There once was a boy who lived in a small village. Each day, he took his
sheep to a high meadow to graze on the grass. One day, the boy was bored with
his work, so he decided to play a trick. “Wolf! Wolf!” he cried. “A wolf is here!”
The people in the village rushed to the meadow to rescue the boy and his
sheep, but they found the boy perfectly safe. “I was only kidding,” he laughed.
“You are very naughty,” the people said, frowning.
The next day, the boy played the same trick, and, once again, the people
rushed to the meadow only to find the boy laughing.
A few days passed. The boy was watching the sheep in the meadow, when
he spotted a real wolf. “Wolf! Wolf!” he cried. “A wolf is after the sheep.”
The people in the village heard the boy’s cries, but this time they did not rush
to help him. They weren’t going to be tricked again.
