Freddy is unhappy about playing the turkey in his first-grade Thanksgiving Day play, especially with Max bullying and teasing him, but his grandfather and principal both give him ideas for making the part fun.
Now that Freddy Thresher's first-grade class is putting on a Thanksgiving play he is disappointed to be assigned the part of a turkey when he'd rather be an Indian. The text also contains instructions for unique place cards or a necklace.