There was once a young shepherd Bboy 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 considerable 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 come out from the forest, and began to worry
the sheep, and the boy of course cried out "wolf, wolf," still louder
than before. But this time the villagers, who had been 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,
and when the boy complained, the wise man of the village said: "A liar
will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth."
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