Pants on Fire

Tony Trebelli was the biggest liar ever. He lied to his parents. He lied to the teachers. He lied to all the other kids. If you asked Tony Trebelli what his name was, he would tell you it was Steve. If you asked him to point upwards, he would point down. And if you asked him what colour his underpants were, he’d tell you they were black.

Now, everyone knew for a fact that Tony only ever wore ordinary white pants. Everyone had seen Tony Trebelli’s plain white pants. He lived next door to the school, and they were out there every day on the washing line, blowing in the wind.

Tony Trebelli’s pants were the kind that come in sensibly-sized packets of eight, bought from a very sensible shop. There was no funny business with pants like those. There was no funny business with pants at all, until someone sent Tony a special pair.