Tell the Truth!

Well this afternoon, Cody, Steven and Luke were downstairs playing in the playroom.  About 5 minutes later Steven came back upstairs.  And being twins Luke wanted to follow, but that would leave Cody downstairs by himself, and he hates being left alone, and within a minute or so Luke was crying and then he was screaming.  I just sat there and listened.  A couple of minutes later Cody came up and quite mad, Luke followed with tears streaming down his face and snot running down his nose from crying so hard.  I asked Cody "What happened"  He answered "I don't know"  I asked "What did you do"  He said " I don't remember",  I then said, "If you tell me the truth you won't get into trouble, but if you lie then you'll be in trouble."  He sat there for a few seconds and said..."Well I did a lot of things, I scratched him, I yelled, actually I yelled a lot, I pushed him, but just a little, I blocked the door with my arms so he couldn't leave the playroom, and I told him if he left me I would never play with him again."  I sat there and wanted to laugh so bad, and as he was telling me what he had done it took everything not to smile.  After he was finished confessing, I told him, "Cody, thank you so much for telling me the truth, but you do have to tell Luke your sorry and give him a love".  It was a good learning experience for him and for me.  We both needed to know that honestly is the best policy, and that "time-out" is not always necessary.