"The Turkey" is an early short story by the American author

Flannery O'Connor Mary Flannery O'Connor (March 25, 1925August 3, 1964) was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. She wrote two novels and 31 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries. She was a Southern writer who often ...

. It is one of the six stories included in O'Connor's 1947 master's thesis ''The Geranium: A Collection of Short Stories'' and was published in '' Mademoiselle'' in 1948 as "The Capture." It later appeared in the 1971 collection '' The Complete Stories'' and a modified version appeared in her Complete Works in 1988 as An Afternoon in the Woods. The story involves a boy chasing and capturing an injured turkey, which is taken from him before he can bring it back to his family. The story has a Christian theme and deals with the boy's sinful motivations.Richard Giannone
Flannery O'Connor, hermit novelist
(University of Illinois Press, 2000)

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Short stories by Flannery O'Connor 1947 short stories Works originally published in Mademoiselle (magazine) {{1940s-story-stub