A little boy absolutely hated using the old outhouse behind his family’s house.
One afternoon, after a huge rainstorm, he had what he thought was a brilliant idea.
He pushed the old outhouse right into the creek and watched proudly as it floated away downstream.
That evening, his dad walked into the house with a very serious look on his face.
“Son… did you push our outhouse into the creek?”
The boy swallowed.
“Yes, Dad.”
Then he quickly added,
“But Dad, George Washington told the truth after chopping down the cherry tree, and he didn’t get punished!”
His dad nodded thoughtfully.
“That’s true, son.”
The boy smiled, thinking he had just won the argument.
Then his dad leaned closer and said:
“But George Washington’s father wasn’t sitting in the cherry tree when he chopped it down.”
The boy’s smile disappeared.
He suddenly realized there was a very important detail missing from his history lesson:
Dad had witnesses.
