After Doris told her mother that the dog broke the vase, her mother calmed down and all three of them cleaned up the mess. Joe thanked Doris for not getting him into trouble. Their mother overheard what Joe said. She looked at Doris and saw she had a small bump on her head. "What happened to your head, Doris?" her mother asked. To cover up her lie, Doris said that when the vase broke, a small piece of it must have hit her head.
Their mother then turned to Joe, who was watching her tensely. She asked, "Why is the baseball over there instead of in the garage?" Joe stuttered as he tried to explain, but his mother got angry before he could finish. "Why did you two lie to me? I hate lying!"
Doris again ran up to her room with tears in her eyes. Joe confessed that it was his fault because he broke the vase and asked Doris to lie for him. Just then, Doris came running down the stairs. "I'm sorry, Mother, but Joe is the lying king in our family." Joe and his mother both looked at each other. At that moment, they couldn't help but laugh, because they knew that Doris' favorite movie was The Lion King. After a long talk with both children, Mrs. Jones felt confident they understood how even a little lie could lead to big problems.
桃乐丝跟妈妈说是小狗打破了花瓶后，她妈妈平静了下来，然后他们三人一起收拾残局。阿乔谢谢桃乐丝没有让他惹上麻烦。他们的妈妈无意间听见阿乔说的话。她望着桃乐丝，看到她头上肿了一个小包。她妈妈问到：『妳的头是怎么回事，桃乐丝？』为了圆谎，桃乐丝说一定是花瓶破掉时，有一小片碎片打中她的头。
接着妈妈转向阿乔，他正紧张地看着她。她问到：『为什么棒球会在那里，而不是在车库里？』当阿乔结结巴巴地想解释时，他妈妈没等他把话说完就发火了。『你们两个为什么要骗我？我最痛恨说谎了！』
桃乐丝又泪眼汪汪地跑到楼上的房里。阿乔坦承是他的错，因为他打破了花瓶又要求桃乐丝为他说谎。就在那时，桃乐丝跑下楼来。她说：『对不起，妈妈，不过阿乔才是我们家的说谎大王。』阿乔和他妈妈面面相觑。那一刻，他们忍不住哈哈大笑了起来，因为他们知道桃乐丝最喜欢的电影是《狮子王》（编按：因the lying king和the Lion King的英语发音相近，故引起故事主角大笑）。在和两个孩子长谈后，琼斯太太确信他们了解即使是一个小谎，最后也可能导致大问题。
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