Adventure Tales: Christ-Centered Short Stories

By Gary Fauzae

Tommy spends his days thinking about how to spend his share of his father’s wealth. When his father finally gives him his inheritance, Tommy leaves in a spaceship to prove he can make more money than his father ever did. But when things do not turn out the way Tommy plans, now he must decide how to extract himself from the mess. But will his father ever welcome him back home again?

In a collection of short stories for children, Gary Fauzae takes inspiration from Bible stories to share valuable moral lessons. Children will visit an unhappy Bonkers and his friends in Clown Town, sympathize with Patches the Scarecrow as he works through his fears of the dark, and share a lively adventure on the sea with Sarah, a God-fearing tugboat.

Adventure Tales is a collection of Christ-centered short stories that share timeless, inspirational messages that remind children that God and his son, Christ Jesus, are always there for us.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Dec 14, 2018
• ISBN: 9781973648505

Gary Fauzae

pGary Fauzae is originally from Leavenworth, Kansas. He rededicated his life to God in 2005. Today his passion is encouraging children to read the Bible, draw closer to God, and build a stronger relationship with his son, Christ Jesus. Gary is the author of Josh and Eric’s Bible Adventure and resides in central Texas/

Book preview

Copyright © 2019 Written By Gary Fauzae.

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, names, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

MSG:

Scripture taken from The Message. Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

NIV:

THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

WestBow Press

A Division of Thomas Nelson & Zondervan

1663 Liberty Drive

Bloomington, IN 47403

www.westbowpress.com

1 [phone]

Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

ISBN: 978-1-9736-4849-9 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-9736-4850-5 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2018914742

WestBow Press rev. date: 12/14/2018

13979.png

Contents

Tommy the Prodigal Son

The Wise Young Jester

Molly

The Race

Lenny versus Kenny

Bad Kitty

Bonkers the Unhappy Clown in Clown Town

Patches the Scarecrow

The Wacky Reports

The Wacky Taffy King and the Unkind Servant

Cabby the Cab

Sarah the Tugboat

FNL01.jpg

Tommy the Prodigal Son

There was once was a man who had two sons, Tommy and Jimmy. Tommy was the younger of the two, and all he could think about was his share of his father’s wealth. He thought daily about how he would use it—the things he would buy and the places he would go see. So one day he asked for his share of his father’s wealth so he could leave to do the things he wanted to do.

His father tried to persuade him to stay, but Tommy would not listen. Even after Tommy told his father he would be wise with his galaxy money and would make him proud, his father still did not want him to leave.

After a couple of days Tommy’s father finally agreed to give him his share of the wealth, even though he did not agree with his son’s choice to leave.

After Tommy got his inheritance money from his father, he got into his spaceship and left. He wanted to prove to his father that he could be wise with his galaxy money and make more money than his father had made. He knew for sure that, then, his father would be proud of him. So he left for Planet Business.

On the way to Planet Business where he would make all of his galaxy money, he had to pass by a planet called Fun World. The whole planet was an amusement park, made of all types of roller coasters, candy shops, and games. He thought to himself that he could have a little fun with the galaxy money he had gotten from his father. So with a quick turn, he headed for Fun World.

As he landed, he could see all of the candy shops and game booths. He could also see all of the rides, which stretched as far as the eye can see. He saw the Cosmic Space Drop; the Rocking Comet; and, his favorite, the Rocket. The fastest and biggest roller coaster ever built, the Rocket was more than five hundred miles long, with all kinds of loops, hoops, and twirls.

After getting out of his ship, Tommy began to walk around. He played some of the games and ate all kinds of candy and cotton candy. He also rode the Rocket more than a hundred times. He rode some of the other rides as well.

He was having so much fun. He even made two new friends while he was there. He paid for everything. When night came, the three of them stayed at Meteor Hotel, which was the most expensive hotel on Fun World.

The next day, Tommy decided to leave. But his two new friends did not want him to go just yet. They convinced him to stay and have some more fun with them. They did this because they had no galaxy money and were up to no good.

Time passed by, and Tommy and his friends were all having fun.

Then the day came when Tommy realized he was broke. He did not even have one galaxy penny to his name. But his two friends told him they knew of a place where they could get more money so they can continue to have fun.

So they all got into Tommy’s spaceship and headed to Waste Planet. This was where all the municipalities in the galaxy brought everyone’s garbage.

Tommy asked, Why are we going there?

His friends told him that they could find a lot of valuable stuff there to sell. Tommy trusted them and believed them.

After they landed, Tommy’s friends said they should split up and look around and see what they could find that could be sold for some more galaxy money. Tommy looked around, but he could not find anything of any value so he headed back to his ship—just in time to find his two new friends looking out of the cockpit window, waving and laughing at him as they took off with his ship.

Now he had no money and no ship. He sat down on a pile