Thread: It pays to tell the truth

Once there was a little boy who lived in the country.

They had to use an out-house, and the little boy hated it because it was hot in the summer, cold in the winter and stank all the time. The out-house was sitting on the bank of a creek and the boy determined that one day he would push that out-house into the creek. One day after a spring rain, the creek was swollen so the little boy decided today was the day. So he put his shoulder to the side of the out-house and started pushing.Finally, the outhouse toppled into the creek and floated away.

That night his dad told him they were going to the woodshed after supper. Knowing that meant a spanking, the little boy asked why.

The dad replied, "Someone pushed the outhouse into the creek today. It was you, wasn't it, son," ?

The boy answered yes. Then he thought a moment and said, "Dad, I read in school today that George Washington chopped down a cherry tree and didn't get into trouble because he told the truth."

The dad replied, "Well, son, George Washington's father wasn't in that cherry tree."