• Father - Snooks - Nursie(maid)

    Father: Snooks ,Look that the mess in your room. the lamp is broken ,ink on your bed ,the window is smashed. Did you do this?
    Snooks:Nope.
    Father biggrin ont look at your feet snooks, Look into my face and answer me. Who made this mess?
    Snooks: Nursie did it.
    Father: Why snooks, you know nursie is off today.
    Snooks:yeh- but she came back and done it. i seen her daddie
    father: you did huh. Well why is your dress covered in ink?
    snooks:she spilled ink on me too daddy,
    father:snooks, you know that nursie went out of town this morning to see her sick sister. she couldnt have came back
    snooks:i forgot. she did it yesterday.
    father: yesterday the room was perfectly normal. now snooks, tell me the truth. how did this mess happen? why did you break that lamp?
    snooks: on the account of 3 rattlesnakes.
    father: what 3 rattlesnakes?
    snooks: what did you say daddie?
    father: you said you had to break the lamp on the account of 3 rattle snakes
    snooks:yeah daddie, they came into my room and i killed them.
    father: snooks, you know your not telling the truth
    snooks: well, maybe there was only 2 rattlesnakes..
    father: now listen snooks. ive had enough of this. I want you to tell me the truth. you understand? the truth! the truth!
    snooks: what did you say daddie?
    father: if you tell me the truth you wont be in truble. Now promise me you wont fib any more.
    snooks: awight daddie.
    father: now how did this happen?
    snooks: i took out the ink bottle to write a letter and a big lion jumped in through the window and scared me.
    father: a lion jumped through the window?
    snooks: yeah thats how the window broke.
    father: even if a lion did jump through the window ,why did the pieces of class fall on the outside?
    snooks: well the lion jumped in backwards.
    father: go on
    snooks: so i ran into the corner and there was 4 lions. and they all jumped on me daddie.
    father: and then waht happened:
    snooks: i got killed.
    father: really. Snooks, i dont know what to do with you. will you ever tell the truth?
    snooks: ill tell you the truth daddie.
    father do you promise ?
    snooks: cross my heart
    father: alright then. now how could you tell me such stories? you never even seen a lion.
    snooks: i did so daddie
    father: where did you see one?
    snooks: Mrs. Smith has one next door and thats the one that came in.
    father: mrs smith has a lion? you know very well thats nothing but a little yellow dog. now i want you to kneel down and pray for forgiveness for telling so much fibs.
    snooks: awight.
    father: thats it. pray to the lord to make you a honest child
    snooks: awight. im finished daddie.
    father: did you pray?
    snooks: uh huh. and the lord said "i forgive you miss snooks. the first time i looked at that yellow dog ,ithought it was a lion too."