Honesty Treasure Champs

# Treasures are the special things

-# We think..

-And feel...

-And do

# Treasure champs are heroes

-# Like him...

-And her...

-And you

# So everyday let's do our best

# We're Treasure Champs we're on a quest

# We're Treasure Champs. #

Hello. We're really excited about today's treasure, aren't we, Barry?

-Are we?

-Yes.

-Are you excited?

-Of course I'm excited.

I get excited by most things.

Like this yo-yo.

And this remote control car. Whee!

Even this balloon.

HE LAUGHS

What's going on?

I'm just saying I'm excited but earlier said you weren't

and that you just wanted to play with your building blocks.

Oh, did I say that?

I'm just telling the truth. Being honest.

Oh, that's today's treasure, isn't it?

Yes, yes, it is.

# What, what, what, what, what do you think?

# What, what, what, what, what do you say?

# What does it mean?

-# What do you do

-About this treasure?

# It's over to you. #

Honesty is when you, like, when you tell the truth.

Honesty is when you have to tell a grown-up the whole story.

It's good to be honest because you always can learn from your mistakes.

Sometimes it's hard to tell the truth because it makes you

feel worried and scared.

When you don't tell the truth, it's like a bad secret.

My tie fell off today and I need to tell my parents

the whole story what happened.

If you tell a lie, then it can lead to another lie and another lie

and another lie and that could just make more trouble.

Being honest is really hard sometimes, so that's why we're

going to...

Please excuse me a minute.

Barry, what are you doing?

Building a tower.

-Wait, aren't they my building blocks?

-Er, no.

-I really think they are.

-No.

Barry, you need to be careful about lying because if you tell a

lie, then you often tell another one to cover up for the last one.

-Well, they are my blocks.

-Who gave them to you?

-A genie.

-A genie?

-A genie gave you blocks that look exactly like mine?

-Er, yes.

-So you found a magic lamp?

-Is that where genies come from?

-Yes.

Then, yes, I found a magic lamp.

And you wished for some building blocks?

Not the thing we all know you'd wish for which is...

An ice cream the size of a house and a diving board to dive into it.

Yay.

Barry, remember what I said?

When you tell a lie, you sometimes tell another one to cover it

up and then tell another one and another and another until you or

-someone else gets hurts.

-Whoa!

-Oh!

-Are you OK?

-Yes, but, Barry, can you be honest, please?

-OK.

-These are your building blocks.

-I know.

If you want to borrow them, just ask.

-But it's much better if you tell the truth.

-I'm sorry I lied.

Can we build a tower together?

Sure, but first here's a story about a Treasure Champ.

Some of you may know it.

It's about a little boy who decided to tell the truth and it

really didn't turn out as he expected.

Oh, could we get the genie to help us?

-The genie is made up.

-Oh, yeah.

Hiya.

I'm Ben and this is the amazing story of the Emperor's contest.

Once there was an Emperor, a King, a ruler.

No, no, not that sort of ruler.

This sort of ruler.

I am the Emperor.

He had no children but he wanted to choose someone wise and

honest to rule his glorious kingdom after him.

So he called for his trusty messenger.

TRUMPET BLOWS

I am the messenger to his magnificent Emperor.

He's inviting all children to his splendidulous palace.

Yes, come on, hurry up, let's go.

When the children got to the Palace, the Emperor said,

"Children, I'm giving you all a seed.

"Go home, plant the seed in a pot and in one year, come back and

"then I'll choose one of you to be the next Emperor."

Well, go on, then, hurry up, there's no time to lose.

One of the children was a boy called Ling.

"Ling was so excited to be given a seed by the Emperor.

"Oh, my beautiful, wonderful seed.

"I'm going to plant this seed in a pot and I'm going to water it.

"I'm going to water it every day."

Well, Ling did water it every day.

It didn't grow. He gave it plenty of sunshine.

Yet no matter what he did, where he put the pot or how much he

watered it, it just didn't grow.

He even sang the seed a song.

# Grow, grow, grow, grow, grow, grow... #

Please!

As the weeks passed, Ling saw the plants of the other children

who'd been given seeds and already they were growing tall and strong.

Ling didn't know what to do.

Then he had an idea.

"Maybe," Ling thought, "I could take a different planet,

"a nice big bushy one and pretend that my seed has grown really well."

HE LAUGHS

"Oh, I can't do it."

You see, it wouldn't have been honest.

Ling knew how important it was to tell the truth.

If he lied, he wouldn't be worthy to take over from the Emperor.

The day came and Ling and the other children returned to the great hall

with their plants and wondered which of them the Emperor would choose.

The Emperor saw Ling's pot and asked, "What is your name?"

"Ling."

"All hail the next Emperor. Emperor Ling."

"Pardon?"

"A year ago I gave you all a seed to plant,

"but the seeds I gave out had been boiled,

"so they would never ever grow.

"I wanted to see how many of you would swap a useless seed for

"a plant and whether any of you would return with an empty pot.

"Only one of you has and that is Ling.

"So this young man will be my heir because he's been honest."

Ling was astonished and many years later did indeed become

Emperor and was known throughout the land as wise, honest and true.

Well, thanks for helping me tell today's treasure story.

We'll see you again soon. Bye-bye.

-ALL:

-Bye.

-Bye-bye.

Wow, what a Treasure Champ.

Ling was so brave to be honest like that, wasn't he, Barry?

Barry?

Yes, just like me admitting that these were your blocks.

-Oh, do I get to be an Emperor for telling the truth?

-No, Barry.

Sometimes there's no reward for being honest.

It's just the right thing to do.

Mmm, my tummy's hungry.

Can we have some ice cream now?

TRUMPET PLAYS

# How, how, how, how, how do you do it?

# How, how, how, how, how does it feel?

# How does it look?

-# What do you do

-About this treasure?

# It's over to you. #

-Hello, my name is Esther.

-And I'm Anaya.

We love playing together.

But we've also got lots of toys we don't play with any more.

So today we can have a garage sale

because people might want to buy our toys.

It's a great way to raise money that we could use to help others.

But we're not just selling toys.

Gran is giving us other things we can sell too.

We have to decide how much everything should cost.

This record player is great.

I think we should sell it for £2.

Someone will definitely buy this.

Anaya is setting everything out on the stall,

while I make the most important thing - an honesty box.

This is where our customers will put the money for the things they buy.

We trust that people are going to be honest

and put the right amount of money into the honesty box.

We'll come back later and see what's been bought.

An honesty box.

Good idea. Good name for it.

Do you think people will be honest?

I'm sure they will.

But what if no-one leaves any money?

They left money. Yay!

They're being honest.

We've made good use of the toys that we didn't need any more.

Look how much money you've made.

Thanks to our honest customers.

Hi, my name is Adrianne. Today is my birthday.

I'm excited because my friends have come to my party.

They've all brought me presents.

Guys, we're going to play loads of fun games today.

The first game we're playing is pin the tail on the donkey.

Three spins. Are you sure you can't see?

LAUGHTER

-Oh, no!

-Can you see anything?

-Yes.

-Can you see?

Thank you for being honest. Really good.

-Can you see anything now?

-No.

Has he got it?

You pinned it on his nose. Very good.

Next, we're playing musical statues.

Oh, I love party games.

Me too, but it's hard not to lie when you really want to win.

But it's much more fun for everyone when you're honest.

Freeze.

-Oh, Adrianne, did you move?

-Yes.

It was a shame I was out of the game

but I got to watch everybody else dance.

They were really funny, especially Dad.

Pass the parcel is my favourite game

because the winner gets a present.

Once the music starts, it's really easy to get carried away.

Especially when they're prizes.

They're having a great time and being very honest.

-Oh, and whose was it?

-I think it was Esther's.

-I think so too.

Good girl, Adrianne.

I was glad Esther got the present. She deserved it.

-Time for my birthday cake.

-ALL:

-Yay!

Let's get something to eat.

Thank you for coming to my party.

It's nearly time for us to go.

I hope we've all seen the importance of honesty and

telling the truth.

But what if being honest means you upset or embarrass someone?

Like if I said in front of all the Treasure Champs that you've got a

-big ice cream splodge on your face.

-Ooh, don't worry.

It's best to think before you say things,

but I'm glad you were honest.

Thank you.

THEY LAUGH