Honour Your Father and Your Mother.（Exodus 20 :12）

It’s summer, Rose and her brother and sister are on their summer holidays from school. It is usually very hot in July and August and today is no different. Rose is at home with Mum. Can I go outside to play, Mummy?’ asks Rose. ‘Not now,’ says Mum, ‘the sun is too strong. Stay inside and help me to bake a cake for lunch.’ Rose is unhappy because she wants to be outside where she can run and jump and play.

Rose helps mum to add eggs and flour to the mixing bowl. They add sugar and butter and stir the batter until it is nice and smooth. Mum puts the cake in the oven to bake. Rose looks out at the garden and asks, ‘Mummy, can I play outside in the sun?’ Mum shakes her head and says, ‘It’s still very sunny, Rose. You will get sunburned playing in the sun.’ Rose is disappointed but she sits down with a book instead and starts to read quietly. Fluffy, the family cat, slowly walks over to Rose and lays down on her lap, purring loudly. Mum sees how disappointed Rose is and she has an idea. She goes to the girls’ bedroom and comes back with sun cream and a sun hat. ‘Here you go, Rose,’ says Mum, and she begins to rub sun cream over Rose’s face, arms and legs. ‘You can go outside but put on your sun hat.’ Rose nods at her mum and happily skips out to the garden. Fluffy follows closely behind. Ten minutes later Rose and Fluffy run back into the house. Rose says, ‘Fluffy needs a sun hat!’

Message

This reminds us that we must honour our mother and father and show respect for them in our daily lives.

Action

Listen to what our mother and father say and follow their advice.

Glossary

batter (noun) : a mixture of flour, eggs, and milk or

another liquid, used to make pancakes or to cover

food before frying it . 用麵粉、雞蛋和牛奶混成的麵糊。

sunburn (noun) : a condition in which your skin is

sore and red because you have spent too long in

the strong heat of the sun. 曬傷

disappointed (adjective) : unhappy because

someone or something was not as good as you

hoped or expected, or because something did not

happen. 失望的

purring (verb) : to make a quiet, continuous, soft

sound. 發出平穩低沉的聲音

This story if taken from CEO Project 1.0 — Family (Level 1) Unit 1 The Four Seasons —Summer