Sense Sonnet - Tickler

Getting Down to Bare Facts

A father asked his son if he
Knew who had pushed the outhouse off
Of the cliff and into the sea.
The son said with a nervous cough,
"Like George Washington as a lad,"
"I cannot tell a lie - and so"
"I pushed the outhouse. Sorry Dad."
The son's behind felt lots of woe.
The son cried out, "George Washinton"
"Was spared the rod when he came clean."
Of truth, the father asked his son,
Following the whipping routine,

"When George cut down that cherry tree,"
"His Dad was not in it - was he?"