What was the lie you told to escape from a punishment?

Someone said it so right that at times we opt to choose a lie over truth just to escape from the adverse effects of anything. 

When I was young, without telling anyone in the family, I got a puppy at my place. I knew my mother wouldn't want to keep him. I was adamant and I decided to lie to my mother by telling her that the puppy doesn't have a family and is looking for a foster home quickly. If he doesn't stay with us, we will be punished for the crime we did to let him off on the road. My mother, after listening to this got so emotional that she finally agreed to keep him with us. 

A lie saved him and today it's four years that Sheero is a part of our family. I thank the lie somehow because it helped me keep him and I escaped from a punishment.

The best lies are the ones which are unbelievable.

Lunchtime at school was a treat for me as it usually ended with me stealing food from my friends and having what I would then consider a lavish feast. My mom never failed in her duty to pack my lunch but I saved that as a classroom snack. The time that she did forget to her lunch duties, my mother would give me just enough money to cover my lunch in the school cafeteria.

Inevitably, mother was not able to provide the exact change one day. She trusted me with a large bill and asked me to not to overspend. The rest of the day went by as usual but without any snacks to pass the time in the boring classroom.

On the way home, I passed by an impoverished child. Sights like these were common in my city, so I didn’t bother with a second glance. She came up behind me and tugged at my sleeve asking me if I could give her some food. Had she asked for money I don’t think I would’ve cared so much but there was desperation in her plea for food.

I told my mother I had spent all the money on myself. I don’t know why, but to me, it seemed that pretending to have spent all the money on myself would’ve been easier for my mom to believe and forgive than saying that I had given it away to someone I didn’t know. I didn’t escape a punishment for spending too much but I believe I did escape a long drawn out conversation which would have surely dimmed my views on charity

I believe that when a lie is told for a good reason, it's never a crime. 

So, there were lot of times, when I lied to escape from certain situation. Sometimes, I even lied for my friends and mostly for my younger brother to save them from punishment, rather than me. 

But, I remember I often lied about my migraine attacks to my school teachers to escape punishments while I bunked my school days to go out with my friends and enjoy a little picnic at the top of the hill, never Darjeeling, West Bengal.