Digger, you silly dog! You’re as bad as a bull in a china closet! Outside you go!

The next day …

Mama …

Yes, sweetheart? Why, you’re crying! What’s wrong?

You know the vase that Digger broke?

I sure do. I love that animal, but he doesn’t know his own strength.

Digger didn’t break it, Mama. I did. I was pretending to carry water from the well like the Bible women. I’m sorry. I knew that I wasn’t supposed to play with it.

I’m proud of you for telling the truth. That’s another thing that Bible women did, and it’s even more important than carrying water.

Later …

And that’s why you should always tell the truth.