Speaker 1: Life.
Speaker 2: Hi, it's nice to get outside. So why are we
Speaker 2: going to play today? Tag? Hide and seek?
Speaker 1: Oh?
Speaker 2: Hell about swinging? Kelly? You know how to play that?
Speaker 3: Right?
Speaker 2: Yeah, Billy? What about you, Elliot? Do you know how
Speaker 2: to play swinging? Swingy thing?
Speaker 3: Elliott did not know how to play swing aling, but
Speaker 3: he didn't want his friends to know that, so he
Speaker 3: told a little white lie. That's when a person says
Speaker 3: a small thing that's not true.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, of course. In our play.
Speaker 3: Welcome to Stories for Kids by Lingo Kids, where we
Speaker 3: discover fascinating facts about the world around us and the
Speaker 3: fun of play learning. Today, we explore why some kids
Speaker 3: might tell white lies. White lies are things that can
Speaker 3: start out small but can quit build into something bigger.
Speaker 2: Let's jump back in great, we all know how to play, Elliott,
Speaker 2: you can start. I'm sure I know what to do.
Speaker 3: But Lingo Kids listeners, Elliott did not know what to do.
Speaker 2: Let's check in with em.
Speaker 3: Elliott, I thought you didn't know what swingling was?
Speaker 2: Well I maybe, no, not really.
Speaker 3: Do you know why you decided to tell your friends
Speaker 3: that you knew how to play?
Speaker 2: Well, everyone else seems to know what slingling is. What
Speaker 2: if they laugh.
Speaker 3: I mean for not knowing they're your friends, Elliott. I'm
Speaker 3: sure they'd be happier if you told the truth. They
Speaker 3: could explain the game to you, or you could play
Speaker 3: something else.
Speaker 4: Hmmm, it's okay, I'm sure I'll pick up the rules.
Speaker 2: Of the game. Let's go back to Lisay and Cowie
Speaker 2: and Billy. They're waiting for me. Elliott.
Speaker 3: You've got so you're going to start the game?
Speaker 1: Right?
Speaker 2: Sure? Sure? Great? Sing this song? You know this swing
Speaker 2: that nig song? Right?
Speaker 3: Oh, the song lingo kids listeners. Elliott didn't know the song,
Speaker 3: but since he'd already lied about knowing the game, let's
Speaker 3: see what happens next.
Speaker 2: Lisa, of course I know the song.
Speaker 4: It's just my throw is a little sore right now,
Speaker 4: so let's continue without it.
Speaker 2: Okay. Then, well you've got to close your eyes, Elliott,
Speaker 2: Right right, okay, closed? Now hold on one leg, one
Speaker 2: leg of course. Okay. So they're gone. Oh no, Lisa,
Speaker 2: Joe and Billy are all missing. What do I do?
Speaker 3: Elliot? Everyone appreciates it when you tell them the truth.
Speaker 3: You'd want your friends to be honest with you, right, yeah,
Speaker 3: So now do you think it might be time to
Speaker 3: tell your friends that you don't know the rules of
Speaker 3: the game.
Speaker 2: Hmmm. Or maybe this is part of the game. Maybe
Speaker 2: it's like hide and seek.
Speaker 4: So instead of telling the truth, I'll just go and
Speaker 4: find them.
Speaker 3: And so Elliot, still not knowing the game's rules, went
Speaker 3: off to find his friends. He looked up a slide.
Speaker 2: They're not here. He looked in a bush.
Speaker 3: No, he even dug a hole in the sandbox and
Speaker 3: looked for them in there.
Speaker 2: They're not here here.
Speaker 3: Elliott thought a few times about calling out for his friends,
Speaker 3: but then they'd know that he had longed. And the
Speaker 3: more Elliott thought about it, the more nervous he got.
Speaker 2: What if they get mad at me? Who stop talking
Speaker 2: to me?
Speaker 1: Oh?
Speaker 2: Don't want to be my friends anymore?
Speaker 3: Elliot? Did you know that nearly everyone tries these little
Speaker 3: white lies at some point?
Speaker 2: Really?
Speaker 3: Hey, lingo, kids listeners, do you know why people lie?
Speaker 3: What about you, Elliott?
Speaker 4: Maybe kids lie because they're worried about what will happen
Speaker 4: if they tell the truth.
Speaker 2: Sometimes that's true.
Speaker 3: Other reasons are that they may not think they'll be believed,
Speaker 3: or sometimes they're feeling ashamed. But lyon doesn't actually improve things.
Speaker 3: Did lying make you feel better, Elliott, No, right, let
Speaker 3: me show you something. Imagine a balloon.
Speaker 4: Okay, I'm imagining a balloon, a yellow balloon.
Speaker 2: What's next?
Speaker 3: Well, little lies may start small, but the more lies
Speaker 3: we put into that yellow balloon.
Speaker 2: The bigger it becomes, exactly.
Speaker 3: And the harder it is to keep under control, until
Speaker 3: finally that yellow balloon gets so big that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you're right. I don't like how a lying makes
Speaker 2: me feel.
Speaker 4: I can't take it anymore, Lisa, Cowie Billy, I.
Speaker 2: Give up, I can't find you.
Speaker 1: Please come out, Ellen, or right here. Oh we weren't hiding.
Speaker 1: We were waiting for you to go to the swings.
Speaker 1: We're playing swingling, remember, Oh, swingling at the swings?
Speaker 2: Does it make sense I find you? He says he
Speaker 2: knew the rules.
Speaker 4: Elliot, I did say that, but there's something I need
Speaker 4: to tell you.
Speaker 2: I don't actually know how to play the game. Oh, Elliott,
Speaker 2: why did you say so? I guess I was worried
Speaker 2: that you might laugh at me? Elliot, where are your friends?
Speaker 2: If you don't know something, we to help show you.
Speaker 2: Lice is right, it's always better to be honest. I'm
Speaker 2: glad you finally told us. I do feel much better
Speaker 2: after telling the truths. I don't think I'm going to
Speaker 2: make a habit of flying. Do you guys forgive me?
Speaker 2: I do me too. Thanks everyone, So what should we
Speaker 2: do now? How about we play a game that we
Speaker 2: all know. Maybe hide and seek? What do you seek? Elliot?
Speaker 4: Oh, to be honest, I've done enough searching for one day.
Speaker 2: Maybe we play tag.
Speaker 3: LINGO kids listeners, thanks for learning about white lies. We
Speaker 3: learned that we all feel better when we tell the truth. Remember,
Speaker 3: being honest builds trust and keeps us happy and healthy.
Speaker 3: We'll see you next time.