Personal Narrative: The Day I Lie To My Mother

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Before I start; lying is very bad. Do not lie to your friends, do not lie to your siblings, but especially do not lie to your mother. If you have a mother like mine, then you are pretty lucky, because she took it lightly and even thought it was downright hilarious. At the time, though, she thought she was going insane. The first time I lied to my mother is a long story. We were in Disney World on a family trip. It was during Thanksgiving (a bad time to lie) and we were having an amazing time. My sisters, my mother, and I were all having fun riding rides and going out to dinner every night. This technically all started because my mother is a smoker. She has gotten better since then, but in 2011 it was almost a pack a day. In Florida, the type of cigarettes my mother buys are very expensive. It costed her almost $40 for about 8 packs. Anyway, later that night, my sisters wanted to go on The Mummy A.K.A a big scary rollercoaster that my 10-year-old self did not want to go on. So my sisters went on the roller coaster while my mom and I went to go on a less scary simulation ride. We were waiting …show more content…
My mom and one of my sisters went to go have a smoke while we were waiting for the ferry to get back to our hotel. While they were away from us, the boat captain gave us stickers with Mickey Mouse on them. I also told the sister who was waiting in line with me that I took all of mom’s cigarettes and put them under a bench across the park. She was shocked and angrily told me that they were very expensive and that I should not have done that, but also could not hold back her laughter. My face dropped because she yelled at me, and our mother walked over all worried to ask what was wrong. I came up with the best lie my 10-year-old mind could have ever come up with on short notice. I told my mom that Olivia, my sister, stole my stickers. Then the best thing happened. She believed me, and we moved on with our

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