Short Story Of Thanksgiving

There once was an old woman who lived in Switzerland in a small town called Barnsley. She lived alone in a humongous house on the edge of town. Her name was Agnes Allen. The small town community always said Agnes was a horrible, mean greedy woman. Thanksgiving was coming up, and in Barnsley Thanksgiving Is a big deal. The whole town gets together, and celebrates. Even though the town doesn't have a lot of money they try to make the most of it. This year everybody had their dishes in line to go, but there was only one thing missing the turkey. The turkey was expensive, and they had to drive thirty miles to the city to go get one. The town discussed it for days. They came up with different plans, and they all failed. So their last option was …show more content…
She stared at Sally for a couple of minutes. Sally finally got the nerve to ask her. She asked in a small soft voice, “The town is short of money, and we were wondering if you could help us buy a turkey?” Agnes laughed, and said “y'all never invite me to anything. Y'all think I'm an old hag with lots of money. Why should I give y'all anything?” Sally looked at the old woman, and sighed. She said “I guess we just assumed you never wanted to come, and that you were a mean old woman who was greedy. Agnes replied saying “you, and the town aren't the only one’s in the wrong. I thought y'all were rude, and never wanted to talk to me.” So after the long talk Agnes, and Sally walked to the town hall. Ms.Agnes gave the community the money for the turkey. A couple days later the whole community including Ms.Agnes got together, and ate their Thanksgiving feast. After that Ms.Agnes was more involved in the community, and the town invited her to all the events. The moral of the story was don't judge a book by it’s cover. The town, and old lady Agnes judged each other by outside appearance without getting to know each other. In the end old lady Agnes, and the town became great