Learning
to Tell the Truth
Written
by Yvonne Perry
Illustrated
by Hayley John
Always
Be Honest
Always
Be Honest
Learning
to Tell the Truth
by
Yvonne Perry
Illustrated
by Hayley John
Always
be Honest, Learning to Tell the Truth
From
The Sid Series of
Children’s Writings by Yvonne
Perry
Copyright
© 2009
Published
by:
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On!
Nashville,
TN
Illustrated
by Hayley John
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Sidney
took his plastic bat and ball outside to play in
Von-Von’s
garden.
He
tossed the ball into the air and tried to hit it with
the
bat before the ball fell to the ground.
“Not
high enough!” he said. Then, he tossed the ball
higher
into the air.
It
was springtime and baseball season was coming.
started
falling toward the middle of the garden where
the
daffodils were blooming.
Sid
ran after the ball, but he was too late. It hit Von-
Von’s
glass gazing globe and it shattered into pieces.
“OH,
NO!” he said. “Von-Von will be mad at me. I’d
better
fix it.”
Sid
gathered the pieces of glass and hid them in an
empty
flower pot he found near the shed.
The
ball didn’t go straight up. Instead, it went up and