Ciara's+Folktale

Troubles with Cheating ** On a gloomy, dreary day, Andrew Burguard and Cathy O’neil had to run a mile for gym class down the wooded, dark trail beside the school, because they had skipped first period the day before. They dressed out quickly and scurried out to the trail to start their mile. The woods were eerie and the silence was frightening. Andrew couldn’t take it anymore so he broke the silence “Hey Cathy, you ready for that big test next period?” “Oh no way, I’m going to bomb that!” she replies quickly, as she gasps for air from all the running. “Me too, hey maybe we should cheat off Samantha, she is smart.” Cathy thinks for a minute and responds “Sure! It can’t kill us, lets do it.” So Andrew and Cathy, quickly, finish up their mile, go into change and head off to take their tests! They entered geometry, take their seats near Samantha, and get ready. Andrew texts Cathy one last time to make sure they are still going to cheat. The answer is yes, so they begin the test. Thirty minutes pass of their eyes wondering off their own papers to Samantha’s and they finish with ease. Andrew and Cathy were pleased with how easy it had been and went about their day, happily. A few days later Samantha, Andrew, and Cathy are called into the teacher’s office. The teacher is stumped to as why they all sat near each other and all got the same exact grade. Andrew and Cathy start to sweat, and Samantha is confused as to why this happened. Cathy can’t take the pressure of her teacher anymore and bursts out "We cheated!!” Samantha and the teacher appreciate her honesty and ask Andrew why. He immediately denies it and will not come out with the truth. Cathy doesn’t know what to do to get him to admit it so they will not get a detention. “Bingo! Samantha, come here!” she said. Cathy pulls out her cell phone, and shows her the text from Andrew asking if they were still going to cheat. Samantha has got proof now! So she shows Andrew the text and he becomes speechless. They show the teacher the text and Andrew got a zero for the test, a detention and lost two of his best friendships with Cathy and Samantha for lying.  Andrew is regretful as he sits in detention silently by himself, when he should have been hanging out with his best friends and thinks to himself, “Ah! I wish I hadn’t even suggested cheating in the beginning, gosh! I got a zero, this detention, and no best friends? How could I have been so stupid and its all because I wanted to cheat and lie, I guess I learned my lesson from that one .” **