The Boy Who Cried Wolf - Short Story for Kids

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The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Once upon a time in a village, lived a carefree boy with his father.

The boy’s father told him that he was old enough to watch over the sheep while they graze in the fields. From now every day, he had to take the sheep to the grassy fields and watch them as they graze. 

However, the boy was very much unhappy with his father's decision and didn’t want to take the sheep to the fields. He wanted to run and play, not watch the boring sheep graze in the field. 

One fine day, the shepherd boy was getting very much bored as he sat on the hillside watching his sheep grazing grass. To amuse himself he cried out loudly, “Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is raiding my sheep!” 

Hearing this, the ever-vigilant villagers rushed to the hillside to help the boy in driving the wolf away. But when they arrived, they found that there was no wolf nearby the boy and the sheep.

Seeing the crowd, the boy had a hearty laugh at the sight of their angry faces. Annoyed at his act, the villagers told him that not to unnecessarily call out for help when there is no wolf around. After saying that they went back down the hill.

After someday, he again did the same and this time the villagers left angrily. The boy laughed at the fright he had caused. 

Few days later, as the boy went up the small hill, he suddenly saw a wolf attacking his sheep. He cried as hard as he could, “Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!”, but this time not a single villager came to help him. The villagers thought that he was trying to fool them again that's why did not come to rescue him or his sheep. 

Towards the evening, everyone wondered why the shepherd boy hadn’t returned with his flock of sheep. They went up the hill to find him. To their dismay, they found him weeping, and they asked him the reason why he was upset.

The shepherd boy replied while sobbing that the wolf had come and scattered his flock of sheep. He cried out for help loudly, “Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is raiding my sheep!”, but nobody turned up to help him drive the lewd wolf away.

The villagers told him that they had come to his aid when he had raised false alarms in the first two instances. However, when they saw him ridiculing them for their helping nature, they assumed that the third one was a prank call too. Hence, they didn’t pay attention to it.

The moral of the story
It is difficult to trust people who lie, so it’s important to always be truthful.