The little girl who cried wolf

Today I had a 1st grader tell me in a quite articulate manner that the parents I had spoken with were not her real parents. (I quickly did a double take in my mind of her file, thinking, no, this little girl isn't adopted. Her parents are divorced, I met them both, and she looks just like them.) She proceeded to tell me that her real parents were attacked and eaten by a wolves, and then their spirits rose into the heavens, and then she got her new parents. I had to bit my lip not to laugh at her.

I tried to let her off the hook by tell her that her story seemed a bit like make believe, which caused her to go back through her story and add detail, which took a great deal of time. She wasn't a very quick liar. I then asked her if I asked her parents about her story if they would say that it was the truth.

"Umm...hold on a moment. Let me think about that. Hmm...that's a tough one. I'd probably say no."

"Yeah, I think you were trying to pull my leg and make up a story!"

"Yeahhh...I wassss."

"Well, let me tell you a story. This story is called 'The Boy who Cried Wolf'." We can call it The Girl who Cried Wolf if you like!