Why Did You Do That Simple Past Tense English Conversation Practice

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childhood lie

have you ever been lied to when you were

a kid

let’s watch the video and see what lies

are about

john lucy and clarks respectively tell

their story about one time they have

been fooled when they were kids

john

have you been fooled by your parents

when you were a kid

yeah absolutely

i still remember what happened when i

was four years old

that’s a long story

come on buddy

tell us

yeah

i’m really curious

okay

that was when i was going home on the

first day of kindergarten

it was my dad who walked me home

at that time my family lived in the

countryside

and the kindergarten was not far away

from my house

so

i always went to the kindergarten on

foot every day

i told him i don’t want to go to

kindergarten and i prefer to stay at

home

he said to let him discuss with mom

first before answering me

i once wish i had grown up in the

countryside

i love rice fields and camping in the

mountain a lot

i have never been to the countryside

will you take us there john

yes but

let me finish my story first

things would go fine until we passed a

really weird manhole cover

it’s painted yellow with the face of

pac-man on it

it i felt so funny and told my dad about

it

you’re so childish john

yeah i know

but the story was not just that

my dad turned to a poker face and he

told me he would reveal the truth

he said he wasn’t my own father

but he had brought me home from that

manhole cover on a summer night

mom didn’t tell me because she was

afraid i would be sad

what

no way

did you believe that

of course yes

my parents had never lied to me before

and i trusted them

i was shocked by this and cried a lot on

the way home

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my dad said i shouldn’t be worried

because my parents loved me a lot and

would never abandon me

but i was still scared

i told him i would be obedient and went

to the kindergarten

your dad shouldn’t have told you that

that’s hurtful

i agree

yeah after that i became an obedient

child

because i was scared of being kicked out

of my house this is why i didn’t dare

tell my mom until i entered primary

school

my new grade one teacher asked the whole

class on day one to write down our

birthday on the class information paper

i told her

i don’t have a real birthday and this is

a complicated story

was she angry

no

she tried to ask me but i didn’t tell

her anything

and then

one of my friends from the kindergarten

said loudly before the class

he doesn’t know his birthday because his

parents brought him home from the

pac-man manhole cover

nobody knows his birthday

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what did your teacher do at that time

the teacher was confused

after class she called my mom to clarify

it

my mom had no idea what was going on she

was like what no way

he’s my son my only son and i gave birth

to him

your dad should be worried

yeah the rage of that woman

my mom then scolded my dad a lot for

saying that and didn’t say a word to him

for a month

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for me

i felt serene because finally

i knew that i was my mom’s true son

wow

i didn’t expect that you could believe

it for so many years

i was also told a lie once when i was a

kid but

it didn’t hurt as much as you

tell us your story

okay

when i was a kid my mom and i lived in

my grandparents house because my dad was

away

they had a cat called mina a female one

i felt so lonely because i didn’t know

those kids in the neighborhood and she

was there to cheer me up and play with

me

however

one morning after waking up i tried to

find her as usual but

i found out she had disappeared

did she leave

yeah

kind of

i asked my mom where she was and my mom

told me that mina had head to

los angeles with her godmother

she wanted to become an actress

what

the cat wanted to become an actress

ridiculous

at that age i did believe that i could

talk to her for real

although i lost my best friend i

convinced myself that was good for her

because she might become a superstar one

day

you’re such a girl with an angelic heart

lucy

i agree

you guys know what

two years later i thought it was nina

when i saw a poster from the movie dog

and cat

i still wondered if i might be wrong

until the day came out to the public

when i saw mina acting in that movie i

was so moved

my little sister did it

she finally became an actress

i boasted about this all over the school

and felt so proud

until

until

until i was in grade 8 my family went to

my grandparents house to celebrate

thanksgiving

i told my grandpa about the successful

actress mina but he turned to me and

said with a gentle voice

my sweetie i’m sorry but nina died on

the night before the day when your

mother told you she was away

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oh my dear lucy

it is such a sad story

yeah i felt truly depressed after that

what about you clark did you have any

similar experiences with us

when i was a little kid like you guys

i was really curious about my parents

occupations

i asked dad hey dad

what do you do for a living

and he told me he was an architect

he still loves his job until today

however when i asked him about my mom’s

job

he didn’t answer

i cried and forced him to tell me mom’s

job or i would never play with him again

he laughed and murmured your mother’s

occupation is top secret

you mustn’t tell this to anyone okay

okay daddy you have my words i said

then

he put an arm onto my shoulder

and said

your mom works for the cia

remember to keep it a secret because if

other people know it

your mom will get into a lot of trouble

and you believe that

of course

for six years

six years that i kept my mom’s secret

job you didn’t ask your mom about it did

you

he didn’t do it you know him john

finally i found out the truth

one day my family went to the ice cream

shop

i turned to my mom and smiled

hey mom i know your secret

you don’t have to hide it from me

i’ll protect you

mom was like what are you talking about

clark

i told her dad had told me the truth and

she worked for the cia

and promised her i wouldn’t tell anyone

from six years ago

mom was angry and scolded dad on the way

home

he laughed ha ha

it was a kid’s story long ago

i don’t think that our son believes it

i guess we were all fooled by our

parents

but

they are so memorable right

yeah

i think it’s too late now i have to go

home and prepare my meal

okay bye lucy see you next time

bye everyone

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