Wee Wisdom
We hope you and your children will fall in love with the gang from Wee Wisdom Village. Join Spunky the Skunk, Willow the Owl, Allie the Cat and Ratta Tat the rappin’ Rat on their weekly escapades. Learn about living a Spirit-filled life every animated step of the way.

Lunch Lesson

Spunky the Skunk was feeling about as low as an ant doing the limbo. Maybe even lower than that! His parents had just told him they wouldn’t be taking their annual summer vacation. And on top of that, they said he wasn’t going to summer camp this year. They’d explained it by saying they needed to tighten their belts. Well, whenever Spunky tightened his belt too much, he was uncomfortable, so he didn’t figure this “belt tightening” was going to be much fun. In fact, “Crummy!” was the word he used to describe it to Willow when she joined him on the path in front of his house.

“Well, I guess ‘Crummy’ is one way to look at it,” Willow said. “But listen, I’m on my way somewhere. Why don’t you come with me and see if you change your mind about this crummy summer?”

Spunky followed her down the path, and soon they were walking into the local soup kitchen. It was late morning and the lunch preps were in full swing. Soup was bubbling in big pots on the stove while volunteers put together turkey sandwiches and stacked up plates, bowls and silverware. Willow and Spunky started to help, and before they knew it, the doors were opened wide and a steady stream of people started coming through the line to pick up lunch.

Spunky helped scoop out the soup while Willow poured drinks at the end of the line. Time flew by, and before they knew it, the volunteers were cleaning up and heading home. Spunky had tagged along on the trip mostly as a distraction. But a few hours later, Spunky left the soup kitchen with a whole new attitude. He’d talked to some people who’d lost their jobs, others who had lost their homes.

“So,” Willow asked him on the way home, “Do you still think your summer is going to be crummy?”

He shook his head no and told Willow the soup kitchen made him think that losing a summer vacation was not such a big deal. “I still have what’s most important to me, my family and friends!”

Questions for Kids: Have you heard your family or other people talking about money lately? Can you think of any ways you can help your family save money? Are there any things you can do on your summer vacation for free?