A Shape Shifting Adventure in Hawai‘i local issues The authors provide a historical

The authors provide a historical and geographical context for this collection of tales from an oral tradition

by Susan Nunes

and activities helping students’ critical thinking

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A Shape Shifting Adventure in Hawai‘i local issues The authors provide a historicalThere once was a line just hanging around in a banyan tree in Hawaii. One day, bored with nothing to do, the line decided to explore the island. So she connected her two ends and became a circle. As the circle rolled across the island, she changed shape while interacting with the outside world. It started when a puaa stepped on her and turned her into an oval. Over the course of her adventure, she gets dropped, pulled, and carried across the island,