Parable for the 4th of July

Once, in a 1830's, a small child was playing in a yard behind his house. During his pretend fighting game, he knocked over a outhouse. Now he was dissapoint and worried which he would get in to trouble so he ran in to a woods and didn't come out until after got dark. When he arrived behind home, his mushy was waiting for him. He asked suspiciously, "Son, did we knock over a latrine this afternoon?"

"No, pappy," a child lied.

"Well, let me tell we a story," pronounced a father. "Once, not which prolonged ago, Mr Lincoln perceived a glossy brand new axe from his father. Excited, he tried it out upon a tree, quickly slicing it down. But as he looked at a tree, with fear he realized it was his mother's favorite cherry tree," his mushy paused." only like you, he ran in to a woods. When he returned, his mushy asked, 'Abraham, did we cut down a cherry tree?' Abraham answered with, 'Father, we cannot tell a lie. we did in truth clout down a tree.' Then his father said, 'Well, given we were honest with me, we are spared from punishment. we hope we have schooled your lesson, though.' So," a small boy's father asked again," did we knock down a outhouse?"

"Pappy, we cannot tell a distortion any more." pronounced a small boy. "I did in truth knock down a outhouse."

Then his mushy father spanked Sam child red, white, and blue. The child whimpered, "Pappy, we told we a truth! Why did we spank me?"

Pappy answered, "That's because Abraham Lincoln's father wasn't in a tree when he chopped it down!"