Sometimes I pretend to lie

Characters:
Bradly, 4th grade student in my reading class
Me

Setting: On the carpet in reading circle.

Me: "Bradly, tell me what your connections to the story are."

Bradly: "Well...Martin lied in the story. Sometimes I am like Martin. I sometimes pretend to lie."

Me: (laughs) "You pretend to lie?"

Bradly: (giggles) "Yeah."

Me: "So if you are pretending to lie, does that mean that after you tell the lie you let the people know you were pretending?"

Bradly: "Sometimes."

Me: "So how is that different from lying?"

Bradly: "I'm just pretending! It's not real."

Me: "Oh."