Once there was a shepherd boy who took care of the village sheep. He was constantly in fear as he was afraid that the wolf would eat the sheep. As he had already lost his sheep which was caught by the wolf before. He was afraid that the incident may repeat again. Out of fear, thinking that prevention is better than cure, and to be optimistic of the possibility of the wolf's attack. He thought of testing the rescue skills and the helping ability of his fellow villagers in case if the wolf would attack the sheep. He took a deep breath and shouted loudly, "Wolf! Wolf! The Wolf is chasing the sheep!".
The villagers came running up the hill to help the boy drive the wolf away. But when they arrived at the top of the hill, they found no wolf. The boy ridiculed them and told them that he was testing their rescue abilities. When the villagers saw no wolf they sternly said, "Save your frightened song for when there is really something wrong! Don't cry 'wolf' when there is NO wolf!". They went grumbling back down the hill.
But the boy just grinned and watched them go grumbling down the hill. The boy did this again and again, as it would relive his tension of fear. Whenever he was afraid he did this to sympathize himself by seeing the poor villagers coming to his rescue. Later once, he saw a REAL wolf prowling about his flock. Alarmed, he leaped to his feet and sang out as loudly as he could, "Wolf! Wolf!". But the villagers thought he was trying to fool them again, and so they didn't come. They thought that the boy is used to cry out of fear without a real threat. But on that day at sunset, everyone wondered why the shepherd boy hadn't returned to the village with their sheep. They went up the hill to find the boy. They found him weeping. The boy said: "There really was a wolf here! The flock has scattered! I cried out, "Wolf!" Why didn't you come?"
An old man tried to comfort the boy as they walked back to the village. "We'll help you look for the lost sheep in the morning," he said, putting his arm around the sad boy, "Nobody believes a liar, even when he is telling the truth!". The boy realized that he must not cry to test the ability of his fellow villagers. He realized that he must not be afraid of the wolf. He started neglecting the threat and started to live a carefree life. Once while he was relaxing without any fear the wolf came again and took another sheep.
This time he realized that he had to be alert but at the same time he must not be afraid with fear and tell a lie. He realized that he must not give a false cry out of fear. He realized that he must have faith and belief in the rescue abilities of his worthy villagers. He realized that he should be brave, wise and courageous to capture and scare the wolf in order to protect his innocent helpless sheep.
The villagers came running up the hill to help the boy drive the wolf away. But when they arrived at the top of the hill, they found no wolf. The boy ridiculed them and told them that he was testing their rescue abilities. When the villagers saw no wolf they sternly said, "Save your frightened song for when there is really something wrong! Don't cry 'wolf' when there is NO wolf!". They went grumbling back down the hill.
But the boy just grinned and watched them go grumbling down the hill. The boy did this again and again, as it would relive his tension of fear. Whenever he was afraid he did this to sympathize himself by seeing the poor villagers coming to his rescue. Later once, he saw a REAL wolf prowling about his flock. Alarmed, he leaped to his feet and sang out as loudly as he could, "Wolf! Wolf!". But the villagers thought he was trying to fool them again, and so they didn't come. They thought that the boy is used to cry out of fear without a real threat. But on that day at sunset, everyone wondered why the shepherd boy hadn't returned to the village with their sheep. They went up the hill to find the boy. They found him weeping. The boy said: "There really was a wolf here! The flock has scattered! I cried out, "Wolf!" Why didn't you come?"
An old man tried to comfort the boy as they walked back to the village. "We'll help you look for the lost sheep in the morning," he said, putting his arm around the sad boy, "Nobody believes a liar, even when he is telling the truth!". The boy realized that he must not cry to test the ability of his fellow villagers. He realized that he must not be afraid of the wolf. He started neglecting the threat and started to live a carefree life. Once while he was relaxing without any fear the wolf came again and took another sheep.
This time he realized that he had to be alert but at the same time he must not be afraid with fear and tell a lie. He realized that he must not give a false cry out of fear. He realized that he must have faith and belief in the rescue abilities of his worthy villagers. He realized that he should be brave, wise and courageous to capture and scare the wolf in order to protect his innocent helpless sheep.
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