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But, You Promised

Album: Gold Audio 06: Mission: Accomplished

Episode: 90

Lesson/Theme: The consequences of lying.

Bible Verse: Colossians 3:9

Characters: Donna, Lucy, Connie, Whit

Writer:

Sound Designer: Dave Arnold

Original Air Date: October 21, 1989

Last Air Date: May 7, 2008

Description:
Robyn has had a problem with responsibility lately. First, she hasn't been locking her bike up like she should. She's also putting off schoolwork and stretching the truth to her friends. Her parents debate over whether to step in and correct her or let Robyn suffer the consequences of her actions. Robyn's parents decide on the latter and, soon enough, Robyn deals with her lack of responsibility. She fails to lock up her bike at the mall, and it gets stolen. To avoid the inevitable lectures from her parents, Robyn says that her bike was taken by two guys in a van who talk funny. Soon Robyn's world begins to crumble when Donna and Lucy confront her about the fibs she's been telling. Things get really bad, though, when Officer Sedgwick from the Odyssey Sheriff's Department informs her that they've found two men who fit her description of the bicycle thieves-Italian immigrants named Angelo and Mario. Robyn doesn't want to implicate the men, but she doesn't do much to acquit them, either. When the two men come up with an airtight alibi, Robyn's story-telling is finally over for good. She is forced to admit the whole story, having learned that the trouble caused by telling lies is far worse than any trouble brought by telling the truth.

Questions:
Robyn said she fibbed to Lucy because she didn't want to hurt Lucy's feelings. Is that a good reason to lie? Explain. Have you ever told a lie that got someone else in trouble? If so, how did you remedy the situation? Besides getting in trouble, what are some other consequences of lying?