BIGGEST LIE

A clergyman was walking down the street when he came upon a group of about a dozen boys, all of them between 10 and 12 years of age. The group surrounded a dog. Concerned lest the boys were hurting the dog, he went over and asked "What are you doing with that dog?" One of the boys replied, "This dog is just an old neighborhood stray. We all want him, but only one of us can take him home. So we've decided that whichever one of us can tell the biggest lie willget to keep the dog."
Of course, the reverend was taken aback. "You boys shouldn't behaving a contest telling lies!" he exclaimed. He then launched intoa ten minute sermon against lying, beginning, "Don't you boys knowit's a sin to lie," and ending with, "Why, when I was your age, I never told a lie." There was dead silence for about a minute.  Just as the reverend wasbeginning to think he'd gotten through to them, the smallest boygave a deep sigh and said, "All right, give him the dog."