Truth

Once Hiere was a little boy, Witli curly luiir and pleasant sye, A boy wlio always -]ioke the truth, And never, never, told a lie. And wben he trctted ofF to school, The children al] about would cry, There goes the curly-headed boy, The boy who never tells a lie. And everybody loved liim so, Becnuse he ahvays told tlie truth, That every díiy, as he grew np, 'l'was taid, " Hiere goes the honest yontli." And when the people that stood near, Wouid i.ui-n to aek the reason why, The answer wouid be-ajways this - ' líocau-e he never told a lie."