Greed and Jealousy

Each of the kids take turns giving a Family Home Evening lesson. Usually we have them pick a topic out of the bucket. Sometimes they want to give their lesson on a specific topic. Sometimes we have very interesting/unusual lessons. Stockton gave our FHE lesson this week. He picked his own topic. This is his lesson:

My lesson is about greed and jealousy. I've written a short story about this topic. At the end, explain who was the better example and why:

Bobby and Moe were playing with a toy robot. Moe was winding it up. He was about to let it go when Bobby snatched it from Moe's hands. "I want it, so it's MINE!" "Bobby!" Said Moe, "Wait your turn!" Bobby shouted "NO!" Moe looked on the ground and saw the robot on the floor. He looked up and saw Bobby's arms folded and his head turned away from him. So Moe took the robot off the floor casually like if his pencil had dropped. "HEY, YOU GREEDY MORON! I DIDN'T SAY MY TURN WAS UP! GIVE IT TO ME RIGHT NOW!" Bobby tried to take it from Moe's hands but Bobby pulled a little too hard . . . Normally, both of the boys would have gripped and pulled intensely and the robot would snap in half and break. But this time, Bobby pulled it from Moe easily, but without much grip. It flung behind him and headed toward the wall at 40 MPH. And I bet you can guess what happened next . . . You got it! The toy robot suddenly stopped heading toward the wall and instantly fell straight downward at the floor. And then it landed on the floor unharmed. Bobby and Moe looked at each other. They both tried to grab it. "STEP ASIDE BOZO, I'M A FEROCIOUS VAMPIRE WITH DEADLY FANGS!" But before Bobby could even tough it, the toy robot suddenly opened up it's body and sent a flash of light at him. He was suddenly warped to the 18th dimension.

It was a little hard to understand Stockton because of his constant giggling. He could barely get the words out. Plus, Preston was jumping up and down and jabbering about something or the other. I think he wanted us to sing the B-I-N-G-O song again. We sang that for the opening song along with ABC's and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. But, as Elder Bednar pointed out, it is the consistency that truly matters.