The Honesty of Children

The Honesty of Children By Elton Camp To minimize contact with others you better try Until you have explained to your kid how to lie He’ll tell your aunt, “Dad says you’re ugly and fat Before you have time to tell him he has to scat The boss calls when you’re pretending to be ill There’s a good chance that the beans he’ll spill If he says a vile curse word in front of your Mom It’s likely he’ll say ‘twas you he learned it from He sees a woman in the store who weighs a ton He’ll call her fat before you can grab him & run If to the preacher, you child should say a peep It’ll be to say during the sermon you were asleep So a big part of making our children seem civilized Is teaching them how and when they should tell lies