A Bit of a Story Teller

He is eight and confused. He has been borrowing ideas all year. He asked his classmate if he could copy off her. She has always said yes until today. Maybe four weeks of copying was enough? Now he is irritated and angry. She did not say yes or no, she told the teacher. The teacher talked to him about plagiarism. He thought he would be handcuffed and put into prison. I tried to reassure him. Refocused him. He told me a story about his dog being massacred. I asked about that. His dog has a sore paw. Then he told me about his thirty-two family members Who all live in the same house. I am thinking maybe there is a bit of exaggeration in this child.