."
Narrator: So The Ugly Turkey turned and walked away. He wandered over the hill and through the trees and the four Turkeys thought nothing of it. As time passed the four Turkeys grew bigger and fatter! They grew and grew until they were so round they could hardly walk. They were not quite so cute as they were when they were little. When the farmers grandchildren came to visit they would stop to look at the horses, the cows, the puppies and kittens. They would giggle as the ducks waddled by and squeal with delight as the sheep scampered over the hills, but when they saw the Turkeys they just kept walking, some even looked a bit scared. Then one day a strange animal showed up on the farm.
Turkey #1: "Who's that strange bird over there on the hill, does anyone know?"
Turkey #2: "He's beautiful isn't he? Look at his tail feathers, they're rich in color and intricately patterned."
Turkey #3: "Did you see the plume atop his head, like a crown of glory? He stands tall and perfectly trim."
Turkey #4: "Do you think he will want to be our friend, we are not near so grand as he is?"
Turkey #2: "Let's go introduce ourselves and see if he will join us."
Narrator: As the four Turkeys approached the beautiful bird on the hill they noticed that the bird looked familiar.
Turkey #1: "Hello. We were wondering if you would like to join us? You are so beautiful we would be honored to have you for a friend."
The Ugly Turkey: "Do I not look familiar to you? Once I tried to be your friend but you all rejected me saying I was ugly and different."
Turkey #3: "I remember. That was so long ago. You are definitely not ugly now! You are the most magnificent bird on this farm."
Turkey #4: (With head hung low) "If you do not want to be our friend we understand, we are not nearly so grand as we thought we once were."
(The four Turkeys turn to walk away)
Turkey #5: "We do not want to embarrass you, we will go away."
The Ugly Turkey: "Please don't go. Have you not learned anything while I was away? It is not what you look like on the outside that matters but what you are on the inside that is important. I would be happy to be your friend."
Narrator: So the four Turkeys and the Peacock took a stroll over the hill and through the trees. They were often all seen together strolling about. When the farmers grandchildren would visit they would often stop by the five birds, talking excitedly. The four Turkeys knew that that the children were looking at the beautiful Peacock, but it didn't matter. It didn't matter because they were all friends and they were all equal.
(All participants say, "THE END" in unison and take a bow)
How about The Ugly Turkey (a short play)
SETUP
This play can be shortened or lengthened to suit the needs and skill levels of the children participating. Props can be simple puppets made from lunch bags or more complex marionettes. Use a large cardboard box for the backdrop. Paint, or draw with crayons, rolling hills, trees, a farm house and fence.
SCRIPT
Narrator: There were once five turkeys, all born on the same day, but one turkey was not quite like the others.
Turkey #1: "Isn't it a beautiful morning? It is GREAT to be a Turkey today!"
Turkey #2: (Strutting around) "I am so proud to be a Turkey, don't you think we are beautiful?"
Turkey #3: "I think we are the most handsome creatures on earth!"
Turkey #4: "The four of us are definitely gorgeous to behold, but what happened to you (speaking to the Ugly Turkey)? You do not look like the rest of us, you are not as beautiful as we are."
The Ugly Turkey: "It is true I do not look like you, but won't you be my friend anyway? Are looks all that is important? I am a good friend, a good listener, and I would help any of you if you were in need."
Turkey #1: "Honestly, I don't think I want to be friends with someone who is so different from myself."
Turkey #2: "Yeah, you aren't cool like the rest of us."
Turkey #3: "We don't want to play with you."
Turkey #4: "Go away."
The Ugly Turkey: "I am sad that you will not be my friend. I will go away, surely there is someone who will like me for who I am and not what I look like."
Narrator: So The Ugly Turkey turned and walked away. He wandered over the hill and through the trees and the four Turkeys thought nothing of it. As time passed the four Turkeys grew bigger and fatter! They grew and grew until they were so round they could hardly walk. They were not quite so cute as they were when they were little. When the farmers grandchildren came to visit they would stop to look at the horses, the cows, the puppies and kittens. They would giggle as the ducks waddled by and squeal with delight as the sheep scampered over the hills, but when they saw the Turkeys they just kept walking, some even looked a bit scared. Then one day a strange animal showed up on the farm.
Turkey #1: "Who's that strange bird over there on the hill, does anyone know?"
Turkey #2: "He's beautiful isn't he? Look at his tail feathers, they're rich in color and intricately patterned."
Turkey #3: "Did you see the plume atop his head, like a crown of glory? He stands tall and perfectly trim."
Turkey #4: "Do you think he will want to be our friend, we are not near so grand as he is?"
Turkey #2: "Let's go introduce ourselves and see if he will join us."
Narrator: As the four Turkeys approached the beautiful bird on the hill they noticed that the bird looked familiar.
Turkey #1: "Hello. We were wondering if you would like to join us? You are so beautiful we would be honored to have you for a friend."
The Ugly Turkey: "Do I not look familiar to you? Once I tried to be your friend but you all rejected me saying I was ugly and different."
Turkey #3: "I remember. That was so long ago. You are definitely not ugly now! You are the most magnificent bird on this farm."
Turkey #4: (With head hung low) "If you do not want to be our friend we understand, we are not nearly so grand as we thought we once were."
(The four Turkeys turn to walk away)
Turkey #5: "We do not want to embarrass you, we will go away."
The Ugly Turkey: "Please don't go. Have you not learned anything while I was away? It is not what you look like on the outside that matters but what you are on the inside that is important. I would be happy to be your friend."
Narrator: So the four Turkeys and the Peacock took a stroll over the hill and through the trees. They were often all seen together strolling about. When the farmers grandchildren would visit they would often stop by the five birds, talking excitedly. The four Turkeys knew that that the children were looking at the beautiful Peacock, but it didn't matter. It didn't matter because they were all friends and they were all equal.
(All participants say, "THE END" in unison and take a bow)
Has your vet ever misdiagnosed your horse?
Q. A few days ago I asked this...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiZUphofI61Zk_7rgIPqbuHsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20111018091642AAku9f6
Just want to say first off, my vet and my farrier are good friends and often work together on lameness cases.
Alright, so yesterday my vet called me and asked me to bring my mare back in for a second set of x-rays. My farrier had called her and told her what he thought, just for back up she wanted a second set of x-rays. (At no cost to me.)
Turns out, the second set of x-rays showed NO evidence of navicular syndrome. She thinks there was either a glitch in the original or the scans got switched with another horse.
So it turns out, though my farrier really had no credentials to diagnose a shoulder muscle strain (which my vet agreed with) he was right all along. And the original stumbling issue was due to her needing chiropractic work.
After 3 days of stall rest and 1 gram of bute twice a day for the first two days... my mare is sound and good as new.
So, my LQ is, have you ever received a misdiagnosis from your vet?
Oh I'm not bashing on my vet at all and I thank her and my farrier for being willing to work together to figure it out. I'm just asking whether it has happened to others.
@Barefoot: Eight? Jebus... what was the final diagnosis? Sounds like what I personally went through with my own health. Took 6 different MDs and specialists to figure out what these lesions were I used to get on my hands. Turns out... I'm fvcking allergic to gluten. Yeah, it took 6 doctors to figure out I have a very common allergy.
@Gallop, the chiropractic work did not relieve the shoulder pain. It stopped my mare's stumbling issue that caused her to fall in the first place. The shoulder pain was caused by the fall, where my mare stuck her leg out to catch herself, and her leg slid out from under her and she nose dived.
She was on three days rest, two days bute. Last day was bute free.
I understand and completely appreciate what you are saying. But my vet has now confided in me that there is NO navicular issue whatsoever, and she confirmed that the lameness was due to a muscle strain from the fall, and that the fall was due to "out of whack" vertebrae near the withers.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiZUphofI61Zk_7rgIPqbuHsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20111018091642AAku9f6
Just want to say first off, my vet and my farrier are good friends and often work together on lameness cases.
Alright, so yesterday my vet called me and asked me to bring my mare back in for a second set of x-rays. My farrier had called her and told her what he thought, just for back up she wanted a second set of x-rays. (At no cost to me.)
Turns out, the second set of x-rays showed NO evidence of navicular syndrome. She thinks there was either a glitch in the original or the scans got switched with another horse.
So it turns out, though my farrier really had no credentials to diagnose a shoulder muscle strain (which my vet agreed with) he was right all along. And the original stumbling issue was due to her needing chiropractic work.
After 3 days of stall rest and 1 gram of bute twice a day for the first two days... my mare is sound and good as new.
So, my LQ is, have you ever received a misdiagnosis from your vet?
Oh I'm not bashing on my vet at all and I thank her and my farrier for being willing to work together to figure it out. I'm just asking whether it has happened to others.
@Barefoot: Eight? Jebus... what was the final diagnosis? Sounds like what I personally went through with my own health. Took 6 different MDs and specialists to figure out what these lesions were I used to get on my hands. Turns out... I'm fvcking allergic to gluten. Yeah, it took 6 doctors to figure out I have a very common allergy.
@Gallop, the chiropractic work did not relieve the shoulder pain. It stopped my mare's stumbling issue that caused her to fall in the first place. The shoulder pain was caused by the fall, where my mare stuck her leg out to catch herself, and her leg slid out from under her and she nose dived.
She was on three days rest, two days bute. Last day was bute free.
I understand and completely appreciate what you are saying. But my vet has now confided in me that there is NO navicular issue whatsoever, and she confirmed that the lameness was due to a muscle strain from the fall, and that the fall was due to "out of whack" vertebrae near the withers.
Answer
YES!
I will explain first that I live in a rural area and do not have many vets near me. Often we are stuck with student vets. I am not always able to get hold of the practice owner, he is the only "real" horse vet around.
Although we have a new young female vet that actually rides horses and competes in jumping/dressage. So although she admits to looking things up and not knowing everything, she is more horse inclined and willing to work with me.
Story - I found a pony mare (she had a 2 month old foal at foot) looking "off" and possible a puncture mark on her muzzle area.
I called the vet immediately as I suspected snake bite (in Australia our snakes are deadly to horses) it was early January and hot (our summer).
I told them I thought it was snake bite, but I was not sure if I needed Brown or Tiger snake anti venom as I had not seen the snake. The "all purpose" anti venom is very expensive (worth more than the horse value) but I asked them to bring it any way.
On arrival the vet examined the mare and told me she thought it was calcium deficiency because the mare had a foal at foot. I told her flat out I thought she was wrong.
She was insistent that she was right. I am not a vet so I asked her what the treatment was and how long it would take to work. She explained it would just be a intravenous line and we would have signs of improvement in 30 minutes.
I said "ok do that, but if it has not worked I want the anti venom given". To which she agreed.
She put the line in the mares neck and administered the bag. However she lost the cap off the end of the line and when the bag was removed the mare was spewing blood everywhere. The vet panicked and pulled the line out of the mares vein completely.
We sat and waited and the poor mare became more staggery. The foal was trying to suckle and I had to remove it from the yard to prevent it accessing poison milk (distressing to both).
The vet went and phoned other vets (of course this was a Saturday afternoon and she was the only one around). I was by this time demanding that she give the mare the anti venom.
She finally agreed her treatment was not working and went to find the mares vein..... she could not get a line in, the mares veins were collapsing! She tried the head, under her belly, the leg you name it.
Now I had a poor mare staggering, kids crying, visitors from the city helping us hold this poor mare up while the vet continued to try and work on her. The city people took their children into our house, the sun was now setting (she arrived at 1pm) and a storm was rolling in.
By this time I was furious! She kept making more phone calls. By this time the mare was reaching no return and the vet could not even put her down for me, as she could not get a vein!!!
I told her to get off the property and a few other things ;-( As the storm rolled in my husband and I managed to somehow get her to stagger into the stables. I gave her high doses of home remedies, which is what I should have done in the first place and I managed to get her through the night. By morning she ate a small amount and had a small drink, I felt she might make it.
By lunch time she had deteriorated again and I had to get my husband to shoot her. I was absolutely furious this vet had not only misdiagnosed my horse, but failed to listen to her client.
I know they are not gods, but common sense seems to lack sometimes.
Glad your horse is going to be ok. My new young vet worked in well with my farrier on a foundered pony I had last year, made my life much better! I use chiro and physio, they certainly have a place in horse care and my care..lol ;-)
Oh and the foal was fine, I pair her up with my TB gelding and he cared for her beautifully. I literally had to "wean" her off him when she was a yearling..lol I still have her and have now broken her in for my girls to ride, she is 5yo ;-)
YES!
I will explain first that I live in a rural area and do not have many vets near me. Often we are stuck with student vets. I am not always able to get hold of the practice owner, he is the only "real" horse vet around.
Although we have a new young female vet that actually rides horses and competes in jumping/dressage. So although she admits to looking things up and not knowing everything, she is more horse inclined and willing to work with me.
Story - I found a pony mare (she had a 2 month old foal at foot) looking "off" and possible a puncture mark on her muzzle area.
I called the vet immediately as I suspected snake bite (in Australia our snakes are deadly to horses) it was early January and hot (our summer).
I told them I thought it was snake bite, but I was not sure if I needed Brown or Tiger snake anti venom as I had not seen the snake. The "all purpose" anti venom is very expensive (worth more than the horse value) but I asked them to bring it any way.
On arrival the vet examined the mare and told me she thought it was calcium deficiency because the mare had a foal at foot. I told her flat out I thought she was wrong.
She was insistent that she was right. I am not a vet so I asked her what the treatment was and how long it would take to work. She explained it would just be a intravenous line and we would have signs of improvement in 30 minutes.
I said "ok do that, but if it has not worked I want the anti venom given". To which she agreed.
She put the line in the mares neck and administered the bag. However she lost the cap off the end of the line and when the bag was removed the mare was spewing blood everywhere. The vet panicked and pulled the line out of the mares vein completely.
We sat and waited and the poor mare became more staggery. The foal was trying to suckle and I had to remove it from the yard to prevent it accessing poison milk (distressing to both).
The vet went and phoned other vets (of course this was a Saturday afternoon and she was the only one around). I was by this time demanding that she give the mare the anti venom.
She finally agreed her treatment was not working and went to find the mares vein..... she could not get a line in, the mares veins were collapsing! She tried the head, under her belly, the leg you name it.
Now I had a poor mare staggering, kids crying, visitors from the city helping us hold this poor mare up while the vet continued to try and work on her. The city people took their children into our house, the sun was now setting (she arrived at 1pm) and a storm was rolling in.
By this time I was furious! She kept making more phone calls. By this time the mare was reaching no return and the vet could not even put her down for me, as she could not get a vein!!!
I told her to get off the property and a few other things ;-( As the storm rolled in my husband and I managed to somehow get her to stagger into the stables. I gave her high doses of home remedies, which is what I should have done in the first place and I managed to get her through the night. By morning she ate a small amount and had a small drink, I felt she might make it.
By lunch time she had deteriorated again and I had to get my husband to shoot her. I was absolutely furious this vet had not only misdiagnosed my horse, but failed to listen to her client.
I know they are not gods, but common sense seems to lack sometimes.
Glad your horse is going to be ok. My new young vet worked in well with my farrier on a foundered pony I had last year, made my life much better! I use chiro and physio, they certainly have a place in horse care and my care..lol ;-)
Oh and the foal was fine, I pair her up with my TB gelding and he cared for her beautifully. I literally had to "wean" her off him when she was a yearling..lol I still have her and have now broken her in for my girls to ride, she is 5yo ;-)
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