"Momma bird, momma bird."
"Yes Sam it's a big bird."
"Daddy?"
"Yes Asher."
"Tell him the truth."
"What truth?"
"It's not the momma bird."
"Well we don't know that."
"Daddy, it's a big bird, not the momma bird."
"He'll understand one day Asher."
"Daddy, don't fool a two year old."
"I am not fooling him. He likes saying momma bird."
"Momma will tell him the truth."
"Your mother, my wife would not."
"Would too."
"Would not."
"Momma says to always tell the truth."
"Your mom is right, but not for this."
"Daddy it's a big turkey, and were going to……
"Not in front of your brother."
"But he's going to find out daddy."
"No he won't. He'll be seated at the kids table, he'll never see the bird."
"He's going to get suspi…….suspic……. he's going to look on the table."
"We'll seat him away from the main table."
"Daddy, you know Uncle Jack will say something about the turkey."
"Shhh………, Sam doesn't know what turkey means yet."
"He's going to want to keep the momma bird daddy."
"Well he can't and let's finish the list."
"MOMMA BIRD………..MOMMA BIRD."
"Now Sam, the momma bird is ok in the basket. You don't have to hug it."
"Seeeeee."
"Asher, you're not helping."
"Now where is the stuffing?"
"What's stuffing?"
"Your mother has learned a traditional meal with the turkey and stuffing made of bread and spices and cooked inside the turkey."
"Why?"
"Becausssssssse."
"Because what?"
"It's a traditional harvest festival that the natives introduced to the settlers on their land. It signify………..
"Daddy, please; I just want to know why you stuff the you…….know……what."
"You know; sometimes you are sooo like your mother."
"Momma bird, momma bird, momma bird."
"Tell you what; let's finish getting the items on the list and then your mother can explain."
"Daddy?"
"Yes Archer."
"Can I have the momma bird leg?"
TBC