Trauma Means Drama (in a very awkward way) by Ayana Alamgir, age 9 Author’s Note: In this story, “humans” is spelled “hubans.” “Banksgiving” is actually “Thanksgiving.” Narrator: One day, there was a fat turkey named Dr. Mildew. Dr. Mildew will now share his dreadful experiences being a turkey. Dr. Mildew: Pak Pak! Today is the day the noisy hubans come, grab turkeys (like me) and kill them. This day is known as Banksgiving and . . . AHHHHHH!!!!!! Narrator: I will finish ze story! As you know, Dr. Mildew got grabbed by a hot looking couple that were sooo rich. The woman had red lipstick and short shorts, a crop top that said “OOPSIES,”, and a leather jacket and leather gloves, followed by a handsome gentleman who looked and dressed preposterous. “Darling, you want to get that turkey?” she said, pointing at him. “Yes, snookums,” he said, giving her a big lip smack. Now Dr. Mildew is grabbed by one leg and gets hung til his head feels numb and dies a very dreadful death.* *Even though he’s dead he has trauma from hubans! To be continued…
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