“Then you will know the truth. And the truth will make you free.

” 
 John 8:32

It’s True! 
© 2013 by Mercer Mayer
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Mayer, Mercer, 1943- author, illustrator.
It’s true! : then you will know the truth and the truth will make you free, John 8:32 / by Mercer Mayer.
pages cm
Summary: Little Critter learns quickly that lying has consequences and that telling the truth, no matter how
hard, is always the right thing to do.
ISBN 978-1-4003-2247-3
[1. Honesty--Fiction. 2. Christian life--Fiction.] I. Title. II. T itle: It is true!
PZ7.M462Iv 2013
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 “Little Critter,” Mom said, “if you did your homework,
 you may
may have
have a cupcake.
cupcake.””
“I did,” I said.
“You
“You did not!” yelled Little Sister.
Sister. “That’s
“ That’s not true.
tr ue.””
“Is so,” I said. I just hadn’t finished all of
all of it yet.
  The next day
day I walked Little Sist
Sister
er and Bunny
Bunny to school.
school.
“Is it true that big kids like you get to stay up really late
and watch TV?” asked Bunny. “That is way cool!”
I nodded my head yes, feeling very cool.
 “That’s not true,” said Little Sister.
“Is so,” I said. “I get to stay up later than you. So it’s
kinda true.”
kinda true.”
 “Did you feed the dog?” Mom asked.
“Yes,” I said.
“Oh no, that’s not true,
tr ue,”” said
sa id Little
Litt le Sister.
Sister.
“It is so true,”
so true,” I said. “I gave the dog extra food yesterday,
so he doesn’t need any more today.”
“Did you brush your teeth?” Mom asked at bedtime.
I nodded yes.
“Then why is your toothbrush dry?” she asked.
I said, “I used my finger.” But even I didn’t believe that.
Little Sister said I lost her doll. That wasn’t true.
I didn’t even play with it. The dog did.
Mom made me help her find
f ind it anyway
a nyway..