The Boy Who Cried Wolf

In  a  village  lived  a  carefree  boy  with  his  father.  The  boy's  father  told  him  that  he  was  old  enough  to  watch  over  the  sheep  while  they  graze  in  the  fields.  Every  day  he  had  to  take  the  sheep  to  the  grassy  fields  and  watch  them  as  they  graze.  However,  the  boy  was  unhappy  and  didn't  want  to  take  the  sheep  to  the  fields.  He  wanted  to  run  and  play,  not  watch  the  boring  sheep  graze  in  the  field.

So  he  decided  to  have  some  fun.  He  cried  wolf.  Wolf.  Until  the  entire  village  came  running  with  stones  to  chase  away  the  wolf  before  it  could  eat  any  of  the  sheep.  When  the  villagers  saw  that  there  was  no  wolf,  they  left  muttering  under  their  breath  about  how  the  boy  had  wasted  their  time.

The  next  day,  the  boy  cried  once  more,  Wolf.  And  again  the  villagers  rushed  there  to  chase  the  wolf  away.  The  boy  laughed  at  the  fright  he  had  caused.  This  time  the  villagers  left  angrily.  The  third  day,  as  the  boy  went  up  the  small  hill,  he  suddenly  saw  a  wolf  attacking  his  sheep.

He  cried  as  hard  as  he  could,  wolf.  Wolf.  Wolf.  Wolf.  But  not  a  single  villager  came  to  help  him.

The  villagers  thought  that  he  was  trying  to  fool  them  again  and  did  not  come  to  rescue  him  or  his  sheep.  The  little  boy  lost  many  sheep  that  day,  all  because  of  his  foolishness.