Lies

                                                                      

           Lies are something we all tell at times, whether for good or for bad. When I was little, my cousin and I were playing in the backyard. It was a really nice afternoon, those with the sun not too hot and a light, fresh breeze once in a while. We were playing a game of catch-and-throw the ball, when all of a sudden the ball goes flying into the roof. We were all sad and my cousin had the idea that she was going to climb the roof to get the ball. I was all like "Are you sure?" and she says "Yes." She starts climbing and goes on top of the roof. By the way, our parents were inside in the dining room and it had gotten dark already. She goes up there, she gets the ball, and as soon as she starts climbing down her dad opens the door and looks around. I quickly told her "Hide your dad is there!" She climbs up and hides behind a tree that we had. Her dad looks at me and says " Have you seen your cousin?" And I say "No." He reassures with me and I tell him I think she is in the bathroom. He goes back inside and I tell her to come down. When she gets down our palms were really sweaty and we swore to never do it again. I knew that if I didn't lie about it, not only she, but also I would get in really BIG trouble. After that, never did it again. 

          When I was in the 8th grade, I was really insecure of my grades because everyone around me had really good grades. I took a quiz in algebra class, and when I got it back I got a D-. The teacher wanted us to give it to our parents and have them sign it. I was freaking out because I knew that my parents were going to get really mad at me. So I did the dumbest thing I could possibly do- Lie about the grade. So I got home and showed my parents the "b-" I had gotten and they said good and my mom signed it.  Eventually, my teacher found out and e-mailed my parents, and they got really mad at me and grounded me for 2 months straight. I realized that lying- specially something as serious as grades- is not good. Not only will it show people that they can't trust you, but you will eventually stop trusting yourself. Lying just comes to show that you are not strong enough to face the truth. I learned my lesson, and yes sometimes you have to lie, but it's not good. Since the grade thing happened, I worked harder than ever and got better grades. Yes sometimes we need to lie to make others feel better, but if they find out you lied, it can turn into a big problem. I don't encourage lying, only in situations where you have to.