Brite Star Kids "The Extra Set of Clothes"

The Extra Set of Clothes A Brite Star Kids Book Copyright © 2023 by The Brite Star Foundation, Inc., a 501 (c)3 All rights reserved.

Published by The Brite Star Foundation, Inc. 11411 Southern Highlands Parkway Suite 338 Las Vegas, Nevada 89141 Vincent W. Goett, Publisher

ISBN Paperback

979-8-89750-240-0

Digital

979-8-89750-241-7

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Cynthia was a Brite Star kid. She wasn’t an absolutely perfect girl but she was very good. She was good at obeying her parents. She also obeyed all the rules at the Brite Star Daycare Center. Well, except for one time when Cynthia and her best friend, Sarah, disobeyed arule.

Sarah’s father died when she was only 2 years old. Her mother worked hard to make money for the family. But she couldn’t afford to buy many extra things for them. In fact, Sarah didn’t even have enough clothes to keep the required extra set in her cubbyhole at the After School Club.

Cynthia had lots of toys and clothes. But, her parents had a rule that she could not loan her things to other kids. That’s because Cynthia had let others borrow her things but she never got them back. It was okay for others to play with her toys or wear her clothes but she could not allow them to take her things home.

ILLUSTRATION - Show Michele returning a borrowed toy to Karenza.

The After School Club had a rule that every child must keep an extra set of clothes in his or her cubbyhole.

That was just in case the child had an accident and needed to changeclothes.

ILLUSTRATION - Show an extra pair of clothes in Karenza’scubbyhole with kids playing in the background.

One day when the children came in from playing outside Cynthia didn’t see Sarahanywhere.

She looked in the classroom. She looked in the restroom. Sarah was nowhere to befound!

So she ran to the teacher and told her Sarah was missing. The teacher asked Cynthia to run back outside to see if Sarah was still on the playground.

ILLUSTRATION - Show Karenza talking to her teacher.

Cynthia ran outside. She looked on the slide.

She looked in theplay tunnel. But she couldn’t find Sarahanywhere.

ILLUSTRATION – Show Karenza looking around an empty playground for Michele.

Then Cynthia remembered the special hiding place she and Sarah had. It was in the big tower with the climbing wall on the outside. They liked to hide from other kids in there and share their secrets. She ran to look inside the tower.

ILLUSTRATION - Show Karenza running toward the climbing toy.

Sure enough, Sarah was huddled on the floor ofthe tower. She was crying.

“What’s the matter?” Cynthiaasked. She was very kind to her friend.

ILLUSTRATION – Show Karenza talking to Michele who ishuddled up in the corner of the climbing toy.

Sarah took a deep breath and pointed to a big wet spot on her pants. It was caked with wet sand. “I had an accident,” she whispered. “I spilled my juice box on my pants. It makes me look like a baby who wet my pants.”

ILLUSTRATION - Show an embarrassed Michele pointing out the wet stain on her pants. Show Karenza looking at Michele empathetically.

Cynthia knew that Sarah had a problem. If she went into the classroom with wet pants, some of the kids would make fun of her for sure. But, Sarah didn’t have an extra set of clothes to change into.

“Wait here. I have a plan,” Cynthia said. She crawled out of the tower and took off running.

ILLUSTRATION - Show Karenza running away from the climbing toy.

A few minutes later Cynthia was back and she had her own set of extra clothes. “Here, put these on,” she said.

“I can’t do that,” Sarah said. “It’s against the rules to wear someone else’s clothes. And, it’s against your parents’ rules.”

“I’ll think about that later,” Cynthia said. Then she stood guard while Sarah changed into the dry clothes.

ILLUSTRATION - Show Karenza handing the extra changeof clothes to a surprised Michele.

Sarah stuffed her wet, dirty clothes into the plastic bag that Cynthia’s extra clothes had been in. Then the two friends went back to the classroom and Sarah put the bag in her cubbyhole.

ILLUSTRATION - Show the two girls holding hands, running back to the classroom. Show Michele carrying thebag of soiled clothes.

Later, when Cynthia’s mom picked herup she could tell something was wrong. “What’sup?” she asked.

Cynthia took a deep breath and told her mom about breaking the rules. She waited to hear what her punishment would be.

But, there was no punishment! Cynthia’s mother said, “Following the rules is one way to be good. But, being kind and helpful to someone else is an even more important way to be good.”

ILLUSTRATION - Show Karenza talking to her mother.

Later than night Cynthia heard her mom talking with Sarah’s mom on the phone. “Why don’t I just send another set of extra clothes with Cynthia tomorrow?” she asked kindly. “Then Sarah canuse the ones she wore home today for her extra set.”

ILLUSTRATION - Show Karenza’s mother talking on the phone while Karenza stands in the background.

The next day Cynthia saw Sarah tuck an extra set of clothes into her cubbyhole and she smiled. “Thank you,” Sarah whispered as she went to the rug for story time.

Cynthia thought that being good had never felt so good. She was happier than ever to be a BriteStar kid!

ILLUSTRATION - Show the girls happily sitting on the rug together, holding hands.

Think About It

1. WasCynthia usually obedient or disobedient?

2. What difficult thing had happened in Sarah’s family?

3. Why did Cynthia’s parents have rules about her things?

4. Why did Cynthia help when Sarah had a problem?

5. Why wasn’t Cynthia punished for breaking her parents’ rule?

Let’s Work Together!

Itis important to obey your parents and to keep their rules. Butit’s also important to be kind and helpful to others when you can.

I Will . . .

• Tryto obey my parents’rules.

• Find ways to be helpful to others.

• Make wise choices about choosing to help others or to obey the rules.

How do you feel aboutobeying?

Do you believe that your parents’ rules are for your own good? Isit difficult for you to obey? Do you like to help others? Does it make you feel good to be kind and caring? What would your parents say if you broke a rule in order to help someone? How would you make the choice between obeying or helping?

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