"Wait a minute.
The second novel from Richard Adelman , author of TEACHER TALES..
A DAY AT THE BEACH.
And who was the beneficiary of these lies? Who was going to have all the fun? Not me.
Very risky.
But this might require many lies -- perhaps a lie a night, for many nights.
We would take a trip, tell a lie, and it was over.
Those lies were controllable.
Usually, I lied about a single event, like going to Brigantine or swimming in a forbidden spot.
Plus, the possibility of getting caught in this lie was greater than usual.
And besides, they were my parents, so they were obliged to forgive me.
There was stuff I\'d done on the positive side to cancel the stuff on the negative side.
I had an account with them.
Lying to my parents was one thing.
You had to lie in order to have fun.
I can\'t lie to him like that..." Lying, in general, was fine.
Goldfarb all my life. "I\'ve known Mr.
Besides, taking Ellen out on a date was something I wouldn\'t have the courage to do on my own behalf, so where was I going to find the courage to do it for my pal Whitey? "I don\'t like this," I said.
You\'re saying I\'m going to pretend I\'m taking Ellen out on a date?" I was 12, and the idea of knocking on the Goldfarbs\' door, looking Ellen\'s grandfather in the eye, and tricking him troubled me. "Wait a minute
