A parable - suitable for a more curriculum based setting with smaller children and not the children's sermon.

Long ago when the earth and stars were new, a great king ruled all the worlds of all the world. He lived in a magnificent city beyond the clouds. One day as the king stood looking out his palace window, he watched his many children playing in the Celestial Gardens.

"What wonderful children I have," he said. "Each one is beautiful. Each one is perfect."

Then the king noticed a little girl named Charity who sat alone on the stones near a waterfall. Charity had not been playing with the other children for a long time. This bothered the great king.

The king went down to sit beside Charity. "Why aren't you playing?" he asked her.

"I have played before," said the little girl.

"Don'…