The Berenstain Bears and the Truth

Well, how about you want to go out and practice some soccer? Come on, you want to see the soccer ball I made out of sticks and chicken wire. Well, we can take turns practicing shooting and blocking. Come on, you like football and you're pretty good. for a girl pretty good for a girl, what is that supposed to mean? Oh, Jesus, all I meant was: how do you like that know-it-all? Hey, she wasn't ready, but now I am, so watch out brother sister, stop that right now, but not mom. you, but mom, I know the rules, we don't play ball in the house, but mom, we weren't playing ball, we were just joking, that's right, mom, I was just joking, eh, well, I was just joking, darlings , that's how precious possessions break, things like fancy bricks. -a-brack old watches valuable lamps so if you're going to play with a soccer ball do it outside that's what I was telling my sister we should practice with my new soccer ball come on so the last one is a student test oh yeah I'm heading to the mall to do some shopping so behave yourselves your dad is in his workshop if you need anything and there's milk and cookies in the kitchen if you're hungry those puppies what do you think they're for my soccer goal?

Homemade, okay, let her rip Goldie, get ready to meet your friend, just call me Stonewall, okay, Stonewall, let's see how you stop this and this and this and this, okay, get ready because Sakura is like I have a good time, what you think, what do I think about what? about doing something besides football, but or at least going home for that milk and cookies, well, you know, there are a lot more things to do in life than playing football, such as picking wildflowers, picking wildflowers, I don't know if I could. I'm holding on to the excitement, well we could watch some birds, we're watching, why I'm sure I've already identified 17 types of birds this week, hey sister, give me a break while I pick all those wildflowers and watch all those birds.

Soccer skills go down the drain and I lose my starting job on the kid's soccer team, you're a good thing, do you have any more bright ideas? I know what, let's go out and take turns spinning on the swing and see who gets dizzier. That's a dizzying idea, plus I get sick and throw up, okay then let's go to berry island and pick wild blackberries, mmm, no picking blackberries, I'm just stuck in this orange, plus the seeds get stuck in your teeth, oh, you're just a stick in the mud you don't want to do anything all you want to do is sit and hug that silly soccer ball you must be in love with that soccer ball i don't, but i'll tell you something smart, you I bet I can dribble this silly ball past you, oh yeah, you couldn't pass me before and you can't pass me now, well, we'll see if mom's favorite lamp broke all the pieces, what are we going to do?

Well, I'll tell you what I'm going to do, I'm going to get out of here, uh, oh my God, here comes mom, oh no, what do we do? We could hide the lamp, there's no time. Well, at least we could. hide the soccer ball hurry up here it comes hide it quickly well, I'm back from my shopping, did you drink your milk and cook my lamp, my best lamp, what happened to it? Well, you see, it broke, I know it broke how. It broke? Well, it was a bird, a bird, yes, a bird, that's right, a big purple bird with yellow legs, yes, and a red head and green wing tips and funny little red feathers sticking out of its head.

This bird made some kind of sound, it's squatting, it whistled, that's right, it squawked and whistled, then it flew out the window, whizzed across the room and broke the lamp, well, that was quite an experience, yeah, well, hello group, how is each little holy catfish? What happened to mom's best lamp? It's quite a story. Why don't you tell your dad? Well, there was a big green-headed yellow bird with purple legs, no, a red-headed purple bird with yellow legs, yes, yes, a purple-headed green bird, with red legs, yellow wing tips, and green feathers. growing from that no no a yellow headed green bird with red legs and purple wing tips in just a minute please now you confused me what was a yellow bird with green wing tips and purple legs or a bird purple with green wing tips and yellow legs?

Or was it a white bird with black spots like that soccer ball behind my couch? Well, what do you have to say now, dad, don't be too hard on them? You see, I'm not so worried about the lamp, we can always. Get another lamp or we can re-glue this one. What saddens me is the idea that maybe my pups who I have always trusted are not telling me the

truth

and trust is not something you can put back together. once it broke it wasn't a bird it was a football and it was all my fault it was also my fault hi graham oh everything is fine here in the tree house sunday dinner how nice we would love grandma we'll see you then, regards Grandpa, goodbye, isn't he so cute?

Graham just invited mom. You didn't tell Graham the

truth

. Oh, sister, you are right. You told grandma that everything is fine here in the treehouse and it's not true, oh, but it's true, dad. and I have two great puppies who just learned a very important lesson about telling the truth and what could be better than that, but what about your lamp? Oh dad, he'll hit her again. Why don't you two help? Oh boy, can we go? brother, well, what do you think? I think you did a very good job of gluing it back together. I certainly hope it will be a long time before you are tempted to tell a lie, count on it, Dad, absolutely count on it.

Well, I'm really glad to hear that because trust is something that can't be regained once it's broken.