Miss Simons could reasonably expect nothing else than that Forrest would
tell a falsehood when the truth would condemn him. Furthermore, she
acted a lie herself if she pretended not to know how the drawing came to
be on the desk. A teacher who wishes to foster truthfulness in a child
will not wittingly tempt him to tell an untruth. Miss Simons made the
untruth too easy. Had she assumed in talking with Forrest that he had
made the drawing, he would have admitted it.