a tongue can accuse and carry bad news the seeds of distrust it will sow but unless you ve made no mistakes in your life be careful of stones that you throw a neighbor was passing my garden one time she stopped and i knew right away that it was gossip not flowers she had on her mind and this is what i heard my neighbor say that bad girl down the street should be run from our midst she drinks and she talks quite a lot she knows not to speak to me or my child my neighbor then smiled and i thought a tongue can accuse and carry bad news the seeds of distrust it will sow but unless you ve made no mistakes in your life be careful of stones that you throw a car speeded by and the screaming of brakes a sound that made my blood chill for my neighbor s one child had been pulled from the path and saved by a girl lying still the child was unhurt and my neighbor cried out oh who was that brave girl so sweet i covered the crushed broken body and sad the bad girl who lived down the street a tongue can accuse and carry bad news the seeds of distrust it will sow but unless you ve made no mistakes in your life be careful of stones that you throw