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FOLKTALE: THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF

There was once a shephard boy who was bored as he sat on the hillside watching over his village.

To entertain himself, he took a great big breath and cried out, "Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is chasing me!"

The villagers came running up the hill to help the boy from the wolf. But, when they arrived at the top, they found no wolf. The boy laughed at the sight of their angry faces.

"Dont cry `wolf´, shephard boy,¨said the villagers, ¨When there´s no wolf!" They went angrily back down the hill.

Later, the boy cried out again, " Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is chasing me!¨To his evil delight, he watched the villagers run up the hill to help him drive the wolf away.

When the villagers saw no wolf again they sternly said, " Save your frightened song for when there really is something wrong! Dont cry `wolf´when there is NO wolf!

But the boy just grinned as he watched them go angrily down the hill.

Later, he saw a real wolf prowling around his hillside. Alarmed, he leaped to his feet and cried out loudly as he could, "Wolf! Wolf!"

But, the villagers thought he was trying to fool them once again, so they didn´t come.

At sunset, everyone wondered why the shephard boy hadn´t returned to the village. They went up the hillside to find the boy. They saw him weeping and shivering.

"There really was a wolf here! I cried out, "Wolf!" Why didnt you come?"

An old village man tried to comfort the boy as they walked back to the village.

Putting his arm around the boy, ¨Nobody believes a liar...even when he is telling the truth!"