Teddy's Button by Amy Le Feuvre
Teddy loves to tell the story of how his father heroically died on the battlefield and guards his button jealously. But this brings contention and strife when a new girl comes to town. Teddy begins to learn what it means to be a soldier under Christ, his Captain. Here is a story that will open a child's understanding of the spiritual battle within as Teddy learns that he is his own worst enemy. As a stubborn boy and girl refuse to back down from their selfish pride, one of the many lessons they learn is that they cannot win battles by force and hate, but by carrying the banner of love. Through this charming story, Amy Lefeuvre helps children to understand the spiritual battle that rages in their soul, and that parents and children are on the same side.
Teddy loves to tell the story of how his father heroically died on the battlefield and guards his button jealously. But this brings contention and strife when a new girl comes to town. Teddy begins to learn what it means to be a soldier under Christ, his Captain. Here is a story that will open a child's understanding of the spiritual battle within as Teddy learns that he is his own worst enemy. As a stubborn boy and girl refuse to back down from their selfish pride, one of the many lessons they learn is that they cannot win battles by force and hate, but by carrying the banner of love. Through this charming story, Amy Lefeuvre helps children to understand the spiritual battle that rages in their soul, and that parents and children are on the same side.
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'But then, of course, my Captain won't let me be beaten, if I stick<br />
close to Him.’<br />
And so they talked, a strange couple; but the younger of them had<br />
a faith which the elder might envy, and a grasp of the unseen that the<br />
ripest saint could not surpass.<br />
Not long after this, Teddy and his schoolfellows were having a<br />
delightful afternoon in the woods. It was Saturday afternoon, and they<br />
were playing their favorite war game, Teddy, of course, being prime<br />
instigator of the whole affair. A few of the more adventurous girls had<br />
joined them, Nancy amongst them. Her respect for Teddy was gradually<br />
increasing, though nothing seemed to quench her self-assertion and<br />
independence of thought and action. At length Teddy announced his<br />
intention of going off on an expedition as a scout, and on Nancy's<br />
insisting that she should come too, the two children started, made their<br />
way out of the wood and down to the banks of the stream, which soon<br />
joined the river.<br />
'What have we to do?' asked Nancy.<br />
'It's great fun. You see, every one we meet is an enemy, and we have<br />
to get past them without them seeing us; we must crawl through the<br />
long grass, or we must climb a tree, or get through the bushes; all kinds<br />
of adventures we have.’<br />
'And if we don't meet anybody?’<br />
'That's why I came down this way: there are always a lot of people<br />
fishing in the river. Now look out, don't you talk loud, and step softly.<br />
Just think that the first person who sees us will shoot us dead.’<br />
'But they won’t.'<br />
'You must make believe they will.'<br />
<strong>Teddy's</strong> tone was stern, and Nancy was too occupied in holding her hat<br />
on her head as they crept through some low bushes to advance any<br />
more skeptical opinions.<br />
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