(*Satire*) Hallie gets confronted with stealing cookies from the cookie jar:
Mom: Where you taking cookies from the cookie jar?
Hallie: Why do you think that?
Mom: Well I heard someone take the lid off earlier.
Hallie: That was me putting the dishes away. Aren't I nice. Can I have a cookie, now? It seems like forever since I've had a cookie.
Mom: What are those chocolate spots on your hands?
Hallie: Well.. I counted the cookies, too.
Mom: (*Looks in jar*) there are less cookies than when I last looked! You lied!
Hallie: Sigh. Well, Buster (the dog) ate them when I was counting them. Are you going to get mad at Buster now?
Mom: Buster has been outside all afternoon!
Hallie: I gave the cookies to Buster outside if you must know, we sha...he just grabbed them from me. He was a bad dog! I didn't get to eat...I didn't eat any cookie.