There was this lovely speckled egg in a nest all by itself. Mrs. Gumm picked it up and hurried home to tell her friend the cat. A genuine turkey egg.

"We'll hatch it and feed it and let it grow plump. What a fine Thanksgiving dinner we will have. Imagine!"

The wobbly turkey that emerged from the egg turned out to be quite an eater. Nothing was safe from him. But neither Mrs. Gumm nor Cat complained, not event when Turkey at the cat food, because Thanksgiving was coming!

The great day arrived with cranberry sauce, onion and chestnut dressing, cornbread all warm and fragrant, pumpkin pie, and—turkey? Thanksgiving dinner turned out to be an unusual occasion.

Once again Lorna Balian does a superb job of blending text and drawings in a charming story. Fund to read or tell.

From the dust jacket