when they reached the river-bank there was a sight well worth seeing. on the farther side of the water were a great many turkeys. old gobblers were there, and the mother turkeys with their broods of children, all looking as fine as you please, in their shining black coats. when they stood in the shadow, one might think that they wore no color but the brilliant red of their heads and necks, where there were no feathers to cover their wrinkled skin. when they walked out into the sunshine, however, their feathers showed gleams of beautiful purple and green, and the rabbit thought them the most wonderful great creatures he had ever seen.