Hi! I was just looking through
my trunk and I found some
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pajamas that are just
like some that I had when I was
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a little girl, they
wouldn't fit me now would they,
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but they fit me back then.
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Do you know what, I'll
tell you a story about one day
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when I was sick, now I
wasn't really really sick,
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but I was just sick enough,
that my mom made me stay home
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from school, and she made
me stay in bed, and I started
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to get so bored, because
I had read all of my books
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and I colored all the
pictures I felt like coloring,
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and I was just getting so
bored and so all of a sudden
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between the corner of my
bedroom I spied something on my
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little shelf, and do you
know I hopped up off my bed
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and I went over there and I
picked up my little scissors,
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now don't go away because
in just a minute I'm going to
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tell you what I
did with my scissors.
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Well do you know for a little
while I sat on my bed and I
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cut some shapes out of
paper and stuff but even that
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got boring after
awhile, and next thing I knew
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I had put all the paper down
and I was just sitting there
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and I was just fiddling
with them and before I knew it
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I had cut a big
hole in my pajamas.
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It wasn't just a
little hole it was a big one,
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and as soon as I did it,
I started to feel horrible
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because I knew that you are
not supposed to cut holes in
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your pajamas.
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And I was just sitting
there just feeling so miserable
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and right as I was feeling
so miserable I heard footsteps,
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I was quick, I was trying
to shove everything under me,
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it was my mom, she came in
and right away she saw me and
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she looked at me and she said
Janice what have you been doing?
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Then she looked down and
she could see the scissors
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poking out from under my
leg and she could see the hole
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in my pajamas, and she
said how did that happen?
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And before I knew it, I told
a lie, I said mom Brad flew home
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from school and did
it, well that wasn't true.
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My brother
couldn't fly and I knew it.
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Then I felt even more horrible,
worse than cutting the pajamas
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because I knew told a lie
and I knew I shouldn't lie,
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and oh I just felt so
miserable and she said Janice
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that's not true, please tell
me the truth, and I said nope
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it's the truth mom, it wasn't me
I don't know anything about it.
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Well I was feeling more and
more miserable by the minute
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and she said Janice, she said
you need to pray and ask Jesus
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to help you tell the
truth because you are not
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feeling healthy when you tell
lies, and I said I don't want
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to pray, and she said
well I'll pray for you.
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And so she sat on the bed beside
me and she started to pray
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and first I was feeling all
mean and mad and everything,
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but then I started to feel
kind of sad, and I started to
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feel like that I just didn't
feel good and I would feel
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so much better if I
told the truth, and you know
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I know that was Jesus
speaking to my thinking place
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and I just started to feel soft
and that I would feel better
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if I told the truth, and so
by the time that she said Amen
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I looked and I said mom I'm
sorry that I told you a lie,
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I said will you forgive
me, and I started to cry and
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of course she forgave me
and she said it was ok and then
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she said that she would
still have to discipline me
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because I had done a very
naughty thing by cutting a hole
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in my pajamas, but she was
more concerned about the fact
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that I didn't tell the truth.
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But you know even though she
disciplined me I felt so GOOD
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for telling the truth,
it's just like a big weight had
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fallen off my shoulders,
and you know the Bible
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talks about that
in Proverbs 12:19.
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It says that
Truthful lips endure forever,
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but a lying tongue
lasts only a moment
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and that's so true,
because when you tell the truth
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it feels so much better.
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Did you hear that,
that's my bell basket,
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let's go see what
is in the basket today.
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Let's see!
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It's black whatever it is.
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It's not to heavy and
it's not to big either,
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I wonder what it could be,
why it looks like just a box
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doesn't it.
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Ohhh! I'll tell you I know
what it is, I've seen these in
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museums before,
it's a very old camera.
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Maybe your grandparents
had one like it, very old,
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here is the hole you
look through, let me see,
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and here is the shutter
switch, it works I can tell,
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I can see that it let light
in, you know cameras look much
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different now days don't
they, but even these old cameras
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do good pictures and the way
that they work is they have a
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lens and this is the lens
out here at the front and then
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when you press on the shutter
switch it lets light through
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and when the light comes through
into the lens then that's what
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makes the picture happen,
and so whatever you point your
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camera at that's
what you get a picture of.
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Would you like to see how
the light comes through, I don't
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think you could see from that
way, I think if I open it up
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I should be able to show it to
you and then you should be able
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to get a good idea of
how the... Can you see that?
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See how the light comes through.
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When that light comes through
that's what makes it so that
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a picture gets taken.
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Pictures are neat aren't
they because what ever you point
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your camera at that means
that you get a picture of that.
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You know my husband has a
modern camera it's much fancier
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and I like sometimes
trying to take pictures of it,
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I'm not real good at
using those kind of cameras.
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But you know pictures are
fun because they show whatever
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is there and they tell an
honest description of what is
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there and that's how God
wants us to be in our lives,
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is to be picture perfect always
telling the truth and that makes
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us happy and makes us
to be a beautiful picture.
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Hey kids, if you love all
the fun things you get to do
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with Janice and her
friends you'll flip over this,
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it's Janice's activity
book, loaded with fun this book
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teaches scripture through mazes,
puzzles, dot to dot games,
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coloring and more, and
the best part is IT'S FREE!
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Let's take a look inside,
the scripture on this page says:
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Now, let's circle the pictures
that are the same, that's right
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you've got the idea,
there are many more fun filled
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activities in this
book, just waiting for you.
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By the way did I
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Well hi, I'm glad you found
me over here in my jungle forest
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I just love being
outdoors in nature don't you?
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There are so many pretty things
to see, to say nothing of all
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the things there are to smell,
it's so nice, you know God likes
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it when we spend time out in
nature, because He has so many
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lesson's for us to learn
out here, He has made so many
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wonderful things for us
to look at and to experience,
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and He wants us to look care-
fully to see what we can learn.
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I would like to tell you
a little bit about rabbits
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right now, do you like rabbits?
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I do they are so soft and
they are so pretty with their
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big ears and their eyes,
do you know there is something
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about rabbits that you might
not know, because it's something
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you can't see to well.
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What it is- is rabbits have two
very- very sharp front teeth,
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you've seen those, but in
behind those two front teeth
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you can see there's
two other smaller ones,
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they are kind of like a pair
of scissors because they are
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smaller and they are back
in there and they are just very
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very sharp, and so when the
rabbit gets hungry and wants
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to eat something for
lunch he can come over to where
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there is a little bush
with branches and stuff,
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and those sharp front
teeth just help him snip off
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any kind of a twig or anything
just as easy as anything,
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and then just gobble it up.
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You see if he didn't have that
extra pair of teeth behind the
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big front teeth, he wouldn't
be able to snip off twigs and
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branches so
easily, so God has provided
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a way to help the
rabbits get their food easier.
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Another thing God has taught
rabbits to do is He has given
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the mothers a wonderful way
of taking care of their babies.
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They know how to build just the
perfect little nest to put their
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babies in, first of all
they find a little place
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in the ground where it's
a little bit hollow and then
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they put nice soft bits of
grasses and dried leaves and
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stuff in the bottom of it, and
then you know what else they do
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they pull out fur from their
tummy they pull out little bits
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of fur and also put those little
bits of fur down into the nest
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and that makes the nest
just cozy warm and it makes it
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soft for the babies too,
and then they lay the babies
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in their nest.
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Now you might think well
why doesn't the mommy stay
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with the babies, well
the mother has a good reason,
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because she knows that
enemy animals can smell her body
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and she knows that if she stays
in the nest with the babies
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they would smell her body
and then those enemy animals
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would come and eat the babies
up and that wouldn't be good
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would it, so she stays off
to the side but she is always
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watching, and then when it's
time to come feed her babies
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or something, she zig zags over
this way, hops this way and then
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she hops back over this
way and right down through the
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branch and then she hops over
here and then she hops back over
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this way and she hops down this
way a bit, and then she looks
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around and then quick jumps
into the nest, and do you know
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she takes good care of her
babies and then when she is
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all done caring for them,
she gets grasses and leaves
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and covers them up and
then says bye bye to her babies.
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Then she hops out and
then goes this way and then
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over this way and then over
this way and then just hides
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is a little cozy place
where she can keep a good track
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of her babies.
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Isn't that neat how God
taught the rabbits and given the
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rabbits it's just the right
things that they need in order
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to live and survive.
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You know what there's
a rabbit in my kitchen
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that I think you
would like to meet.
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Meet me over in my kitchen
and I will introduce you to him
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ok, see you there.
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I told you we would
find a rabbit in my kitchen,
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I call him honest Harvey,
and he is so handsome isn't he
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would you like me to
teach you how to make your own?
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I will! First thing that
you want to start with are good
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healthy ingredients, now I
have two slices of bread here
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now which one do you
think is the healthy one,
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the whole wheat
one, or the white one?
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You're right! The whole wheat
one is better for you because
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it's full of vitamins and
minerals and fiber, things that
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your body machine needs,
and you need a pair of scissors
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and you cut your
bread into a circle,
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so the first thing you
need to make honest Harvey
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is two slices of
nice whole wheat bread,
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and then you cut
a smaller circle,
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and you cut a larger circle,
and when you have the smaller
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circle cut you cut it in
half and those are his ears.
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And then to make his
face use the larger circle
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and I will turn it this
way so you can see it real well
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and you take peanut butter
and you spread peanut butter
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on his face, now peanut butter
is full of protein and your
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spreading the peanut butter on
his face so that the other parts
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of his face, like his eyes
and his nose and the hair on his
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face will stick
nice to his face.
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So this honest Harvey is going
to be made of good ingredients
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that are good for you to make
your body machine run smoothly,
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so after you've put the
peanut butter on, then you tuck
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the ears underneath the
top of his head like so,
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isn't he starting to look
handsome, and then you take
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banana, and you move two
slices of banana carefully
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cut your banana, and
these are his nice fat cheeks,
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then you take coconut and you
sprinkle the coconut anywhere
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where you want
honest Harvey to have hair.
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On his ears, and up
around up above his cheeks
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and all underneath and
just anywhere you want him to
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have hair and if you get
a bit on the plate that's ok
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because the coconut
will be fun to eat later on.
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Then for his eyes you use
two nice fat juicy raisins
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and just put a little tiny
bit of peanut butter on them
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and then pop them on to his
face, oh! he's starting to look
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handsome isn't he, now raisins
have lots of iron in them and
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iron is good for your body.
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Remember we talked about
rabbits having two sets of teeth
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didn't we, we talked about
the little set that's underneath
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his big front teeth, so
for his little tiny set we are
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going to use carrot,
and so you slice your carrot
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and you just want to
make a little tiny tiny slice
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and so you just don't need
to cut a very big piece at all
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and you just take that
little piece that you've cut
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and then you put that
right there, and these are those
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little sharp teeth that God
has given the rabbit behind his
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big front teeth, so that
he can chew off all the twigs
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and branches so easily.
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Then we will use almonds
for his big top front teeth that
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you see so well, and so the
carrots are his teeth that are
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in behind and they are hidden
just like his teeth are hidden
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but you'll know
they are there won't you.
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Let's see is he starting
to look like honest Harvey?
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What do you think he needs, you
are right, he needs whiskers,
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let's use good celery for
whiskers, celery is like a
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toothbrush it's so good
for you, if you end your meal
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by eating celery you'll be
just like brushing your teeth.
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He's starting to look
real handsome isn't he
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now you know honest Harvey is
going to be fun for you to eat
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because he had good healthy
ingredients in him, he's made of
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whole wheat bread that's good
for you, and he's got bananas
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on him and bananas are
full of potassium and that's
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good for you and he's got
nice almonds for his teeth
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they have protein and
the peanut butter has protein
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and raisins for his eyes, do
you remember what raisins have
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in them? You're right iron!
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Good! Iron is good because
it helps your blood cells work
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well, so honest Harvey is going
to be a treat that tastes good
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and that looks good, do
you know what else is fun about
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honest Harvey, when you make
him for someone and when you
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serve him, you be sure
and tell them about his teeth,
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in fact you could even
lift off the top tooth and show
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the person the little
sharp teeth underneath.
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And you tell them how God
has given those two set of teeth
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to rabbits special so that they
can bite off twigs and branches
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so you remember that and
have fun eating honest Harvey.
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Oops! Ah that is better!
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Did you know that one of
the best ways to become a good
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friend of Jesus is by
spending personal time with Him
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every day? Well
adults do that by praying
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and by reading their Bibles, but
if you can't read it is kind of
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hard isn't it?
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Or maybe you just like listening
to tapes, well here's a fun way
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to have your very own devotions
every morning when you get up
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Janice has made these Morning
Time Devotions for her kids
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and for you complete with:
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For more information
have your parents write to:
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This story was one of my
favorite stories when I was
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a little girl, I
think you will like it too,
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are you ready to listen?
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Henry lived in a big farm with
his family, there were always
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lots of chores to do, but his
favorite job was taking the corn
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to the gristmill to
get ground into flour.
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On this particular morning
he loaded the sack of corn
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and the lunch on to his horse
very early, even before the
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sun was up and then he was on
his way. When he arrived at the
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mill, he saw that there were
lots of farmers ahead of him
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and soon he found that
the line up was so long that
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he would have to sleep
overnight in Mr. Sanders
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big barn. He was glad his mom
had sent an extra big basket of
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food. That night in the big
barn he met a new boy just about
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his age named Charlie
Allen, he was friendly and Henry
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enjoyed visiting him. When bed
time came Henry was busy rolling
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out his blanket and getting
settled, when suddenly he heard
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a rude fellow exclaim in a loud
voice hey Dave we got a preacher
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here, Henry looked and there
was Charlie kneeling by the
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oat bin praying. Henry saw that
even though the farmers laughed,
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many of them must have been
touched by Charlie's courage
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to say his prayers, because many
of them had tears in their eyes.
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Henry prayed at home, but he
had always been to shy to pray
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in public as he laid awake that
night in the old barn thinking
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of Charlie Allen's courage and
what an effect it had on himself
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and also on the other men.
He resolved that he would always
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try to do right, and right
then he prayed a little prayer
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that God would help him, little
did he know that soon he would
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be tested. The next morning
dawned bright and clear and
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finally after lunch Henry's
corn was ground into flour and
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he was ready to start riding
home, when he arrived at the
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turnoff at Squire Albright's
Gate, he saw that the Squire
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Albright was waiting for
him, and right away he knew that
00:20:51.84\00:20:56.58
something was wrong. This
man was the richest man in the
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neighborhood and Henry had
always been in a great awe of
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him, his heart began to beat
very fast and as soon as Henry
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got close to enough the Squire
said did you go through this
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gate yesterday?
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Henry could easily have denied
it, as it was before daylight
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when he went through, and he
quite often went the other way,
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but the picture of Charlie
Allen kneeling in the barn
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came to his mind like a flash
and before he had time to listen
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to the tempter he
replied, yes sir I did.
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Are you sure that you shut
and locked the gate he asked?
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Henry remembered distinctly
that he had carelessly ridden
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away leaving the gate
open, and he started to stutter
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ah, ah, I, then he remembered
his resolve to always do right.
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I left it open he said abruptly,
well you let in the cattle
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and they have destroyed
all of my early potatoes,
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a terrible piece of business.
I'm very sorry I, talking won't
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help matters now, but remember
boy, remember that sorrow
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doesn't make potatoes, Henry
felt very bad and he really
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was sorry that the old
gentleman lost his potatoes.
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He expected to be
severely reproved at home,
00:22:21.28\00:22:24.94
but when he arrived home no
one said anything, and after
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several days passed he began
to think that his parents didn't
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even know about his
mistake and he relaxed.
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But alas for his hopes
because one rainy afternoon
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Henry saw Squire
Albright coming down his lane,
00:22:41.49\00:22:46.09
he raced off to the barn ashamed
to face him, and he was afraid
00:22:46.12\00:22:50.08
to meet his father too.
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Then he saw his father
and Squire Albright sitting
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on the porch and talking
for a long time, at last Henry
00:22:55.07\00:23:01.29
became so curious that he
snuck into the house through the
00:23:01.32\00:23:05.21
back door and crept quietly
up the stairs to a bedroom
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to see if he could
hear what they were saying.
00:23:10.14\00:23:12.57
He leaned his head out the
window just as far as possible
00:23:12.60\00:23:18.49
without being seen. and
then he heard his father say
00:23:18.52\00:23:23.32
well I think we could spare
Henry but Henry doesn't even
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know anything about your
business, at that the Squire
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replied, there's one thing
he does know, he knows how to
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tell the truth, and what I
need is a boy that I can trust
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no matter what, and then
the Squire told the story about
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Henry leaving the gate open
the potato crop getting spoiled
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and Henry telling the
truth about his mistake,
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and he ended up by saying
that he wanted an honest boy
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to work in his store. After the
Squire had gone Henry's father
00:24:01.78\00:24:07.03
had called him and told him that
the Squire was going to start a
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store in the village and
that he would like Henry to work
00:24:10.93\00:24:14.45
for him, of course Henry
was very excited about that.
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You know later on people
always said that Henry got his
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start in life when he
entered the Albright Store,
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but Henry always told people
that it was when he decided
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to always do what was
right, and even when Henry was a
00:24:30.33\00:24:35.52
very old man he never ever
tired telling boys and girls
00:24:35.55\00:24:40.93
how important it is to
be honest and to always do
00:24:40.96\00:24:45.48
what is right.
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You know I think it is
almost time for me to go now,
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I'm glad you were with me today,
and I'm really glad we could
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learn all the things we
learned about telling the truth
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let's practice them ok,
and I'll see you again ok,
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Bye Bye!
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