不诚实的代价

儿子女儿放假了。放假的第一个礼拜没有summer camp，只能请女儿帮忙在家照看弟弟了。昨天是第一天。老爸老妈上班之前，给儿子安排好了该干的事，让姐姐监督。姐弟俩倒是相安无事。姐姐还表扬弟弟不错，听从指挥。儿子也汇报了他该干的事：钢琴练习了两次，读了三本从图书馆借来的书。上午下午各玩了３０分钟的video game。看起来一切都不错，老爸就给儿子放风，让他去后院和邻居的孩子们玩。

吃完晚饭，老爸开始检查儿子的十页阅读练习。对照书后的练习答案，儿子是一字不差。知道有名堂，还一时找不到证据呢。只好一页一页的仔细找：嗯，在两个选择题上露出了马脚！两道题的标准答案是“１ or ２”，儿子也一字不差地写了“１ or ２”！儿子是粗心大意的孩子，决不会自己想出“１ or２”，只会１就是１，２就是２。

等他玩到天黑，回到家，老爸把证据一一摆出来，他无法狡辩。看着老爸的脸，只得低下了头。问他penalty是什么，他自己不肯说。老爸开出条件：１。老爸把十页擦干静，明天重做；２。明天还另外有十页作业，所以，总共是２０页；３。明天不能玩video game；４。２０块钱交老爸作为罚款。这最后一条可让他心痛，眼泪马上就流出来了。

老妈一看阵势，马上把他拉到楼上洗澡去了。等洗完了，老爸坐在书房等他，他不过去，而是跑回自己的房间。老爸跟过去，问他：“Did you listen to me? I was waiting for you in the study.”

“I want to go to sleep!”小人脾气还不小呢。

老爸只好教训他了：“Look at my eyes. This is very serious! Being honest is the most important issue in your school. If you cheated in your school, you would be kicked out. You might hear the news that a few students were kicked out of college in the U.S. a few weeks ago. I want you know whatyou have done is completely wrong. You can make mistakes, I will work together with you to correct the mistakes. But no cheating!, You getit?”

“Yes.”

“Say sorry to me loudly.”

“Sorry!”

“Ok, now, you can go to your bed. I will take the anwser sheets away the book，and you have to work 20 pages tomorrow.”

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等儿子睡着了，老妈问：“你干吗要拿走他２０块钱呢？人家好不容易挣到１００块，又是个小财迷。”

“就因为他是财迷才让他交钱作为penalty。不然他不会记住的。这要是在学校被老师抓到，可不是好玩的。发现了，就得早点教育。”


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[A-mao]

Reply to 睿ma : 嘿嘿，就一个礼拜。下周就要上summer camp了。

[睿ma]

做的正确光荣！不过儿子也挺可怜的。