One small lie I told as a kid was about having a pet snake. I mentioned it casually to my friends during lunch, thinking it would make me sound cool. Instead, they became really interested and started asking me all sorts of questions—what its name was, what it ate, how big it was. I panicked and started making up details, claiming it was a “rare” species that I had for years.
Before I knew it, my classmates were coming over to my house after school to “meet” the snake! I had to keep up the lie, so I ended up borrowing my neighbor’s toy snake and pretended it was real. It all came crashing down when one of my friends found out I didn’t actually have a snake and called me out. I learned my lesson about giving in to exaggeration!
One small lie I told as a kid was about having a pet snake. I mentioned it casually to my friends during lunch, thinking it would make me sound cool. Instead, they became really interested and started asking me all sorts of questions—what its name was, what it ate, how big it was. I panicked and started making up details, claiming it was a “rare” species that I had for years.
Before I knew it, my classmates were coming over to my house after school to “meet” the snake! I had to keep up the lie, so I ended up borrowing my neighbor’s toy snake and pretended it was real. It all came crashing down when one of my friends found out I didn’t actually have a snake and called me out. I learned my lesson about giving in to exaggeration!