My Brother and I Switched Souls

My younger brother lied and said I'd torn up his homework, so Dad slapped me hard.

Mom grabbed me by the ear and made me stand in the hallway all night.

What they didn't know was that ten minutes earlier, my brother and I had switched bodies.

Every beating and punishment they gave me fell on my brother instead.

Later, when they discussed giving me away to an old man with unusual tastes, my brother ran into the kitchen like a madman, grabbed a cleaver, and tried to fight them to the death.