Guess Who's Lying: A Short Story

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Narissa was in the market lying about her being friends with the mayor of the town. Narissa was a very pretty girl, but always wanted to be noticed. So to get noticed she lied to make herself more interesting.
“Guess who’s lying again” says a man.
“Oh its Narissa again” says a woman “She has been lying since she could speak.” “I don’t know what to trust” says the man.. Narissa had great prowess in wood working she also made beautiful dresses. She lived in the obscure town of Dentro. Dentro was very gloomy the trees had branches and nothing on them. They had so many of them yet they no idea why they were there. She also was pretty and charming, yet she was single. All she wanted was somebody to be with for the rest of their lives. So one day she had a sudden anxiety to lie, so she puts on a beautiful dress she made with beautiful red fabric and with little jewels on the bottom that were in the shape of a flame.
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She hops on the fountain and yells to the town’s folk “I met a goddess”. “Why should we trust you?” said a man and his wife and the rest of the town agrees. “It’s true I tell you. I met Hestia the goddess. She came to give me this beautiful dress. She said I will meet the love of my life in this dress.” “Why would she give you the dress? YOUR A LIAR!” said an old woman. “The gods don’t like liars if I were you I would stop lying.” Narissa stormed out of the agora in rage straight to her house. When she got there she thought hard and long pacing back and forth. Finally she came up with an idea. She found a huge log and carved a picture of her with the goddess Hestia. She also made donkey and painted it in gold to make it look god like. The next day she went back to the agora and said the same but with proof this time. “I met the goddess Hestia see I have proof she told me to make this moral in wood and she gave me this donkey.” “How do we know that you’re not lying to us” said someone in the

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