Denny's first encounter with a lie

Denny had only been in the first grade for a short time, yet he was already walking home from school alone. On this occasion we had told Denny to wait for us outside the fence and we would pick him up. We had an old green Cadillac four door sedan. We were a few minutes late and when we stopped Denny got into the car. He asked, "Why did you pass me up before?" We said that we had not passed him up. We were just getting here. He said, "No! I saw the car and you just drove by and didn't pick me up." The conversation went back and forth several times. We could not convince Denny that we had not driven by before and that this was the first time and obviously we did stop. He just wasn't buying it. Finally in desperation I asked him, "Denny, have we ever lied to you?"  By this time there were tears welling up in his eyes and his lower lip was hanging out a little bit when he said, "No. This is the very first time".

I have always treasured this memory

Papa