A SHEPHERD-BOY, who watched a flock of sheep near a village, —-
brought out the villagers three or four times by crying out, “Wolf! Wolf!” —-
and when his neighbors came to help him, laughed at them for their pains. —-
The Wolf, however, did truly come at last. —-
The Shepherd-boy, now really alarmed, shouted in an agony of terror: —-
“Pray, do come and help me; —-
the Wolf is killing the sheep”; —-
but no one paid any heed to his cries, nor rendered any assistance. —-
The Wolf, having no cause of fear, at his leisure lacerated or destroyed the whole flock.
There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth.