William Henry O. Lake
Sunday School Papers Etc.
Little Tiny Tim the Littlest Hammer
Our story is about the Hammer family and mainly about Little Tiny Tim
the smallest of the Hammer family.
There was Mr. Sledge Hammer who was good for heavy pounding. There was
Mrs. Ball & Pean Hammer. She was used by machinists for heavy machine
work. There was Domie Claw Hammer. He was used by carpenters for driving
nails into wood. Then there was Sarah Tack Hammer. She was used for light
hammering and driving tacks when fastening upholstery on chairs. Then
there was Little Tiny Tim Hammer who was so small no one knew what to
use him for.
The Hammer family lived in the land of Happiness which was ruled by
a very good and wise king. Although he was good and wise, he was very
strict for he knew that the happiest people were those who knew how to
obey rules and laws and so when he said something he expected it to be
done.
People from all over the world came to live in the land of Happiness
because they had heard how nice it was there and so the country grew until
the king could not look after it by himself so he divided it into a number
or provinces.
Over the providence of Melody he appointed a fine young man to rule
there. This young prince grew to love his people very much. So much that
he did his best to help people whenever he could. If while he was travelling
on a muddy road in his carriage he came upon a place where a cart was
stuck in the mud, he would get out and help till the cart [was] freed
and ready to go again. Or if he heard of anyone being sick or in need
of help he would go to see what he could do for them. Gradually the people
grew to love him so much that they tried to be like him and help each
other whenever they could.
One day the prince needed a sledge hammer to do some heavy pounding
and to drive some long stakes into the ground so he went to the hardware
store to get Mr. Sledge Hammer. When the Prince came to where the Hammer
family were kept Little Tiny Tim stood out on the front of the shelf and
stood as big and straight as he could and flexed his muscles and when
the prince saw him he picked him up and said, "My, what a tiny little
hammer. I wonder what he is used for." Then the prince put him down
and walked away.
After that when Tiny Tim went out to play with the other children, sometimes
they would dance around him in a circle and sing "Little Tiny Tim.
What's the use for him." When Tiny Tim could he would break away
from their circle to run away and hide.
One day the king came to see the prince because he had heard how nice
things were in the province of Melody because the prince was so nice and
when he the king saw that everything that he had heard was true he presented
the prince with a beautiful medallion for looking after his province so
well.
When he gave the prince the medallion he told him that he must wear
it every time the king came to visit him.
A few months later the king sent word that he was coming to have his
annual inspection of the province of Melody. So the prince made ready
for the king's visit and he waited till the last minute to put on his
medallion and when he went to put it on it caught on the corner of a table
and broke the chain.
Now the prince didn't know what to do because he remembered the king
had said he must wear it when he came. The prince decided to do what we
all should do that is to tell the truth.
When the king realized it was an accident and the prince was telling
the truth he said, "I will go and inspect the next province and I'll
be back at noon tomorrow and I expect you will have it repaired by then.
If it is not I will have to banish you from the kingdom for ever"
and he left.
Now the prince began to wonder how he could fix the chain. All he needed
was a small tool to tap the chain link together again.
While the prince was wondering where he could get a small enough tool
to repair the link he remembered the little tiny hammer at the hardware
store so he went to the store to get it.
Now Tiny Tim had had an awful day that day. First of all some relatives
came to visit his family and they started to tease him about his size,
and telling him if he didn't hurry up and grow he wouldn't be good for
anything. Then he went outside and the children caught him in their circle
and sang their little song, "Little Tiny Tim What's the use for him."
They kept it up until finally he was able to break from the circle and
went out and found the darkest corner on [the] darkest shelf and sat down
and felt sorry for himself.
When the prince came to the hardware store they went to find Tiny Tim
and couldn't find him. They looked and looked all over but they couldn't
find him.
Mr. Sledge Hammer offered his help but he would only smash the chain
even more and all the other Hammer family offered their help but none
of them were of any use.
The prince went home with the promise of the man in the store that he
would keep looking and when he found him he would bring him right over.
The man looked all the rest of the day and the next morning. In the
meantime the prince began to get worried and when morning came he started
to pace up and down the room wondering where Little Tiny Tim had gone.
It got to be eleven o'clock then eleven thirty and as the prince paced
up and down the room he looked out of the window and saw the king's carriage
turn into his driveway. But just then the prince's door burst open and
the hardware man had Little Tiny Tim in his hand.
They quickly put the links of the chain together and gave the open link
a little tap that only Little Tiny Tim could give and the chain was fixed.
So when the king came in the prince was wearing the beautiful medallion.
The prince was so happy that from that time on every year they celebrated
a holiday in the province of Melody in honour of Little Tiny Tim. And
the children would catch Little Tiny Tim in their circle and dance around
him and sing, "Little Tiny Tim. We know the use for him."
First Ending
A wise man once said, "Each of us has a talent or a group of talents
that no one else in the world has" so it is up to each of us to find
out what talents we have and then use them to help our fellow men and
women to live better lives.
Second Ending
When we started I said this story is a fairy tale. By now you all know
it is. But there are some lessons to learn from it. Can you tell me anything
you think might be a lesson to us from this story.
1) No matter how small we are or how much we feel we aren't capable
of doing things we should try to do different things to find out what
we can do best.
2) We shouldn't criticize others because we think they can't do things.
We could get a great big surprise sometimes.
3) We shouldn't hesitate or refuse to do things because they are only
little things. Sometimes the big things can't get done until the little
ones are done first.
4) Sometimes we think because we are not big enough or we haven't got
enough education or the right education we can't do things. The main thing
is to try to find something we like doing and work from there. Someone
has said that each os us has a talent or a combination of talents that
no one else in this world has. Our job is to find out what ours is. I
read about a man the other day who only had a grade 8 education but he
has become a multimillionaire from inventing electronics things.
Our Father in Heaven, help us to find the things that you have put us
here to do. Help us to be not too proud to do the humblest of things.
Help us to prepare ourselves to do the great big jobs if You want us to.
Give us the joy and happiness that comes from doing a good job whether
it be big or little. Go with us now and help us to do Your will always.
Amen.
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