Lying+Punishment+Myth

By Zoe Byun, Alice Urbiel, Jordan Sison, Christine Favorito, and Elissa Frank

A young foolish boy named Alzoeljoch, Al for short, was very arrogant and loved to show off. Unfortunately, almost nothing he ever said was true because he had never actually done any of it. He often bragged about his abilities and how he could walk through fire and could breathe underwater. Eventually, however, after tricking his neighbors into believing his ridiculous stories, he got bored and decided to tell them to the gods since they had never heard them. Yet the gods were smarter than Al’s foolish mortal neighbors and realized immediately that Al’s stories were pure imagination. The gods also did not respect Al’s foolishness and his obliviousness of their all knowing powers, so they decided to make all of Al’s stories the opposite of what he had said. For example, instead of walking through fire, he was burned and charred after doing so. He also would never be able to breath underwater or fly. Now all the stories that Al ever told became lies that could never come true. His little stories earned him bigger consequences. Mortals now have an extensive list of all their non-abilities which all come from all the lies Al ever told. This is also why lying has consequences that are usually bigger than the lie itself.