Lesson from a Lie!

One day when I was at school I heard my classmates talking about this computer game called Wizard 101. They were almost raving about it. I so wanted to be part of it. So, I walked up to them and said I beat the whole game. Then they started testing me weather I was lying or not, by asking me questions that included the characters of the game. Unfortunately I had no clue. That’s when they came to a conclusion that I was lying but I kept negotiating with them. When I got home I told my mom about the lie and when she asked me why I did it, the only thing I could think of was that I wanted to be accepted and included in the discussion. That’s when she says, there was no need to lie to be part of that discussion. I might as well say I didn’t know that a game like that existed and I wanted to know more. They would have been more than happy to share details about it. Actually she was right. Why didn’t I think of that? Well, what do u expect, I am just nine.  As the day passed, mom downloaded wizard 101. At first it seemed difficult then I started to get the hang of it. Every day I played wizard 101 to go to higher levels. I even went to a higher level than one of my classmates. But I still felt miserable that I told a lie though I eventually got over it.

The lesson is simple; I don’t have to lie to be part of something. It saves some misery and embarrassment.