THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF

Once there was a Shepard-boy,who watched a flocked of sheep near a village.He brought out the villagers three or four times by crying out,"Wolf!,Wolf!"and when his neighbors came to help him,he laughed at them for their pain,because he was making fun of them. The wolf, however, really did come at last. The Shepard-boy,now really really scared,shouted in an agony of terror :"pray,do come and help me;the Wolf is killing the sheep";but no one paid any attention to his cries,nor came to help him. The Wolf, having nocause of fear,at his leisure ate or destroyed the whole flock.There is no believing a liar,even when he speaks the truth.

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