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► UNSOLVED: One specific book > Picture book. A lazy family is taught the value of hard work by an eccentric man. Likely Christian. Read around 1999-2004. Spoilers.

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Eldritch Cheese | 38 comments Picture book read 1999-2004 at my American Midwest church's lending library.

There is a lazy family that never gets any housework done. We meet them languishing in their hammocks, too sluggish to get themselves more snacks. A man pops out of nowhere and gets them to whip things into shape. Everyone has a lot more fun than they expected, and they're satisfied with a job well done. The man suggests they all do another project to celebrate getting the work done. They opt to lounge in hammocks instead, but with the joy of having earned it. The man brings them lemonade.

My memories are foggy enough that I can't remember if the story was told through an explicitly Christian lens, but it's likely.


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