“Matt and Mandy,” Friend, Oct. 1996, 39
Matt and Mandy
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Digger, you silly dog! You’re as bad as a bull in a china closet! Outside you go!
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The next day …
Mama …
Yes, sweetheart? Why, you’re crying! What’s wrong?
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You know the vase that Digger broke?
I sure do. I love that animal, but he doesn’t know his own strength.
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Digger didn’t break it, Mama. I did. I was pretending to carry water from the well like the Bible women. I’m sorry. I knew that I wasn’t supposed to play with it.
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I’m proud of you for telling the truth. That’s another thing that Bible women did, and it’s even more important than carrying water.
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Later …
And that’s why you should always tell the truth.