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This year as Thanksgiving host...

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        Every week on Wednesday I meet with a writers group and we read each other our work and have it edited and critiqued.         This week we decided to try a writing exercise. We would have to write an original story on the spot. And then read it to the other writers.         The only stipulations were - The story had to start with the phrase “This year as Thanksgiving host, we bought a twenty pound turkey.” And end with the phrase “And that’s why we ate hamburgers.”         We also had to use 5 words that were chosen by the other members, they were Canary, Spline, Shoes, Spatula and Watermelon.         I was late to the meeting and only had 15 minutes to write my story.         This is what I wrote:         This year as the Thanksgiving host, we bought a twenty pound turkey ...         It was Grandma’s idea. We took the white minivan with Grandpa driving, Grandma beside him, my spline older sister Greta and our canary - for some reason -