Ken  and Amy  went outside to play. Father  was working in the garden, and they ran to him.

"I am so glad that you came out here," said . "I want to warn you to stay away from the far corner of the garden. There are some bees  there. They have a nest  in the ground. If you bother them, they might sting you."
Just then Mother  called  to come inside the house.
"I wonder what that  looks like," said . "I want to go look at it."
"You better not," said . "Remember what Daddy told us."
"It will not hurt if I just go and look at it," said . Soon he discovered the place where the  were coming out of the ground. He watched them come in and out of the .
 had an idea. "I will poke a stick into the bees' , and then the  will not be able to get out to sting anybody."

Just as  was ready to poke the stick into the  an angry bee  came out.  started running toward the house, but the angry  flew after him.
At that moment  came out of the house, and  ran into his arms. "Don't let the  sting me!" screamed .

 put his arms around . That moment, the angry  stung  on his arm!  was still afraid of the angry , but  said, "You do not have to be afraid any more. A  can sting only one time, and he has stung me."
"I am so sorry. It is all my fault,"  said. "You told me not to go near the , but I disobeyed you and did it anyway. Why did I do this?"
"It is because you have  in your heart,"  answered. "All of us have  in our hearts.  made the first man and woman, Adam  and his wife Eve , perfect and good like Himself. But  chose to disobey  and  came into their hearts.
"Ever since that time, people have had  in their hearts. The Bible  says that we are born with  in our hearts. That is why we say and do wrong things," explained .
"Now I know what  is, and why I did wrong," said . "Please forgive me, Daddy."
"I forgive you for disobeying me," said . "But there is something I cannot do for you. I cannot forgive you of your . But I know Someone who can!

