A clergyman was walking down the street when he came upon
a group of about a dozen boys, all of them between 10 and 12 years of
age. The group surrounded a dog. Concerned that the boys were
hurting the dog, he went over and asked, "What are you doing with that
dog?"
One of the boys replied, "This dog is just an old
neighborhood stray. We all want him, but only one of us can take him
home. So we've decided that whichever one of us can tell the biggest lie
will get to keep the dog."
Of course, the reverend was taken aback.
"You boys shouldn't be having a contest telling
lies!" he exclaimed. He then launched into a ten minute sermon
against lying, beginning, "Don't you boys know it's a sin to lie,"
and ending with, "Why, when I was your age, I never told a lie."
There was dead silence for about a minute. Just as
the reverend was beginning to think he'd gotten through to them, the smallest
boy gave a deep sigh and said, "All right, the reverend won the contest,
give him the dog."
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