The Boy who called and cried 'Wolf'

Once upon a time, there was a shepherd boy who had to look after a flock of sheep, even though he wanted to be at his friend's birthday party.

Later in the afternoon, he felt bored and decided to play a ghastly hoax on his friends. He called them from his phone and screeched, “Help! Wolf! Wolf!”

The friends were terrified by the boy’s predicament and quickly rushed from the party with their parents to help the shepherd boy. When they made it to the scene, they asked, “Where is the wolf?”

The shepherd boy giggled uncontrollably, “Ha, Ha, Ha! I made a fool of you all. I was only playing a trick on all of you so you would come here to see me.” The parents were mad at the boy and they took their children back to the party.

A few hours later, the shepherd boy decided that he would try the trick again just to see if his friends would come there to see him.

He called and screeched, “Help! Help! Wolf! Wolf!” Again, the children and their parents raced to help him and again they found that the boy was only lying. Of course the parents were frustrated with the boy, so once again, they took their children back to the party.

Then, sometime later, a wolf really went into the pasture. The wolf attacked one sheep, and then another and another. The shepherd boy called his friends yelling at the top of his lungs, “Help! Help! Wolf! Help! Somebody!”

The parents heard their kids over the phone with the boy, but they only laughed because they thought it was just another hoax.

One of the boys at the party gave the phone to a parent and the shepherd boy declared, “A wolf is attacking the sheep. I lied before, but this time it is true!”

Finally, the people from the party went to look and quickly realized that it was true. All they could see was the wolf running away in the distance, sheep strung across the field, and the shepherd boy nowhere in sight.

We may not believe someone who often tells lies, even when he tells the truth. This story is a prime example of why we should always tell the truth so people do not have a reason to doubt us.