The Shepherd Boy.
There was once a young Shepherd Boy who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain near a dark forest. It was rather lonely for him all day so he thought upon a plan by which he could get a little company and some excitement. He rushed down towards the village calling out Wolf,Wolf. and the villagers came out to meet him, and some of them stopped with him for a consideration time. This pleased the boy so much that a few days afterwards he tried the same trick, and again the villagers came to his help. But shortly after this a wolf actually did came out from the forest and began to worry the sheep, and the boy of course cried out wolf, wolf" still louder than before. But the villagers, who had fooled twice before, thought the boy was again deceiving them, and nobody stirred to come to his help. So the wolf made a good meal off the boy's flock.
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Who was lying then. Even after the truth. " No one believes it, and from this story
Cause the aphorism that "Do not do to their child shepherds," which means do not lie for the fun of themselves.
