One Good Thing

There are wild turkeys galore in the woods around the house. I've seen as many as 15 flocking through the yard in the summer. And they're big birds. Huge. Today, I saw three in the backyard. Two very large ones and a smaller one. Like parent turkey and their chick...or adolescent turkey. The little one was clearly being kept an eye on by the larger two. It was as if I was watching a child testing its parents' patience. It would run this way, then that, and the big birds would follow, running ...