Little White Lies

Although I often tell many joking lies, most are not really serious. Usually I just say nothing rather than make up something obscure. I recall one particular lie that I got in serious trouble for. My younger brother was about four years old, meaning I was approximately fourteen. He was really frustrating me by asking me nonsense questions and intentionally trying to pester me. Instead of answering regularly I decided I had had enough and made up a lie. I told him that he was my least favorite brother, to which he replied that he was my only brother. However, did you think that stopped me and my quick-witted thinking? Of course it did not. I made up a fabricated story about me having little tiny little brothers that lived in our cabinets. These little cretins I told him were called "Greeeeemlins" and that he was required to say it just in that very manner. I told him that these gremlins were vicious and stealthy, but only around people they do not like. Obviously, I told him that the gremlins absolutely loathed him and that if he was mean to me they would scamper into his room and feast on his flesh in the night. This severly frightened my brother and made it so he had trouble sleeping. In the end, my parents were furious with me and I ended up getting grounded all for a simple little made up story.