The Boy Who Cried Baby

People lie, plain and simple. Some lie to make it seem like their lives are better, some to hide who they really are, and others are just afraid to tell the truth. This young boy found out the hard way why lying is not the smartest idea.

                The young boy was sitting in his second grade class one day, and the teacher assigned the class an assignment. The assignment was to write about something exciting that has happened in their lives so far. Well, the young boy was asking his friends what they were going to write about. One friend said she was going to write how she went to Disney, another friend told said he was going to write about how he received a PlayStation, and another said he was going to write how he met the Power Rangers. After hearing all of these exciting experiences, the young boy was a little upset. He felt like nothing exciting happened in his life that would impress his classmates. So he goes home and he tells his parents about the assignment and they tell him to write about how he received a big box of Legos. The young boy said he would think about it.

                While sitting in class, working on the assignment, the little boy thought about what his parents said, but he wasn’t satisfied. He wanted to stick out from the rest of his classmates. While stumbling over the assignment, the teacher came up and asked the boy what he was writing about and the young boy blurted out, “My mom had a little boy!” The young boy’s teacher and classmates were happy for him and couldn’t wait to meet the new baby at Open House. The young boy couldn’t believe what he just said and was worried about what was going to happen during Open House.

                Open House arrived and the young boy was freaking out on the way to his class with the family. As they entered the classroom, the teacher was asking about the new baby. The young boy’s mother was confused and asked the teacher where she heard this information from. The teacher said the young boy was writing about it and was going to present it to the class the next day. The young boy was embarrassed and upset. When he returned home he started to cry and his parents asked the young boy why he said what he said. The young boy answered saying he wanted to be cool. His parents told him that lying wouldn’t make him cool, but just being yourself well make others like you.

                Now it was the day to present the writing assignment and the young boy was really nervous. The teacher made him present about the lie he wrote. While young boy presented his assignment, he started crying because he realized the mistake he had made. After he presented, the teacher pulled the young boy aside and told him that he could redo the assignment, only if the young boy promised to tell the truth. The young boy agreed and presented his new assignment on Legos. Everyone thought his Legos were cooler then the new baby and the young boy had made some new friends while playing with the Legos the following day.

                Some of you are thinking right now the morale of this story is not to lie. While that is the case, think about this morale. Many people wish they had things or did things in their lives, so they lie about their lives to make themselves sound better. Eventually those lies catch up, and people just don’t trust you, but they could think differently about you. Just be yourself because some people will find Legos cooler than going to receiving a PlayStation.