(They did the topic "Thanksgiving" several times, too.)
Okay, this one is probably even more tasteless than last week's Darn drabble
The County Harvest Festival was late this year. Martha and most the ladies in town fretted about their Thanksgiving preparations being disrupted by the livestock shows and the auto-racing, but Jonathan enthusiastically attended and participated.
Two days later, after the tragedy, the Kents sat down to Thanksgiving dinner and counted their blessings. "And I'm thankful Bessie was spared when that NASCAR driver spun out of control at the Festival," Jonathan concluded.
"Jonathan!" Martha protested, "Poor Lana Lang was right next to your cow, and she died horribly!"
"Oh, yeah." Jonathan tried to summon up the appropriate expression of grief. "Darn."