by Kenneth M. Kapp<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly!\u201d Little Bonny J waived her hands in the air. \u201cHonestly, Mom, I didn\u2019t eat those cookies. A girl has to be careful to keep her figure youthful. Even when you\u2019re eight that\u2019s important. You\u2019ve told me that umpteen times. See, I do listen!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRight, Bonny. At least a dozen times. But the cookie jar is half-empty and I filled it this afternoon right before you came home from school.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cMaybe it was Granny. She came by this afternoon like she always does, because she doesn\u2019t like leaving latchkey children home alone. I\u2019ve told her I\u2019m a big girl and she needn\u2019t worry none.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGood try, but my mother doesn\u2019t like raisins and those were the raisin-walnut cookies I made for your father. They\u2019re his favorites and were supposed to be a surprise for him. I was going to put them in a box, wrap it with a ribbon on top and give it to him after supper. Now what am I going to do?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGet a smaller box?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBonny, you\u2019re pushing it! That\u2019s enough sass. No TV or gaming for the rest of the week.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s no fair.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, neither is eating cookies and lying about it. You can\u2019t grow up lying all the time. What are you going to do?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecome a politician, maybe even the President.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBonny J, you go to your room right now, not another word!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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