The Shepherd’s Boy And The Wolf
Aesop Fable: The Shepherd’s Boy And The Wolf
A shepherd-boy, who watched a flock of sheep near a village,
brought out the villagers three or four times by crying
out, "Wolf! Wolf!" and when his neighbors came to help
him, laughed at them for their pains.
The Wolf, however,
did truly come at last. The Shepherd-boy, now really
alarmed, shouted in an agony of terror: "Pray, do come and
help me; the Wolf is killing the sheep"; but no one paid any
heed to his cries, nor rendered any assistance.
The Wolf,
having no cause of fear, at his leisure lacerated or destroyed
the whole flock.
There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth.
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