Fourteen turkeys, all hens, each morning make a stop at my place to eat.  Brunch, I imagine, it is, since it’s mid-morning when they come up the bluff and begin scratching about the yard, finding sustenance.  What a gift it is to watch them.

But it’s also been painful for my heart.  Because one of them has a hurt leg.  She hops on her left, while she pushes off with her right.  She’s smaller than the rest.

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