The Treasure Room

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433a: The Treasure Room
Season	1999
Album	33: Virtual Realities
Aired	December 04, 1999
Written by	Kathy Wierenga
Directed by	Phil Lollar
Produced by	Unknown
Sound Design by	Duane Harms
Music by	John Campbell
Prev: You Win Some, You Lose Some Next: Chain Reaction

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Theme: Valuing people, Money

Scripture: Ephesians 4:32 See more with this reference

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Aubrey and Lisa are curious what Whit keeps in his treasure room and go to great lengths to find out.

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Aubrey Shepard and Lisa Mulligan meet at Whit's End. When Aubrey bemoans the fact she is poor, Lisa tells her she will want to see Whit's new Treasure Room, which some kids think will contain rare paintings, or even stacks of $100 bills. Eugene hears their speculation and warns them about greed, but Aubrey dreams of what it would be like to be rich. The two friends start scheming how they can sneak into the new room for a peek. Several attempts fail, but they finally are able to enter the room. As their eyes adjust to the dark room, they spot a painting that must be a rare impressionistic watercolor, but accidentally knock paint onto it. When Mr. Whittaker finds out what happened, he seriously talks to them about sneaking around, breaking and entering, and abusing his trust. He takes them back into the Treasure Room and explains that the pictures of themselves and other Odyssey kids represent his treasures, and that the painting had been done by Mandy Straussberg when she was five years old. Furthermore, Whit explained that his true treasure is in all the kids that God has brought into his life, and that each one of them was more precious than any amount of money ever would be. Though Whit tells them he certainly forgives them, he does require that they clean up the place. Aubrey writes the lesson she has learned--that people are the most valuable things in life.

[edit] Discussion Questions

1. Do you think it was okay for Lisa and Aubrey to want to get into the Treasure Room?
   1. Why or why not?
2. What did Whit mean that the paintings represented his "true treasure?"

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• VERSION DIFFERENCE: The album version contains a few extra lines. While talking about Whit's encyclopedia company, Lisa mentions how much a Q or T encyclopedia would cost. During Aubrey's dream sequence, she is notified that Lisa wants to play tennis and also sends her sister away. In the second half of the episode, the album version contains some additional comments with the burglars in the car. One burglar corrects the other's grammar.

• This episode originally had an AIO shorty between it and its pair, 433b: Chain Reaction. The shorty was titled "And You Think You've Got Problems: Josiah". This shorty is available as a bonus feature on Gold Audio Album 13: It All Started When.

• Aubrey tells Lisa that she got her lock-picking kit from Jared before he moved away. In "Blind Girl's Bluff," Aubrey didn't know who Jared was.

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The Treasure Room on whitsend.org

The Treasure Room on AIOHQ.com

The Treasure Room on AIO Soda Fountain