There are five wise girls who are ready for the wedding, but there are five foolish girls who aren't. The foolish girls haven't got enough oil for their lamps. When the bridegroom arrives in the middle of the night only the girls who were ready get to go to the ceremony.
The church is a believing family, a community of missionaries and worshipers. This book is a call to children and families to be God s people and to live as God has made them to be.
Every day the small wooden people called Wemmicks do the same thing: stick gold stars or grey dots on one another. In this children's tale, Eli the woodcarver helps Punchinello understand how special he is - no matter what other Wemmicks may think. It's a vital message for children everywhere: that they are all special in God's eyes.
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