Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow Page #5

Burble!

The stump of unknown depths!

Oh, good lord...

oh, it's not that bad.

Uncle Ned wrote that the hole

in the center of the stump

Is rumored

to go all the way down

To another world.

Maybe this is where

they came from?

Thrriiinng!

I wonder how deep it goes?

Hey!

Hey...

did you just eat that?

Squonk, squonk!

Thrinng, thrinng!

Zorp.

They eat rocks!

That's really weird.

It's probably better

than aunt Cly's beets,

But it's still really weird.

Okay, you ready, guys?

Try and get all four.

Okay?

For those about to rock...

fire!

Yagh!

Awesome! Four out of four.

High five.

Okay, well...

if they eat rocks,

I really don't want to know

what comes out the other end.

Zorp?

Well, isn't that obvious?

I mean,

I bought them at a music store,

And I dragged them out here

into the forest.

Zorp?

No, not just

for occasional rimshots.

They'll come in handy

If a spontaneous musical number

breaks out.

Like this!

Zorp!

Hey, it could happen!

You know, that profanity

is uncalled for.

Zorp!

Monsters.

All right now...

the law says

I acquire her property rights

By noon of tomorrow.

That's if Ms. Emmerson

can't make payment.

She ain't gonna make payment.

That old hippie's so broke,

her cash bounces.

Now...

shut up!

I can't hear myself think!

Stupid birds...

now, what I want to know is,

How soon can we get in there

and bulldoze that place?

See, I got plans to put

This high tech,

state-Of-The-Art hog farm

Right where the...

uh, boss?

What is it?

Uh...

sorry, boss,

But there's something

you're going to want to see...

outside.

Outside.

I'll be right back.

Go on! Git!

Hi, boss.

This better be good.

I got that egghead lawyer

chargin' me 300 bucks an hour.

If it's another two-Headed

turtle you found...

heh-Heh.

That turtle was hilarious.

Oh, you've got to be

pickling my biscuits!

Where'd they come from?

Well, they started showing up

about an hour ago.

First, it was just a few of 'em.

Then some more of 'em,

then some more of 'em,

And then the rest of 'em.

Yup.

We counted 'em up.

175 exactly.

Exactly.

You're telling me

Every single one

of them run-Off turkeys

Came a'wanderin'

back from the wild

And got back in their pen

on their own accord?

Maybe they missed us.

This never happened.

You got that?

Maybe they're imposters!

No, you bonehead!

'Course they're our birds,

But nobody can know

they came back.

If anybody found out about this,

Then that means

That Cly's no longer in my debt,

And that means

I don't get her farm.

We've got to get rid of 'em.

Got to put 'em somewhere

they can't get back from,

Somewhere nobody can find 'em.

You mean, like...

the ocean?

Oh, yeah!

No, you idiot!

Junior!

Ow.

Take 'em

to the "facility."

And you make sure

they stay there

Until Emmerson's farm is mine.

Ooh!

Stupid birds!

Annie!

Tim!

You know,

it's going to be dark soon.

Considering that

an armed sheriff

Didn't want to join us,

Do you think that maybe

We should have brought

some kind of protection?

Oh, maybe you'll feel better

carrying this.

It's fully loaded.

Oh, yeah, I'd rather not...

what is this?

Green tea with ginger,

Fully loaded with Echinacea.

And be careful,

'Cause it packs a serious punch.

I was talking

about some kind of weapon.

Weapon?

Oh, goddess, no.

You don't want to introduce

that kind of hostility

Into an environment

of this particular kind.

And what kind is that?

Supernatural, Ron.

Supernatural. Uh-Huh.

Nelly!

Whoo!

Yeah, okay, um...

you know, I don't doubt

That uncle Ned and sheriff Cowly

Saw what they thought

was a hoodoo, but...

yeah, I'm not talking

about the hoodoo.

There's enchantment at work,

all around us.

So this is an enchanted forest.

Yep.

Mm-Hmm. Good.

You really believe that?

Yeah, I believe it.

Ned believed it.

Indigenous peoples

for thousands of years

Believed it.

And you know what, Ron?

That's how I know

your kids are going to be fine.

Oh, is that right?

Yup, that's right.

Come on, I want

to show you something.

Uh, yep, okay,

I think this is it.

Uh, let's see...

yeah,

it's a funky-Looking tree.

Can we get back

to the missing kids, please?

Shh.

What... What are you going?

La, la...

la la la la, la laaaa la...

whoa...

amazing, isn't it?

It's incredible...

but it's not magic.

It's... It's scientific.

The sound waves are stimulating

The tree's inner energy.

There's a species

in southeast Asia

That does the exact same thing.

You've been to Asia?

No.

No. I saw it

on national geographic.

Tim asked me

about what is supernatural,

And I said,

there is no such thing.

Everything can be

explained, scientifically,

Rationally...

can we please go find my kids?

Yes.

Okay.

I'm inclined to believe

national geographic,

But this conversation

is not over.

Timmy!

U think mom'll let us keep 'em?

Do you honestly think

she'd let you have

Four hairy, noisy,

unidentified forest creatures?

Why don't you bring home

a sasquatch

And see where that gets you.

We could ask dad.

Dad doesn't even want us around.

That's not true.

Yeah, you should've

heard him on the phone.

Talked like

we were total baggage.

He's a good dad.

He's just...

under a lot of stress.

If we really needed something,

He'd be there for us.

Whatever.

Burble. Burble!

What is it, guys?

We must be near the hoodoo.

Look at them, they're shaking.

Is... is this it?

Is this where the hoodoo lives?

Okay, come on.

One picture,

that's why we're here.

Annie, phone?

Thanks.

Come on, you guys!

Tim, maybe...

Maybe we shouldn't.

I...

Annie, geez, come on.

Don't be such a chicken.

We can't just...

wait a minute.

Annie! Wait, stop!

No, Tim!

Come back!

Keep running!

It's not the hoodoo!

Heh. Look familiar?

It's one of the masks

from the general store!

Geez.

Hey, squonk, burble!

It's safe!

It's not the hoodoo!

Zorp! Thrinng!

They're probably

a mile away by now.

So the monsters

were scared of a dummy

The whole time.

I think it's, like,

a scarecrow...

you know, to keep people away.

Away from what?

I don't know.

Annie...

what's that?

What is all this?

In the middle of the forest?

It looks

like a bad-Guy lair.

Bad-Guy lair?

- What's in here?

- Tim, don't!

It looks...

it looks like kibble.

Kibble?

Yeah.

You know, like cat food.

It's got a picture

of a turkey on it,

In, like, Russian or something.

Someone's coming!

Come on.

Hide!

She told me

I look a little like Denzel.

Heh, you know...

I couldn't believe it.

Oh, oh, I'm sorry, am I on?

I thought somebody called lunch.

Okay, well, hold on a second.

Where were we?

Where were we?

Oh, right,

the mysterious clearing.

So it turns out the hoodoo

That the monsters

were so afraid of

Was just a decoy all along.

But is there still

a real hoodoo out there?

And what have Tim and Annie

found

In the mysterious clearing?

Meanwhile, a vehicle approaches

from the distance,

As the narrator hides behind

a poisonous dingleberry bush...

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