Thursday, April 1, 2010

Princess K.I.M. and the Lie that grew by: Maryanna Cocca-Leffler



Nervous new girl at school tells a lie that seems to get bigger and bigger. On her first day in a new school, Kim Worthington is introduced to the whole class by the teacher. When another girl cries out that her name is Kim, everybody laughs, and the new Kim finds herself weaving a tall tale of her life as Princess Katherine Isabella Marguerite. Her classmates seem so fascinated and attentive that Kim can’t own up to her lie but gets in deeper and deeper. The next Monday morning on the school bus, everyone knows about Kim's lie. Some students had watched Kim’s house over the weekend, accuse her of being “a FAKE!” Finally Kim's grandmother comes and saves her from her big fat lie.

This could be a lesson to students on honesty and the harm that lies can do to them as well as other people.

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