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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And amidst the sudden hush that fell on all the boys, Teddy<br />
walked up to the master's desk with hot cheeks and bent head.<br />
'Edward Platt, for the last three days you have been incorrigible. I<br />
have kept you in, and given you extra tasks, but neither has had any<br />
effect. Now I shall have to do what I have never yet done to you. Hold<br />
out your hand.'<br />
<strong>Teddy's</strong> head was raised instantly, and holding himself erect he<br />
bore unflinchingly the three or four sharp strokes with the cane that the<br />
master thought fit to give him.<br />
'Now,' said the master, 'you can go home. I will dispense with your<br />
attendance for the rest of this morning.'<br />
Teddy walked out without a word: he felt the disgrace keenly, but<br />
it was the means of bringing him to himself, and rushing away to a<br />
secluded corner in a field he flung himself down on the ground and<br />
sobbed as if his heart would break. Half an hour after his uncle,<br />
happening to pass through that field, came across him.<br />
'Why, Ted, what be the matter?' he inquired as he lifted him to his<br />
feet.<br />
<strong>Teddy's</strong> tear-stained face and quivering lips touched him so, that<br />
he sat down on a log of wood near, and drew him between his knees.<br />
'Are you feeling bad—are you hurt?' was the next question; and<br />
then Teddy looked up, and in a solemn voice asked, 'What does the<br />
Queen do when her soldiers are beaten instead of getting a victory?'<br />
I—I'm sure I don't know. I can't remember the time when we was<br />
beaten.<br />
‘I reckon she's sorry for them.'<br />
'Doesn't she turn them out of her army?'<br />
'Why, no!'<br />
'What does God do when His soldiers leave off fighting, and knock<br />
under to their enemy?'<br />
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