An eight-year old girl sees her neighbors head out for another hunt. She asks them kindly not to, but the Gregg family goes anyway. In her anger, she sees red, her finger twitches, and a spell is cast on the family as they shoot at some ducks. Magically, the four ducks take on a human role, while the family takes on the duck role. It's a classic Freaky Friday "spend the day in another's shoes" type story that leads the family to a lesson. The promise not to hunt or harm animals anymore.
This is a fairly quick read (25 minutes) and can be used for a character changing lesson. The Gregg family manages to change their behavior based on what the ducks say to them. Also, concerning the teacher who turned into a cat in the beginning of the book and never changed back, a good discussion point is why the Greggs did, but the teacher didn't. That could be a good Tribes lesson.
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