One day,Tony was a very bad boy. He told a lie to his mother. That night felt very unhappy. He did not want to play with the children.
He sat on the doorstep alone. He looked up in the sky and saw the big round moon. He thought that it was looking down upon him, because it knew about the lie. He ran down the street to get away from it, but it kept following him. Then he crept into the house and went to bed, but the moon looked at him through the window. He pulled the sheet over his head, but he could not sleep. Then he crawled under the bed and lay there in the dark. He thought and thought about the lie.
At last,he decided to tell his mother all about it. He told her the truth and she forgave him. He promised never to tell a lie again.
He went back to bed and was soon fast asleep. He dreamed that the moon smiled down upon him.
【参考中文翻译】
一天托尼做了个坏男孩，他对他妈妈撒了个慌，那天晚上很不开心，他不想和小朋友们一起玩。
他独自坐在家门口，他看着天空望着圆圆的大月亮，他想它在望着他，因为它知道他撒了慌，他走上街道的路上，但月亮仍然跟着他，然后他走进房子去睡觉，但月亮通过窗户看着他。他转过头背着月亮，但他睡不着。然后他从床上爬起来趟在黑暗里。他想着那个谎言。
最后，他决定告诉他妈妈他撒了慌。他去把真相告诉了他妈妈，妈妈原谅了他。他答应妈妈以后再也不说慌。
他回到床上，很快就睡着了。他梦见月亮嘲着他微笑，夸他是好孩子。
