I Cannot Tell A Lie

 

The Cherry Tree

 

 

 

 

 

From Mount Vernon.org :

The Cherry tree is one of the oldest and best-known legends about George Washington. In the original story, when Washington was six years old, he received a hatchet as a gift and damaged his father’s cherry tree with it. When his father discovered what George had done, he became angry. Young George bravely said, “I cannot tell a lie…I did cut it with my hatchet.” Washington’s father embraced him and declared that his son’s honesty was worth more than a thousand trees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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