Back In Time: A Thanksgiving Story (AI WRITTEN)

the story

Jason has been a lifelong hunter. Now, it was time for Thanksgiving. He decided to go turkey hunting for his family. It had been three years since he last hunted. Jason hadn't killed an animal in four years. His wife thought that would be the end of it. She figured he'd never hunt again. However, she was wrong. He felt ecstatic, he hadn't hunted in years but he knew this would be a big one. It took him a week to find a good spot, so he could set up his blind. Then he found a nice tree with plenty of cover and a clear view of the field behind him. The sun was just starting to rise when he heard a loud gobble from behind him. A turkey. He turned around quickly and readied his sight. However, this turkey was different, it seemed anthropomorphic. Jason couldn't kill it. The turkey was still approaching his blind. Jason wanted to kill it badly, but as soon as the turkey got close enough, the turkey closed its eyes. When the turkey opened its eyes again, Jason was leaning more toward the turkey. "What... are you doing." The turkey asked playfully. Jason dove backward in awe. "Am I on drugs?" Jason said. He pinched himself to see if he was dreaming, he wasn't. "I need your help." The turkey said, "You don't have any money do you?" Jason shook his head no. "Well, I can give you a favor then." Jason nodded and agreed. "My name is Bob."

"Nice to meet you, Bob." Jason replied, "What favor do you need." Bob the turkey replied, "We're going back in time to the first thanksgiving, to get turkeys off the menu." That's right, we're going back in time to the first thanksgiving, to get turkeys off the menu.

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Bob the turkey took a deep breath and exhaled. They were in the middle of nowhere. There was nothing here but trees, grass, and dirt. Jason sat staring at Bob, not knowing what to say or think. "Are you alright?" Bob asked Jason, Jason didn't know how to respond, so he just stayed quiet. "I'm sorry about all of this Jason." Bob apologized. Jason didn't understand why the turkey was apologizing, but he shrugged it off. "It'll be ok Bob. Let's just figure out where we are."

As they walked into the grassy plains, a bear appeared out of nowhere. It was much bigger than the ones Jason had seen in the woods. "WHAT THE FUCK" Jason screamed, he ran for his life. Bob, however, stood there valiantly, ready to attack the bear. Bob's body glowed red as he charged the bear. A huge blast of fire shot out from the turkey's chest as the bear fell back, unable to fight the intense heat. "How did you do that?" Jason asked. "As I said," Bob replied, We're going back in time to the first thanksgiving, to get turkeys off the menu. No matter who gets in our way." Jason looked at Bob closely. He looked like he was human. Bob's skin was brown, and his hair was black. He had long arms and legs, which were covered with light brown fur. He wore a black vest over his white shirt. His pants were baggy, but he wore them well. Jason stared at Bob and smiled. "Come on, let's go get turkey off the menu."

They continued walking through the grasslands until they reached the edge of a cliff. There they were, native Americans. They were hunting for turkey. "Wait, did we really go back in time?" Jason asked. "Yes, dumbass, why else would there be a bunch of natives right in front of us ripe for hunting."

"I don't know if I can do this.." Jason said "I couldn't even kill you because you looked KINDA human. How am I supposed to kill people from the past?" Bob looked at Jason and laughed. "Dude, come on. You're a hunter remember? This isn't that hard. Just aim for the heart and shoot!"

The natives saw Bob coming in their direction. They all raised their bows, prepared to shoot. Bob stopped in front of the chief and bowed politely. "Greetings chief." Bob said. The chief frowned upon seeing Bob. He readied his cannon from his turkey chest but then, an arrow struck bob, straight in the heart. Bob looked over in disbelief. The chief looked down to see the arrow sticking out of Bob's chest. "Did you guys hit me?" Bob asked. "Nope" The chief responded, "That was my arrow."

"H-how..." Bob stuttered.

"BOB!" Jason yelled, he rushed to Bob, forgetting all his fears of murder. He took out the whole tribe, then approached Bob's injured self on the ground.

"Why didn't you tell me you were a turkey?" Jason exclaimed.

"Cause I'm not a turkey," Bob said "I'm Bob, a turkey person." Jason looked at Bob and smiled. Jason helped up Bob, and they walked off to continue their goal of getting turkeys off the menu. But then, one last arrow whizzed past Jason's head. The chief was still alive. He aimed for Jason and fired the arrow.

"Hey!" Jason yelled. "Stop shooting! You're only making things worse!" Jason walked over to the chief and grabbed his bow, breaking it in half. "Now, you're dead." Jason said. The chief tried to escape, but Jason grabbed him by the throat and threw him off the cliff. Jason turned around to see that Bob was gone. He sighed and resumed his search for Bob. He searched for hours, but Bob wasn't anywhere to be found. Jason was exhausted, he went back to camp and passed out.

***

"YOU DID IT JASON!" Bob yelled happily, jumping up and down. "Yea, I did it." Jason said in exhaustion. "But why did you leave me?" Jason asked.

"Sorry, I just kinda freaked out when the chief shot me. It's a long story." Bob said, somberly. "I tried this before. The same chief killed all my friends."

"I'm... so sorry," Jason replied.

"But we did it." Bob replied, he looked over at the chief's lifeless body. "That's the guy that put turkeys on the menu. And now, it's thanksgiving tomorrow!" Jason looked at Bob with wide-open eyes. "Tomorrow's Thanksgiving?" Jason asked.

"Yes, I told you I was going back in time to get turkeys off the menu, didn't I?" Bob asked.

"Yea, I did, but when?" Jason asked.

"The first thanksgiving, duh," Bob replied.

"Oh, ok. Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow when I wake up." Jason said, he went inside to sleep. As he lay down, he thought about how crazy this whole thing was. Bob was a turkey who traveled back in time to stop the natives from eating turkey. 'So we really did go back in time... to get turkeys off the menu.' Jason thought to himself, before dozing off.

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Jason woke up with a start. He looked at his phone and realized it was already Thanksgiving. He quickly got dressed and rushed outside. All his friends were there. They had already started cooking something, but it smelled different than turkey. Jason looked up and saw Bob. He rushed to Bob and hugged him tightly. "Thanks so much for saving me." Jason said.

"No problem," Bob replied. "Let's eat!" Jason said as they walked over to the table.

There was a huge feast on the table. There were mashed potatoes, stuffing, corn, and deer meat. "Ok, let's thank the Lord for our food." Bob said. Everyone bowed their heads and thanked God for their food. Jason sat back, excited to try all the new food. He dug into the mashed potatoes and ate some of the corn. Next to him, there was a large bowl full of stuffing. How could Jason's life get any better. He grabbed a bit of the stuffing and popped it into his mouth. It tasted AMAZING! Even though Jason was extremely thankful for the food, he was still thinking about Bob and the great adventures they had.

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THE END