[Illustration: THE SHEPHERD'S BOY.]
A certain Shepherd's Boy kept his Sheep upon a common, and, in sport and
wantonness, would often cry out, The Wolf! The Wolf! By this means he
several times drew the Husbandmen, in an adjoining field, from their
work; who, finding themselves deluded, resolved for the future to take
no notice of his alarm. Soon after the Wolf came indeed. The Boy cried
out in earnest: but no heed being given to his cries, the Sheep were
devoured by the Wolf.