The Half-Truth is an animal whose mother was a purebred Truth and whose father was a purebred Lie. They fooled around and next thing you know this creature was born. A Half-Truth can only breed with a Lie. It can’t breed with a purebred Truth. Each successive generation will be more and more like a purebred Lie.
It is a very sneaky creature. It lives among Truths by disguising itself to look like one. It usually gets away with this for a while but it always gives itself away by being angrier and more secretive than a Truth. The other Truths always can sniff out the Half-Truth after a while and usually kick it out of the clan. It will go off looking for another tribe of Truths but almost never can sneak in, since the original Truths have warned all the other tribes of his coming.
Catching a Half-Truth is very hard. It will bite you if you try to catch it from the front so it’s best to try to catch it’s tail. Of course if you catch it by the tail it will always quickly jerk around and bite you. It is not an easy task. The best advice is if you come across a Half-Truth it’s best to walk way out of its way. Don’t try to make friends with it, it will bite you. Don’t try to feed it, it will just get stronger and more ferocious. Don’t try to cage it unless you are very sure the cage is escape proof. Do remember, the Half-Truth is very slippery and can get out of even the smallest of openings.
The best thing to do is to keep the Truths and the Lies completely separate so no Half-Truths are born in the first place. Stay near the Truths’ den and don’t let any Lies come close. They will try to charm you and get you to let them go in, but if you allow it, they will try to take advantage of the Truth and breed with it.
Drawing by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Anonymous