Bully Up A Tree

Bully up a Tree Davey and Goliath go to visit Davey and Sally’s grandparents on the farm. As Davey, Goliath and Grandfather go to town to get supplies; Goliath gets into a dogfight with another dog while Davey and his Grandfather are in the market. A bully sees the two dogs fighting and decides to shoot Goliath with a rock with his slingshot. Goliath is hit by the rock. Davey tells the Bully not to hurt his dog and they both begin to fight each other! Davey’s Grandfather stops the fight between the two boys and the bully runs away. Davey is so upset and angry that someone would try to hurt his dog, Goliath. Davey’s Grandfather tells Davey that he must pattern his temperament to what the bible says about loving our enemies. Davey listens intently to his Grandfather’s wise words. However, Davey will encounter this bully again! While out fishing with his friend Tommy, Davey and Tommy see the bully at they fishing hole. The bully threatens Davey and Tommy. Tommy tells the Bully that he just needs to get his fishing pole and that they will leave. The bully is shooting at fish with a few rocks and slingshot. As Tommy reaches for his fishing pole; the bully pushes Tommy into the water. Davey helps Tommy out of the water and they both decide to go to another place to fish. While fishing, Davey and Tommy hear someone yelling for help. The bully saw a wild boar and starts to shoot rocks at the boar. The wild boar chases the bully, Jerry, up a tree. Jerry continues to yell for help. Davey tells Tommy that he and Goliath will go and see who is yelling for help. Tommy tells Davey that if it is the bully, he will not help him. Davey tells Tommy what his grandfather told him earlier in the morning about loving your enemies. Davey and Goliath go toward Jerry’s cries for help. They both see Jerry in the tree. Davey and Goliath both decide to leave Jerry in the tree, but then, Davey’s conscious gets the better of him. Davey and Goliath decide to help Jerry down from the tree. Goliath runs the wild boar away from Jerry who has now gotten stuck in the tree branches. Once Goliath runs the boar away, Davey helps Jerry down from the tree. Jerry is so surprised that he asks Davey why he helped him. Davey tells Jerry that God wants us to love people, even when they are mean to us. Jerry apologizes to Davey and Tommy. The moral of this story is: God’s love and forgiveness can reach anyone!