For a clever bird like Pete / it was perfect camouflage.” He makes his escape, and is last seen lounging on a turkey-filled tropical beach as the disappointed Squawk Valleyites gather round the table for a main course of. The room was full of turkeys / in a wall to wall collage. There were turkeys made of paper, / there were turkeys made of soap. Pete may be vain, but he hasn’t lost the wiliness of his wild ancestors when the townsfolk come for him, he hides amidst a flock of sculpted gobblers-“There were turkeys made of spuds, / there were turkeys made of rope. Shelly debuts with brightly hued cartoon scenes featuring pop-eyed country folk and deceptively silly-looking gobblers.
The ploy works, too, for out of the woods struts plump and perky Pete to take on the job. What to do? They decide to lure a bird back by appealing to its vanity, placing a want ad for a model to help sculptors creating turkey art, then “inviting” the bird to dinner. The leaves have changed, Thanksgiving nears-and the canny turkeys of Squawk Valley have decamped, leaving local residents to face the prospect of a birdless holiday.
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