2. The first Thanksgiving was different
than what we do now. Now we have
pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes, mac’n
cheese and all kinds of stuff.
Yum, Yum!
3. Back then they only had fish, shellfish,
and vegetables and some deer meet.
4. Almost half of the pilgrims died
because they had no food and it was
really cold. But an Indian named
Squanto helped them. He showed
them how to plant corn using dead
fish.
5. Oh yeah, they came over on the
Mayflower. It was a bad trip. A lot of
them got sick and it smelled bad on
the boat.
6. We have Thanksgiving now because
the pilgrims were glad that they
survived. We celebrate it on the last
Thursday in November because
Franklin Roosevelt made it an official
holiday then. A bunch of other
presidents tried before that.
7. Benjamin Franklin wanted to make
turkeys the national bird of the United
states but Thomas Jefferson said no.
So Benjamin Franklin called male
turkeys “toms” to make fun of him.
8. So when you have your Thanksgiving
dinner this year remember the
Pilgrims and Indians and Benjamin
Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.
