Suzy was always an imaginative, verbal, excited child. When she was very little she never saw just one dog but, throwing i arms out wide, she'd say, "There were a zillion dogs out there feared that she would soon lose the ability to distinguish what v real from what was fantasy. So we talked about lies and the tri and God's commandments about telling the truth. As the till approached for her to enter school, I thought that I should to some firmer steps to teach Suzy about truth. I determined the ro time she came in with a huge fib I'd find a way to really teach h<

That very afternoon, she was playing in the backyard a came running in excitedly yelling, "Mother, there's a bear in t backyard. A big brown bear! "

"Suzy, what have I told you about telling the truth? Now up to your room and you talk to God about this. "

Suzy disappeared to her room and was very quiet for while. I went in to see how she was feeling, and with a beati smile, she said, "I talked to God and he said he thought it was bear at first, too. "

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