I cannot tell a lie

I cannot tell a lie
"Я не могу лгать"
Слова, приписываемые юному Дж. Вашингтону [Washington, George], которого отец застал однажды в саду возле срубленной вишни. По легенде, мальчик признался, что дерево срубил он, а отец тут же простил его за честность. На самом деле автором этой истории, впоследствии названной "притчей о вишневом дереве" [cherry tree tale; Washington and the cherry tree], биографы Вашингтона считают П. Уимса [Weems, Mason Locke]

English-Russian dictionary of regional studies. 2013.

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