The Boy and the Wolf

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There was once a shepherd-boy who kept his flock at a little distance from the village. He thought it would be funny to play a trick on the villagers, and he could have some fun at their expense.

He ran toward the village crying out as loud as he could: "Wolf! Wolf! Come and help! The wolves are eating my lambs!"

The kind villagers left their work and ran to the field to help him. But when they got there, the boy laughed at them for their pains, for there was no wolf the...