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5 10 15 20 25 30 35 29 “Maybe because they didn’t have anything else to do,” Mario hypothesized. “Maybe because their parents denied them allowance and they were desperate,” Mariella said laughing. “Yes, but why lie about the fact that the video cameras weren’t working?” Jensika wasn’t able to make sense of this. “People always tell us we shouldn’t lie and then they are the first ones to lie.” “Maybe the principal and the teachers had a good reason to lie,” Mario said, but Mariella didn’t agree with him. “There are no good reasons to justify lying,” Mariella affirmed. “I don’t know if you are right,” Mario replied. “Think about if they had said that the video cameras didn’t work, other people would have been able to enter school and still steal things.” “Ok,” Jensika intervened, “but after this people started to chatter, blaming people in your community. Nothing good ever comes from lying.” “That’s not true,” Gaetano said. “You need to know when to lie and when not. The other day, for example, I said to my teacher that I hadn’t studied because I was sick, but this wasn’t true. This way, though, I avoided a bad grade. The next day, I studied and I did well. As you see, I didn’t do anything wrong to anyone and I saved myself.” “Ok, but you were lucky,” Mariella intervened. “If she had discovered this, you could have been suspended.” “But Gaetano is right,” Mimmo said. “Sometimes you can lie for a good purpose, or to save your life…” “And what about the lie that Giggino told the thieves of the secretary’s office? What type of lie was that?” Rahma asked. “What do you mean?” Mariella asked. “I mean why did he lie about the gate and the video cameras?” Rahma clarified. “But that wasn’t a lie,” a convinced Mario affirmed. “He just hid the truth.” “Isn’t that also a lie?” Rahma asked, and Mariella seemed to agree with Mario when she said, “No, lying means saying one thing