Kids
It's the middle of November
and the weather's crisp and cool,
Thanksgiving's getting closer
so there's lots to do at school.
Our teacher gives us projects
that we work on every day,
we make Indians and Pilgrims
out of paper, paste and clay.
Our bright Thanksgiving murals
are displayed on all the walls,
and our cut-out paper pumpkins
gaily decorate the halls.
Today I drew a turkey
with a fat and funny face --
in the middle of November
school's a very busy place.
- excerpt from "It's Thanksgiving" by Jack Prelutsky, Children's Poet Laureate