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Lyin' Tale & Two Roads

Album: 34: In Your Wildest Dreams

Episode: 438

Lesson/Theme: Lying, pride/Deception

Bible Verse: Proverbs 16:18/Proverbs 4:5-9

Characters: Aubrey, Alex, Bart, Harlow, Mandy, Connie, Eugene, Whit, Tom

Writer:

Sound Designer: Rob Jorgensen

Original Air Date: March 11, 2000

Last Air Date: September 21, 2009

Description:
Aubrey Shepard is not happy as she takes the garbage out to the dumpster. When she opens the lid, something inside moves. Seeing it is a cat, Aubrey tries to rescue it, but the kitten jumps out at her, making Aubrey scratch her arm on a bush. A few younger kids notice the commotion and Aubrey tells them it was a big monster. On the way to Whit's End, she tells Connie that it was a BIG cat that scared her. At Whit's End, as she tells and retells the story, the circumstances get bigger and bigger until it sounds like she was wrestling with a lion. Whit eventually confronts her and takes her to the hospital because there was a rabid mountain lion caught north of town. Faced with either telling the truth or having to take rabies shots, Aubrey finally admits her lie. In the next episode, Whit tells the story of two boys, Simon and Sonni. Sonny's life consists of a movement from one crime scene to another. He starts by stealing from a vending machine, then a supermarket, and before he knows it, he's taking bikes and cars. This leads to a life of holding up supermarkets and working in the mob. He dies in prison and ends up in hell. Next Whit tells the story of Simon whose life was very different. He goes to church, answers all of the Bible Bowl questions, was a diligent student, and was even elected to Congress on the ticket of "Honest Simon." However, Simon never really accepted Christ as his Savior, he ends up in hell alongside Sonni.

Questions:
What if you told a lie and no one ever found out about it? Is it still wrong? Lies have a bad habit of growing bigger. How could Aubrey have stopped the lie from growing into a bigger lie? Can you explain why Simon and Sonny both ended up going to the "wrong place" when they died? Why was Simon so surprised to find himself sitting next to Sonny at the end of the story? What was so "bad" about Simon's life?