Lie 1: "You look great!

"

A woman asks her husband, "Does my hair look

OK?" The husband doesn't like it, but he says

something nice. He says, "You look great!" Why?

He wants his wife to be happy. He doesn't want to

hurt her feelings.

 Lie 2: "I didn't do it!"

A boy breaks a cup. His mother asks, "Who broke

the cup?" The boy says, "I didn't do it." Why? The

boy did something wrong. He is afraid of the

punishment. He tells a lie, so he doesn't get in

trouble.
 Lie 3: "He came to work on time."

Lina works in an office. Another worker in her

office, Pete, has trouble with his car. Pete often

arrives late to work. The boss is not happy with him.

The boss asks Lina, "Did Pete come to work on time

today?" He didn't, but Una says, "Yes." Why? She

lies to protect him.

 Lie 4: "The fish was three feet long!"

Joe is telling a story about his fishing trip. He says a

fish he caught was three feet long, but it wasn't really

very big. Why? He lies in order to tell a more

interesting story.
 Lie 5: "I can speak three languages."

Pamela tells her classmates, "I can speak three

languages." She can really speak only two languages.

Why does she lie? She wants to make a good

impression on her new classmates. Pamela wants

them to think she is very intelligent.

 Lie 6: "This special price is for today only."

A store ad says it has special prices on furniture for

today only. The truth is that the price is the same
every day. Why does the store lie? It lies in order to
make more money. Customers buy more furniture
when they believe the prices are special for one day
only.
 Lie 7: "His boss fired him from his last job!"
A man tells people at work that a new worker's boss

fired him from his last job. This is not true. The man

tells the lie to hurt the other worker's reputation.

 Lie 8: "You will not get any gifts!"

A boy takes his little sister's toy. The parents say,

"Give the toy back. You won't get any gifts for your
birthday if you take your sister's toys." This is not
true. The parents will give their son gifts for his
birthday. Why do they lie? They lie to teach their son
to behave better.