The story
Daniel and his three friends were taken far from home to a city called Babylon. The king wanted to train them to be his helpers. He gave them fancy food from his own table.
But Daniel knew that eating the king’s food would not honor God. “Please,” he asked the man in charge, “may we just have vegetables and water?”
The man was worried. “If you look weak, the king will be angry with me!” Daniel had an idea. “Test us for ten days. Then see how we look.”
So for ten days, Daniel and his friends ate carrots, beans, cucumbers and lentils. They drank cool water. Crunch, crunch, munch, munch!
After ten days, the man looked at them. Wow! They looked healthier and stronger than all the other young men who ate the king’s food!
God also made Daniel and his friends very wise. They learned fast and understood lots of things. God honors people who stay true to him.
