Jerry's Lying: Summary

The narrator thought that Jerry had no mother, but Jerry kept insisting that he did. Jerry said his mother lived in a cabin near the woods. He told the narrator that his mom abandoned him because she was too busy and couldn't handle him. The narrator thought that he was lying and couldn't trust Jerry anymore. The narrator told Jerry that he shouldn't lie that he's got a mother.
The narrator wanted to believe Jerry but she knew he was lying. The narrator told Jerry why his mother abandoned him.Jerry said that she didn't want to take care of him. One day the narrator told Jerry to take her where her mother is. So they went to a cabin where a woman had dark hair and brown eyes. Jerry went up to her and said "mom" and she said she never had a
kid.
Jerry got sad and told the narrator to go but then the women said "stop" and Jerry and the narrator stopped. The women told the narrator if she could wait for Jerry outside and the narrator said yes. The women talked to Jerry and told him the truth that she really is his mother. Jerry got happy and told her why he had left him then the narrator told him why. Jerry told his mother if he could live with her but the narrator said no. Jerry asked her why and she said that she had gone to the hospital two weeks before and the doctor told her she only had three weeks to live. Jerry began to cry but his mother told him he doesn't have to cry because now he knows he really has a mom.
The narrator took Jerry back to the orphanage. The narrator told Jerry that at least he saw his mother. The. narrator also asked him why his mother said no. Jerry said that she had gone to the doctor and he said she only had three weeks to live. The narrator said nothing and told Jerry to go rest for a while. In the morning Jerry didn't wake up the narrator said he had died in his