GOING PLACES

Summary

• Sophie
  Sophie belonged to a poor family. She had a lot of unfulfilled dreams. She wanted to own a beautique, she wanted to be an actress, she wanted to be a fashion designer and much more. She longed to be anything that was beyond her reach. When she could not achieve them she satisfied herself by telling lies and enjoying when people believed her.
• Sophie Tells a Lie
  After an interval Sophie came with another sophisticated lie: She met Danny Casey, a popular football player from Ireland now a distraction for the English youth. As usual she made her brother Geoff believe this story by reminding him he was always the first one she told her secrets.
• The Lie Spreads
  Geoff took the story to their father and then proudly to his friends. The story reached many and people started asking Sophie about her relations with their great hero, Casey. They were also told that Sophie was to meet Danny in a park on a certain day.
• Lie or Truth?
  Days passed and everyone forgot Sophie and her Casey. By this time the effect of telling the lie continuously made Sophie believe her own lie. She could not think of it in clear lights. In a way Sophie became the victim of her own repeated lies.
• Victim of a Lie
  The Saturday on which Sophie was to meet Casey finally arrived. Sophie found her walking to the park to meet Danny Casey. She sat there and began waiting for Casey’s coming. Minutes ticked away and Danny delayed his coming. Sophie’s excitement gave way to doubts. She began to doubt if he would really come or not. She grew sad for his not coming. And then, when she thought the other way, she realized that it was all a lie. Realization came to her. She saw how big a burden it was for her to put herself in such a situation. She rose and walked back.
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• Read here the ten effective ways by which Sophie made her lies appear real.
  • Introduce the lie to a simple, trusted person. Remember, she told the lie to Geoff.
  • In case the first listener is suspicious of you, tell him that he was the first one you broke the news to and also pretend that you are pretty wounded by his question, "Have you told this to anyone else?".
  • Wait for some time. Geoff will spread the news to his friends, not the entire news, but half of it. Do not be impatient.
  • Soon, one of your friends will come to you, anxious, curious, and will ask you, "Sophie, I heard that you and he are in relation..." or just kind of.
  • Do not admit it. On the contrary, pretend that you are broken, scattered because Geoff should not have told that "secret" to any one. (In fact you have been waiting for this!)
  • When your drama takes effects, just ask the second person, "Well, how much did he tell you?"
  • She will tell you half of your lie, because Geoff had told only this much to his friends. Then you have to say, "Thank god! He didn't tell you everything. After all, there are people whom I can trust!"
  • This will intensify the curiosity in Jansie. She will insist upon telling the "other half of the story."
  • Pretending you are unwilling to tell anymore, tell the other part of the lie. This will definitely work.
  • Now, Jansie will do the rest.