Daughter lying about being bullied.

Before someone charges me with their rulebook brandished, please forgive me for not being able to find the identical prior post.6yo daughter. As someone who has been on the receiving end of what could only be called a "horseshit accusation," i've been dreading the day where I had to curb my own child's dishonesty. She's been accusing another child in her class of pretty terrible things, and until recently, I've had little reason to doubt her. Yesterday, she told us this particular boy had punched her in the eye. Today, she had no idea what she said about him, and then "remembered" he and ANOTHER boy BOTH hit her in the eyes. So I posed her the question, "are you telling the truth?" Her response was "I just remembered he didn't." My boiled-down query is this; how can I instill the fear of lying in her? I shudder to consider the damage she could do to someone's reputation by telling a harmful lie, but taking privileges away only stings for five minutes and she's learned a new way she can get caught. I want to steer her away from lying, not groom a con artist.I should note, and I waited until I had the chance to knock on wood to type this, she has never falsely accused us of hurting her. We've spanked her, not in years though, and she certainly whines to her mother when my discipline doesn't appeal, but she's never embellished against us, only other boys in her class. I appreciate any input. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2HgvsI4