A lesson in honesty
4/21/2010 12:06:00 PM


Congratulations to Edward Parker of Bear. He was the winner of our Earth Day gardening giveaway. Below is his tale.

Thanks to all who entered. Look for your stories in the Earth Day special section in Thursday's edition of The News Journal.

My wife and I enjoy having a garden in our backyard. So one spring we went to the store to get some supplies and plants. The store was so crowded and it seemed to take forever to get through the line.

When we got outside we realized that we had a pack of cucumbers in the basket that we had forgotten to pay for. Our first thought was to go back and pay for them. But considering how long it took to get through the line and that the plants only cost about a dollar, we figured the store would never miss them. So we went home and planted them.

The cucumbers grew like crazy. Before long we had many really nice-looking cucumbers. Finally, it was time to pick some. So we did and were going to have them with dinner. But when we tasted the cucumbers they were very bitter. I thought we just got a bad one so I went out and picked another one. We cut it up and it too was very bitter. We tried several and they were all bitter.

We believe this was a lesson to us to be honest and that the right thing to do would have been to go back and pay for the plants. Since then we make sure we always pay for what we get no matter what it is.

We learned a lesson. It always pays to be honest.

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