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No, Honestly!

Album: Gold Audio 13: It All Started When

Episode: 189

Lesson/Theme: Honesty.

Bible Verse: Proverbs 12:22

Characters: George, Sam, Whit, Rodney, Tom

Writer: Phil Lollar

Sound Designer: Bob Luttrell

Original Air Date: April 4, 1992

Last Air Date: September 10, 2008

Description:
It all started outside of Whit's End. Rodney Rathbone is trying to sell Sam an "original, signed photograph of General Lee". But just as Sam is about to buy it, a stranger named Mark Reed walks up, mistaking the tower of Whit's End for a local church. He overhears Rodney's claim about the photograph and exposes the signature for the forgery it is. Rodney is upset that his scam was foiled. He investigates this stranger, believing there's more to him than meets the eye. Apparently, Reed is a representative for a photography company that specializes in church membership directories. He talks to Whit, who promises to introduce Reed to the pastors in the area. Reed thanks Whit and leaves. Rodney again denounces Reed as a fake and a scam artist. Everyone, including Whit, tells Rodney to back down. But Rodney refuses. He sets out to prove his allegations, using an illegal device from his father's shop: a radio scanner that picks up on car phones. Rodney listens in on Reed's calls, and overhears him talking with a partner about how to break into people's homes! Rodney rushes around town to tell everyone what he's learned, but no one believes him! Rodney's past has caught up with him. He's pulled too many pranks to be taken seriously. In desperation, he turns to the only person in all of Odyssey who he thinks will give him a chance: John Avery Whittaker. Whit takes the chance that Rodney is telling the truth. Whit, along with the police, sets a trap for the gang of thieves. For once in his life, Rodney does the right thing and helps save the day, but has he learned to be honest? What do you think?

Questions:
Why was Rodney suspicious of Mark Reed? Why was Whit angry with Rodney even after Rodney proved that Mark was out to rob houses? Why is honesty so important?