(1) “It was a bird!” says Brother. “Yes,” says Sister, “a big purple bird with yellow feet, green wings and a red head!”

(2) Papa comes back. Brother and Sister begin to tell him about the bird. But the bird becomes quite different.

(3) "Mama, we're really sorry about the lamp," says Brother. "Oh, yes!" says Sister. "It wasn't a bird! It was a football!" "And it was all my fault!" shouts Brother. "It was my fault!" shouts Sister. At that time, the phone rings.

(4) "Hello, Gran!" says Mama. "Everything is fine here. How are you?" "But, Mama!" says Sister. "You told Gran that everything is fine, and that isn't the truth!"

(5) "Oh, but it is," says Mama. "We have two good kids. They just learned an important lesson about telling the truth. What could be finer than that? Now, let's help Papa fix5 the lamp."

(6) Brother and Sister still make mistakes sometimes. For example, Sister makes the floor dirty. Brother eats honey on his bed.

(7) Look, Brother and Sister are playing football in the house again!

(8) But Brother and Sister no longer tell lies7. They know good kids should always tell the truth.