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The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf
Grade 1, Grade 2 · GJW+ · Aesop's fable
A shepherd boy cries 'Wolf!' as a joke until no one believes him when the wolf really comes, the Aesop's fable about telling the truth every time.
The story
The Flock. A Shepherd's Boy was tending his flock near a village. He thought it would be great fun to hoax the villagers by pretending that a Wolf was attacking the sheep.