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Once, in the 1820s, a little boy named Sam was playing in the yard behind his house. During his pretend fighting game, the energetic boy knocked over the entire outhouse. Sam was upset and worried he would get into trouble, so he ran into the woods and didn't come out until after it got dark. When he arrived home, his pappy was waiting for him, and asked suspiciously, "Son, did you knock over the outhouse this afternoon?"

"No, pappy," Sam lied.

"Well, let me tell you a story," said the father. "Once, not that long ago, Mr. Abraham Lincoln received a shiny new axe from his father. Excited, he tried it out on a tree, swiftly cutting it down. But as he looked at the tree, with dismay he realized it was his mother's favorite cherry tree," his pappy paused. "Just like you, he ran into the woods. When he returned, his pappy asked, 'Abraham, did you cut down the cherry tree?' Abraham answered, 'Father, I cannot tell a lie. I did indeed chop down the tree.' Then Abraham's father said, 'Well, since you were honest with me, you are spared from punishment. I hope you have learned your lesson, though.' Sam's father asked again, "Sam, did you knock down the outhouse?"

"Pappy, I cannot tell a lie any more," said the little boy. "I did indeed knock down the outhouse."

His father then spanked Sam red, white and blue. The boy whimpered, "But pappy, I told you the truth! Why did you spank me?"

"Because Abraham Lincoln's father wasn't in the tree when he chopped it down!"

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