Object: The story of Pinocchio; a puppet that looks like a little boy.

Lesson: He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ.

Good morning, boys and girls. Look who I have with me today! Can you guess who this is? (Let them answer.) Those are good answers, but they aren't correct. This little fellow is Pinocchio. Did you ever hear of him? (Let them answer.) Today's scripture lesson reminded me of this story. Once upon a time there lived a nice old man who was a puppet- maker. He decided to work very hard in order to make a puppet that looked something like this little boy here. Well, the more he worked on his puppet, the more he began to wish that he could have a real son, a real little boy of his own. One night, before he went to bed, he looked out and saw a beautiful…