Berenstain, Stan & Jan
When Brother and Sister break the rules and decide to play soccer inside the house they end up breaking Mama's favorite lamp. Upon discovering the lamp Mama begins to question the bears about what happened. They decide to tell her a "whopper" (as it is called in the book). The trouble is, when Papa gets home and Mama asks the cubs to retell the account they can't quite remember what they said the first time around and their story begins to fall to pieces.
Brother and Sister learn a valuable lesson about the importance of telling the truth. It is made clear that they feel awful about lying and the authors do a great job depicting that yucky feeling you get when you do something dishonest. They also clearly show Papa and Mama's disappointment in the cubs, and that they are able to forgive them and move on once it is clear that the cubs understand the wrong that they committed.
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