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and telling the truth. Other acts of being honest are keeping

secrets and disclosing bad things. Honesty is also shown by
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taking good care of assets given to you. Similarly, a person
is honest when he or she lives according to his or her plans.

Honesty can help a person to reach his or her goals.

Think about the following actions.
a) A child picked up some money and gave it back to the
man who had dropped it.

b) A pupil returned the book he had borrowed from the
teacher on time.

c) A child spoke the truth about a fellow who had stolen
some money.
d) A child told her mother that she had broken a plate.

You have seen different actions of being faithful. It is important
to be faithful in life.

Read the following story and then answer the questions that
follow.

Hoza and John are Standard Three pupils. One day, Hoza

and John were walking along the road. On the way, they
saw Mzee Juma riding his bicycle. After passing them, Mzee
Juma dropped his wallet without knowing. Hoza picked up the

wallet and showed it to John.

John checked the wallet and saw some money in it. He advised
Hoza to share the money between them, but Hoza refused. He
took the wallet, ran after Mzee Juma and gave it back to him.

Mzee Juma thanked Hoza and gave him ten thousand shillings
as a reward. Hoza refused to take it. John was angry and

blamed Hoza for giving the money back to Mzee Juma.

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