The Lies of My Life

An example of a lie that I allowed myself to believe was when I was a young boy, possibly 5, is when I wanted to see if Santa exists or not. So one Christmas Eve, I counted the number of presents that were already at the tree and when I wake up the next morning and there are more than there were the night before, I would believe that Santa was true. Deep down, I knew Santa was fake and just a myth to keep little kids like me blissfully ignorant, but I wanted to know the truth for myself. The next morning, I planned to wake up as early as possible to count the presents, but when I was half asleep and slightly awake, I decided to just stay in bed and sleep because I did not want to prove to myself that Santa was just an illusion.
One time where I told a lie and when I got away with it is when I was a young boy, possibly in 2nd grade, I did not have time to do a homework worksheet the night before. In school, I decided to tell the teacher that I finished it, but I just forgot to bring it to school. Unfortunately, we lived close to home and the teacher knew that we lived across the street from the school. She said for me to run home and bring it back to school for her to give me any credit at all. I was thinking to myself, " WOW, WHAT A TERRIBLE TEACHER! She's actually going to send a boy in second grade out of school to just retrieve a homework assignment?! I am her responsibility and if something happens to me, she will be blamed. I might just not return for an hour to make her scared and worried to teach her a lesson!" So I went out and had the uncompleted worksheet in my pocket. I realized that I could complete the homework assignment at home. It took me 5 minutes to finish it, and I was surprised of how quick it was for me to finish it. I ran back to school and when I arrived, she asked me why it took me so long for me to just retrieve the paper. I said, "My dog got out when it opened the door. He's suppose to stay in and I had to run after him and get him back inside. Good thing I thought of that story because the first thing that came in my mind was, "My dog chewed it up". The story when he got outside was a more convincing one since second graders don't know how to lie yet, right? I was laughing to myself about it after class because I didn't even have a dog in the first place and I didn't have any pets either. I was at least happy that I did not get an uncompleted slip because I really cared about that when I was younger and I still do. I had to lie my butt off two times that hour, and uncountable times the rest of the day. This story may just be a lie to complete THIS homework assignment, but I doubt I would lie about something as small as homework again... But only if I get caught. :)