6-12岁*故事 | 浣熊瑞奇的故事 Ricky the Raccoon

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介绍

一只骄傲自大的浣熊，最终因自负而走向灭亡。

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主题

贪心、骄傲、悔改、罪

时间

大约5分钟

故事

瑞奇浣熊是一只非常富有的浣熊，森林里的许多动物都羡慕瑞奇和他的财富。瑞奇为了拥有这些，可是付出了不少努力。当其他森林动物在睡觉或玩耍时，他总是在农夫家的垃圾桶里翻找。“一个人不要的东西，就是另一只浣熊的宝藏！”他总是这样说。

这活儿可不轻松。瑞奇曾多次差点被农夫家那只老猎犬杰克抓住。只要农夫一听到垃圾桶附近有动静，就会派杰克去驱赶或咬死这些“垃圾翻找害兽”。森林里的动物常常跑来看瑞奇收集的奇珍异宝，也爱听他讲述如何一次次智胜老猎犬的冒险故事。

随着时间的推移，瑞奇变得越来越骄傲自大。他开始吹嘘自己比农夫更聪明，比猎犬跑得更快。

没过多久，森林里传出了一个传言：在农夫的垃圾桶里翻找的不止一只浣熊。这让瑞奇非常不满。他一心想成为“最胆大、无人能抓到的那只浣熊”。为了证明“只有他”才是夜晚光顾垃圾桶的主角，他想出了一个主意：每次翻完垃圾后，他都要把垃圾桶整个推倒，让大家都知道是他干的。

可这样一来，农夫看到自家垃圾桶被翻得满地狼藉，就被彻底惹火了。以前他对这些害兽还算宽容，但这下他决定要来硬的，设个陷阱。

第二天晚上，瑞奇又跑到农夫家准备翻垃圾。还没爬进第一个垃圾桶，他就看见了一个必须得到的宝贝——农夫的一块闪闪发亮的手表！手表放在一个只有一个小口的盒子里，盒子还钉在地上。瑞奇刚好可以把爪子伸进去。

他抓住了手表，正要抽手离开，却怎么也拔不出来。只要他还死死抓着手表，他的手就卡在盒子里出不来。这时，他听到猎犬跑来的声音，可他实在舍不得那块手表。他想：“如果我放弃了这块闪亮的宝贝，其他动物会怎么想我？”猎犬越来越近，瑞奇的贪心和骄傲让他放不下这块手表，也因此没能及时逃走。等瑞奇反应过来，老猎犬已经扑了上来……从此以后，森林里再也没有了瑞奇浣熊。

有些人就像瑞奇浣熊一样，心里紧抓不放一些罪。他们明知道这些罪会伤害他们、甚至毁掉他们，却还是不肯放手。他们在意别人的看法，远胜过讨神的喜悦。

箴言 16:18 “骄傲在败坏以先，狂心在跌倒之前。”

*** 英文版 *******

Ricky the Raccoon

A raccoon's prideful ego becomes his downfall.For storybook version Click here  

TOPICS:

Greed, Pride, Repentance, Sin

DURATION:

Approximately 5 minutes

Ricky the raccoon was a very wealthy raccoon. Many of the forest animals admired Ricky and his wealth. Ricky had worked hard to get where he was. When all the other forest animals were sleeping or playing he would be out rummaging through the farmer's trashcans. "One man's junk is another raccoon's treasure," he would say.

It was dangerous work. Ricky had many close calls with the farmer's old hound dog, Jake. You see, any time the farmer heard noises around his trash cans, he sent Jake out to chase away or kill the trash picking varmints. Animals of the forest often stopped by to see the wonderful things Ricky collected and to hear the exciting stories of how Ricky outsmarted the old hound dog.

As time went by, Ricky became more and more prideful. He started boasting that he was smarter than the farmer and quicker than the dog.

After a while, a rumor started that there was more than one raccoon going through the farmer's trash. This upset Ricky's ego. He wanted to be known as the most daring raccoon, the raccoon that no one could catch. He had to do something to show that he was the raccoon that had visited the farmer's trashcans late at night. So, he got an idea. When he was finished going through the trash, he would dump the trash cans over to prove he had been there.

Now, when the farmer saw his trash cans flipped over and trash all over the place, he became angry. The farmer had been going easy on the varmints, but now he had to get tough. He would set a trap.

The following evening, Ricky the raccoon came to the farmer's house to pick through the trash. Before he climbed into his first trash can, he noticed a treasure he had to have. It was the farmer's shiny wrist watch. Ricky scurried up to it. The watch was inside a box that had one small opening. The box was staked to the ground. Ricky could just barely squeeze his hand through the opening of the box.

He grabbed the watch and turned to leave, but he couldn't. For as long as he held on to the watch, he could not get his hand out of the box. Ricky heard the dog coming, but he really wanted that watch. What would the other animals think if he didn't get the shiny treasure? The dog was closer now. Ricky's greed and pride kept him from dropping the watch so he could escape. Before Ricky knew what hit him, the hound dog had him. Ricky the raccoon was no more.

Some people can be a lot like Ricky the raccoon. They have sins in their lives that they won't release. They know these sins can hurt them, they may even kill them, but they still won't let go of the sin. They worry more about what other people may think than they do about pleasing God.

Proverbs 16:18 - Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.

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