Object: A pocket knife, a baseball glove, and a doll.

Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have a treasure? (Let them answer.) Very good, a lot of you have some treasure. What kind of treasure do you have? (Let them answer.) I brought along some things that I thought might be a treasure to you. A treasure is something very important to you, something that is worth almost more than anything you can think of, when you think of things that you want or have.

When I was a boy, I always thought that my baseball glove was the most important treasure that I had, and I would not have given it up for anything. My brother always wanted a pocket knife that he could carry with him. When he was old enough to have a knife he got one, and he still carries it with him tod…