It pays to be honest, yup sure does

[Jedo_03]

I'll tell you about honesty...

I happen to have red hair (well, more-magenta-than-green, as Dan would say)... and mah daddy's lying... dying... and he says to mah momma in his last-but-one breath... he says "Hon... I'ma dying, Hon... An I want yah t'tell me the truth..." An he looks direct at me an he says to Momma..."Hon... the truth now... Is that one reallllllly mine...?"
And Momma takes his hand and says "Yeh Hon.. I swear that t'yah... He's really your makin..." And Mah Daddy sighed... and died...
And Mah Momma looks up to the Heavens above and wails... "Thank the good Lord he didn't ax me about the other four chillun..."

Anon