Bible Bees

It's a beautiful day in the country.

And little bees, Sunny and Petal, are flying back

to their hive, after a fun day collecting pollen.

Wow, Petal, we collected so much yummy pollen today.

Queen Buttercup will be so proud us, Sunny.

And here is Queen Buttercup.

She will be very proud indeed.

Sunny, Petal, there you are.

We discovered a new clover field, Queen Buttercup

full of clover blossoms.

And have collected tons of pollen for the hive.

Great job, Sunny and Petal, everybody in the hive just loves clover.

I know, right?

Who doesn't?

How did you ever find the clover field, little ones?

Bailey, the dog, told us about it.

Oh our good friend, Bailey the dog.

Yes, Queen Buttercup.

You see, Bailey has a very good sense of smell.

And when we asked him if he could find a field

of clover for us, he said:

"Sure thing, little bees.

I can sniff out a great big clover field for you and yours."

You will collect enough sweet nectar

to keep your hive fed all winter long."

That's such a wonderful gesture, Sunny and Petal.

Bailey, the dog is a very kind friend indeed.

I'm sure you thanked him for showing you the way to this field.

Sunny and Petal, realized they have not

thanked, Bailey, the dog, for his amazing gift.

-No, Queen Buttercup. -We forgot.

Sunny, Petal, you know the importance of being thankful, don't you?

Hum... we're not sure, Queen Buttercup.

Why is it so important to be thankful?

Sunny and Petal, why don't you go

see our good friend, Chomps, the field mouse?

I'm sure he'll love to teach you two

about the importance of being thankful.

We will, Queen Buttercup.

We'll go see Chomps right away.

Run along, little ones.

Sunny and Petal fly to see Chomps, the field mouse

to learn why it's so important to be thankful.

Hey, Chomps.

Hi, Chomps.

Hey, it's Sunny and Petal.

What brings you this way?

Bailey, the dog, helped us find a field

of clover using his sense of smell.

But we forgot to thank him.

We're not even sure why it's so bad that we forgot.

Queen Buttercup said you would explain to us

the importance of saying thank you.

Well, Sunny and Petal, if you'd like, I'll tell you a story

that will show you why it's so important to be thankful.

A story?

Yes, a beautiful story from the Bible.

We would like that very much, Chomps.

Alright then, this is how the story goes.

As Chomps begins to tell the story,

little Sunny and Petal listen in,

making sure they don't miss a single word.

Once Jesus entered a village where he was met by ten lepers.

The lepers called out, "Jesus Master,

have mercy on us." When Jesus saw the poor men,

he said to them: "Go and show yourselves to the priests."

And as they went they were cleansed.

Jesus helped them get well.

He did. When one of the cured men saw that he was healed,

he turned back, praising God with a loud voice

and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet

giving him thanks, He was a Samaritan.

Then Jesus answered, "Were not ten cleansed?

Where are the other nine?

Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?"

Then he said to him: "Rise and go your way,

your faith has made you well."

Wow, Chomps.

What a wonderful story.

Now, Sunny and Petal, which of these men would you rather be?

The one who went their way or the one who remembered

to turn around and praise God for his help?

Ah, Chomps, we want to be like the one who turned around.

The one who praised God.

I imagine so, little bees.

Then go on now and behave like good little bees, good little bees

who don't forget to give thanks to their friends or to the Lord.

We will, Chomps, thank you.

Yes, thank you, Chomps.

Let's go see Bailey.

And thank him too.

Little bees, Sunny and Petal,

fly to see their friend, Bailey, the dog.

Bailey!

Bailey.

Sunny and Petal.

We wanted to thank you for helping us find the field of clover today.

Because of you, we'll collect enough pollen

to help feed our entire hive all winter long.

You're very welcome, little ones.

We also want to thank God for helping us too.

Yeah, God gave us a great friend like you, Bailey.

Who helped us find the clover field.

That will give us tons of pollen.

To make lots of honey.

To help feed the entire hive, all winter long.

Oh yes, little ones, God is always there for you.

Never forget to give thanks to Him for the blessings in your life.

We won't.

We promise.

We'll never forget to give thanks to God.

And to all those in our life who help us, like Queen Buttercup.

And Chomps, and you, Bailey.

That's a wonderful thing you learned today, little ones.

And Speaking of help, your thankfulness will be rewarded, follow me.

Thanks to their friend, Bailey, Sunny and Petal

have discovered another secret field.

This time of alfalfa blossoms and everybody knows

bees love alfalfa blossoms.

Well, Bailey, this is amazing.

Alfalfa blossoms.

That's right, little ones. You see, I was napping

in the shade a little while ago and the wind blew

a whiff of the sweetest smelling blossoms I ever did smell.

You do have a great sense of smell, Bailey.

Yes, I sure do.

-And you know what I thought? -What?

I thought, "As soon as I see my good pals, Sunny and Petal again,

I'll tell them about this field too."

-Really? -So after Chomps told us that amazing Bible story.

That taught us the importance of being thankful.

And we came to thank you.

It was the perfect time to show you this field too.

Wow, so to be thankful doesn't also feel great.

But in the end, you will be rewarded too.

God always rewards those who give thanks to Him, little ones.

Thank you, Bailey.

Yeah, thank you so much for all your help.

Let's go back to the hive, Petal.

Yeah, let's go tell Queen Buttercup what we've learned today.

Sunny and Petal returned to the hive to see Queen Buttercup,

and tell her all they've learned about being thankful.

Sunny, Petal, you're back.

Yes, Queen Buttercup. We visited Chomps, just like you said.

And he told us an amazing story from the Bible.

On the importance of being thankful.

Ah, that's amazing, little ones.

And you'll never guess what happened afterwards.

- What happened? -We went back to see Bailey

to thank him for showing us the clover field.

And when we got there, he showed us a whole new

field of yummylicious alfalfa blossoms.

That's wonderful, Sunny and Petal.

I see that you've learned your lesson about the importance

of being thankful and you were rewarded for your kindness.

Yes, Queen Buttercup.

Our tummy will be full of honey this winter.

But what's more important, our heart will be full of praise for God.

And that's what matters the most.

With a heart full of gratitude and love for God,

little Sunny and Petal returned to collecting

sweet pollen for their hive.

Let's go, Petal.

Let's go, Sunny.

Woohoo. Woohoo.

Petal, I can't think of anyone better to collect pollen with than you.

Same here, Sunny. What could possibly be better

than doing what you were born to do,

with your best friend in the whole world by your side?

Nothing, it's the bee's knees.

And here is Queen Buttercup, she will be very proud indeed.

Sunny, Petal, I'm so glad you two are back.

We're glad to be back, Queen Buttercup.

Yeah, it's not easy flying around with all this pollen in our bellies.

Great job, bees, but I need to ask you to go back to the field.

Go back out, but why?

We collected so much pollen today.

Right, if I eat anymore, I'm afraid I might burst my stripes.

And then she'll be polka-dotted.

It's not that, my lovely bees, is our old friend, Muffin.

-Is everything okay? -I hope so.

Muffin got himself stuck in a mud pit and can't get out.

Oh, no.

Muffin's huge, he could sink like a stone in deep mud.

And he can't swim.

Like, at all.

This is terrible news.

What can we do to help, Queen?

We're just too little bees.

Firstly, it's so kind of you to ask and offer your help, Petal.

Any creature would be lucky to count either of you as their friend.

Your hive-mate, Manny, is on the scene making sure Muffin

keeps a foothold and doesn't sink.