THE LIAR

A Boy was watching the sheep and, pretending that he saw a wolf, he

began to cry:

"Help! A wolf! A wolf!"

The peasants came running up and saw that it was not so. After doing

this for a second and a third time, it happened that a wolf came indeed.

The Boy began to cry:

"Come, come, quickly, a wolf!"

The peasants thought that he was deceiving them as usual, and paid no

attention to him. The wolf saw there was no reason to be afraid: he

leisurely killed the whole flock.

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