Project Gutenberg 2020-09-25 Public domain in the USA. 94 Sherwood, Mary Martha 1775 1851 Sherwood, Mrs. Sherwood, Mary Martha Butt Butt, Mary Martha The Wishing Cap Produced by Carlos Colón, the University of California and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Wishing Cap" by Mary Martha Sherwood is a children's moral tale written during the early 19th century. This book features a story about a wealthy lady and the five children in her care, exploring themes of faith, desire, and the search for true happiness. The likely topic of this book revolves around the importance of seeking God's blessings over material possessions. In the story, the lady introduces a playful "wishing-cap" to the children, inviting them to express their desires. While the other children eagerly make wishes for toys and dolls, Charles, an orphaned boy, declines to wish for anything material, instead valuing the love and blessings of God, as taught by his late parents. When the children receive their wished-for toys, their joy turns to chaos, leading to fights and tears, reinforcing that material possessions do not equate to happiness. In the end, as Charles grows gravely ill, he shares a profound insight on the comfort of divine love before passing away, leaving a lasting impact on the lady and the other children, prompting her to shift her focus towards seeking heavenly rather than earthly treasures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Orphans -- Juvenile fiction Children -- Death -- Juvenile fiction Siblings -- Juvenile fiction Kindness -- Juvenile fiction Avarice -- Juvenile fiction Wishes -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Religion/Spirituality 40857 2025-07-25T07:16:32.336418 text/html 17017 2024-10-18T06:31:57 text/html 679538 2025-07-25T07:16:34.339436 application/epub+zip 678281 2025-07-25T07:16:32.839425 application/epub+zip 80337 2025-07-25T07:16:32.541411 application/epub+zip 699650 2025-07-25T07:16:35.604487 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 690753 2025-07-25T07:16:34.083397 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 93748 2022-09-28T14:29:36.285718 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 31864 2025-07-25T07:16:32.210407 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11987 2024-10-18T06:31:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17940 2025-07-25T07:16:35.738389 application/rdf+xml 7422 2025-07-25T07:16:32.649410 image/jpeg 1572 2025-07-25T07:16:32.594404 image/jpeg 745602 2025-07-25T07:16:32.361411 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia