17. Patience: The Hermit Crab Who Waited for a Shell

Lamplighter Kids Stories

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🗓️ 26 June 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Big news! Lamplighter Kids Stories is becoming an animated YouTube series. To learn more about the project and ways your family can support it, visit lamplighterkids.com/kidsclub

Our virtue in this episode is: Patience! Follow Jerome the Hermit Crab as he longs for a new shell for his home. Every day he looks in the tide pools to see if any shiny new shells have washed up, but every day he is disappointed. Will he find a new shell before he gets noticed by the hungry seagulls? Listen to today's episode to find out!

Discussion questions for kids:

Question 1) Can you remember a time in your life where you had to have patience to wait for something good?

Question 2) What does it feel like when you have patience? What does it feel like when you don’t have patience?

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to Lamplighter Podcast.
0:09.0	My name is Rebecca and this is my squirrel friend, Momo.
0:13.0	Hello, kids!
0:15.0	We have an exciting story for you today.
0:18.0	In each of our stories, we are going to learn about one virtue.
0:22.6	A virtue is anything that is good and right and true.
0:27.6	Virtues are like little lights that shine bright and beautiful in a story.
0:32.6	So, are you ready?
0:34.6	Come and listen while we light the way to your imagination. The Hello everyone and welcome back to another lamplighter adventure.
1:04.0	Today we are going to be learning about the virtue of patience.
1:08.0	Oh, I could really use some patience right now. Oh, really, Mo Mo, why use that?
1:14.6	Well, my mom and dad, Mr. and Mrs. McSquirl, they invited me to come with them on a vacation to beach Shelly Mel.
1:22.6	Oh, Shelly Mel Beach is the best beach in the world. We used to go there all the time when I was a little squirrel and I haven't been back in so long.
1:33.3	The waves, the sand, the sun, oh, it's the perfect thing to do in the summer.
1:40.3	The problem is I have to wait a whole month before we go on our vacation.
1:45.6	I just don't know if I can do it.
1:47.5	Wow, a month is a pretty long time.
1:50.5	It's very hard to wait for something so exciting like a vacation.
1:55.0	I've also had to wait for a lot of things in my life too, Mo Mo.
1:59.0	And I know it isn't easy to be patient.
2:01.5	Really? What did you have to wait for? Well, my birthday party or a present that's coming in the
2:07.9	mail or a fun trip. Gosh, there's so many reasons I've had to wait. And sometimes I didn't
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