Is my 6 year old lying?

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So 6 year old DD has been supposedly having problems for the past couple of months with a boy in her class saying unkind/strange things to her.
She's been upset at bedtime and struggling to sleep.
I let it lie for a couple of months in the hope it would blow over, and because it was just childish stuff like "a bird will peck on your window in the night and scare you" or "foxes can climb down your chimney and come into your bedroom" and "if cars drive past you really fast then your coat will blow off and blow away forever", stuff that is probably just kids being silly, but my dd is pretty sensitive and has been worried about her new coat blowing away etc or finding a fox in her bedroom (apologies if this sounds ridiculous)
Anyway, finally brought it up with the teacher and asked her to keep an eye.
So teacher has got back to me and is saying that my dd is denying this boy has ever said anything after she spoke to them both together.
Now I'm questioning whether A. My dd was scared to confront the boy when the teacher asked or B. If this boy has never said anything of the sort.
DD is furious tonight and refusing to even discuss it.
Do you think she's been lying about this boy, are they fears she may have and she's been lying about the boy saying them when they are really her fears/thoughts?
Where do I go from here?!

I have just spoken to my dd and she's admitted that this boy has never said these things to her. Despite her telling me nightly that he has.
What a mess.

Ahhhh kids. Who'd have em! Has she got any insight into why she said it?

Sounds like an elaborate bedtime dodge to me tbh.

I think it's an elaborate bedtime dodge too.

Is she calm enough to talk to you about it? Or is she still angry?

I think its really important that you stay calm here. Point out that the way she's feeling now, the bad feeling, is because she told a lie. Talk about why what she did was wrong, but tbh i wouldn't punish her for it, because i think that's likely to turn the guilty hurt feeling into an angry feeling, which will kinda kill the lesson.

She's really angry.
Chucking herself on the floor and covering her ears.
I'll try to talk sensibly later.

Good call! Cup of tea and a biscuit for you, space for her.

Also, i think this is probably pretty nornal behaviour for a 6yr old. She told a lie once, it worked for her purposes, she told it again, it became a habit, she didn't see how she'd get caught and it was working for her so she kept going, and then she got caught. The anger is cos she doesn't know how to process guilt or shame. Unless it's part of a big pattern of dishonesty, i think she's probably not on a path to a life of crime.

I'm hoping now she's had a shock of lying and being caught out that it won't happen again.
She keeps whinging and telling me she feels "not good", which I think is a good thing as she feels bad for lying.

It’s also a completely normal developmental thing to start getting a whole bunch of new fears at this age. Children, eh?