Bill Cosby - Children Are Truthful

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Photo of Bill Cosby People don't understand children, especially people who have no children. A person with no children say "Well I just love children". You say "Why?" And they say "Cause the child is so truthful. Children are truthful, that's what I love about them, they say the truth." That's a lie. I've got five of 'em. The only time they tell the truth is if they're having pain. You get a fifteen month old child knows when to lie. You see the child crawls into the cupboard to get it's favourite cookie. Fifteen month old child knows where the cupboard is, knows where it's favourite cookie is and it will open it up and sit down and take the cookie and you go over are you try to get the cookie from the child, which is also a contest, "Here, let me have it." So I take the cookie. And I take the box. And I put the cookie in the box. And I say "You can't have this. You understand? I don't want you to have the cookie." And I put it, way up here. Now this fifteen month old child after I've left the room begins to build a very sophisticated ladder. Climbs up the ladder. And begins to try to get the cookie. Now you can hear the paper rustling and that's in your favour because a fifteen month old child doesn't know that sounds travels. They're also not bright enough to hire a lookout. So you hear the paper rattling. And you run, and there's a child standing there with a cookie. So you say "What are you doing?" No this honest child looks at you and says "I was getting the cookie for you".