It was a day in the rain
Patriot was at his post
When a rainbow lit the skyline
To him it meant the world
For you see soldiers see everything
They go through it all
It was a hard day for patriot
So there at his post he stopped
There he stood in his glory
For to see a rainbow it calmed his soul
He was hard at work
During a long bitter day
You see he was a soldier by day
A nurse by night
He was on post by the field
Where they were training
When the rainbow appeared
He knew all would be alright that day
There had been no attacks
The barracks we quiet
Though the field was full of work
The day came to an end
As this soldier now had to go be a nurse in the medical unit
He went to his barracks to drop off his equipment and gear
Then he went to the mess hall
For after an already long day
He needed a good meal
While he ate his SOS he got
Also known as creamed beef
He noticed to cadets talking
But they weren’t just talking
They were whispers
He wondered what they were conversing
So as he finished his meal
He threw out his trash
Where he was close enough to introduce himself
So he walked over to the two cadets
There he stood as the cadets got defensive
What do you want soldier
The one cadet asked in a stern gruff voice
Patriot responded
Sir I only wanted to introduce myself
I know many on this unit
He explained
Many except you two
Pulling away the two began to turn to leave
Patriot said soldiers
Why do you shun me?
The two turned to him and said
Our names are Patrick and Starling
As they left patriot felt something
He knew something was not right
But unable to piece together anything yet he went on to work where he was a nurse
Just another regular busy day
The medical bay was busy as usual
So many illnesses, injuries and then there was a woman in labor
She was to be one of his patients
He walked over to her to check on her
When he got there he noticed that she was very distraught
He stood there for a minute
Then he said I am patriot
I will be your nurse for this shift
He said so all you need just ask
She looked at him and said
I’m Elizabeth
He said it’s an honor to meet you
He then went on to say
I couldn’t help but noticed that you seem to be distressed and not from the pregnancy
She sheepishly began to turn away
She then said I’m fine
He said ma’am you don’t seem fine
She again said I’m fine
So again he spoke
He said well if you need anything just ask
As he turned tor goto the papers he had to go through on his other patients
He started to walk away
But Elizabeth called him back
She said wait
He again turned towards her
And stuttered uh yes
As he walked towards her
She said I am distressed
I don’t tend to open up very well
Knowing she lied as he had thought
He asked why did you lie
Why did you not just tell me something was wrong but that you felt uncomfortable opening up
She said I was scared
He said lying will get you nowhere
He said have you ever heard the story
The Lying King
Elizabeth said yes
That’s the story about the lions
Patriot said not the lion king
This is The Lying King
She said bashfully
Stuttering u uh no
But I guess I’m going to learn about it
He continued
Yes I believe you are
We may disagree
But I want to be best for you and help you
So there was king who lied about everything
He said so many lies to his kingdom
So many lies that one day….
The kingdom turned against him
The people of the kingdom banished the king sending him far away
Far away for him to live all alone
You see lying doesn’t only hurt others
It can also hurt you
Lying is not a good thing to do
When you lie
You cause people to wonder if you ever tell the truth
You disappoint other people
You also cause people to stop trusting you
Something you tell others falsely or on purpose to hurt them are lies
Things that are lies are deceiving and dishonest
After being disappointed
People will think you always lie
This is not good
For one day you really may need true help and may ask for help and they won’t believe you when you most need it
You’ll be saying the truth but they won’t believe you when you need them to hear you and believe you
These tall tales
Lies
Start off small
But very quickly become very tall
So the moral of this story
Is that the king thought he was everything
He thought he ruled the kingdom so he could bully and deceive everyone and no none would know
Little did he know they’d find out he was lying about everything
And in turn he lost his crown
Hurting only himself
So think about that next time you want to lie Elizabeth said the nurse
And always apologize when you lye
It will hurt you most likely either way
Embarrassed Elizabeth said I see you’re correct
I’m sorry for lying
I won’t lie again
I’m just glad you didn’t lie about having any contractions for if you had I may not have believed you when you were in real active labor
I will be back to check on you
But now I have some papers I need to attend to
Elizabeth said Patriot, thank you
So you see when you lie it causes you more pain and hardships than you thought would come to you
Think before you speak next time
For it may be the last time someone listens to you
