In 1809 Mason Locke Weems published his famous biography on George Washington. In this book he communicated a story he had heard from a relative of Washington. The story goes that a young George Washington cut down a cherry tree with his hatchet. When his father discovered the chopped down tree, he asked George who did it. George confessed and responded that he could not tell a lie. The story has become a part of the American mythos surrounding George. Whether or not it actually happened, does n