A child is told of all of the wonderful things that he could own. However, the child will not be able to get these things... At least, until the first of Octember. The story serves to teach a number of ideas, one of which being patience. The boy is told that he can have anything he wants, but that he must wait before he can have them. Various reasons are given as to why they can't be given to him immediately such as the weather being "too dusty" or even just arbitrarily "too soon". This poses the question as to whether or not these things are worth the wait. How does one determine that what they want is worth the cost of time? The book is very open ended regarding this subject, so it is left to the reader to come with the answer. The reasoning behind how someone can determine this may be d