It's turkey time!
Did you see? Did you see me fly?
Pretty impressive, huh?
Oh, just you wait. I've got a few other tricks up my feathers.
My name is Pepper!
That's short for Pepper Salt.
And that is short for Pepper Salt, The Turkey Who Is Wild
Some Of The Time, But Also Has A Family All Of The Time.
A human family, to be exact.
“What are you doing?”
One day, I just trotted right up to their door.
Excuse me!
What's going on in there?
“She's so cute.”
They were so very interesting!
I had to see what all their little doodads were!
Whatcha got there?
A little snacky for Pep? Hmm?
Could you turn the page, please?
Let me just give that a little peck for ya.
Oh, uh-oh!
I broke it!
Let me give it another peck here...
Humans are just so marvelous, don't you think?
Always up to something,
doing stuff with...
other stuff.
I just couldn't stop watching with my little turkey peepers.
And then on one of my visits, the humans shared with me
their most greatest invention of all.
Beautiful, shiny, solid gold...
macaroni and cheese!
Nature's bounty!
That’s when I decided to never, ever leave, ever.
Excuse me, please!
This box contains my, my treasures and treats!
They never give me as much as I desire, but that's OK.
I'm not really here just for treats.
Though I do like the treats.
The treats are very good.
I'm here because I love them, and I want to be around them!
Being in the wild can get pretty boring.
I'd rather be hangin’ out by a pool any day.
“I didn't expect you to sit in between my legs.”
Oh, and I didn't even tell you about their little music box!
Like, what's even going on here?
Someday I will learn its secrets and make beautiful music of my own.
“Good girl!”
The thing is, even though we love bein’ together,
I know I can't be inside all the time.
Ooo, nothing like a nice dust bath!
“Oh, Pepper girl.”
So one day, my dad started makin’...
something!
I had no idea what.
And he wouldn't tell me!
Even though I asked him one million times.
What's this?
Whatcha makin’ up here?
What's goin’ on over here?
At least tell me what this is!
Sir! Hello?!
Please tell me what you are crafting!
It took basically forever until he was finished
and he finally revealed:
a gift!
A gift for Pepper Salt!
My own turkey home!
Wow, it’s amazing!
It’s got a food thingy!
No mac and cheese, though, but that's OK.
And a ramp!
And little doors!
And it even has a music box.
I call this song “Ding.”
“Good job!”
Now I spend all day with my family.
Give me that sock!
[Pepper laughing]
And all night in my warm palace, safe from the cold.
My humans are the best.
I love them times a billion.
And I feel 100 percent certain they love me, too.
You don't build a whole palace for someone you think is a stinker, you know?
OK! Gotta practice my music.
Oh, yeah.
This one's going to be a hit.