sheep at the foot of a mountain near a dark forest.  It was 

rather lonely for him all day, so he thought upon a plan 

by which he could get a little company and some excitement. 

He rushed down towards the village calling out "Wolf, Wolf,"

and the villagers came out to meet him, and some of them

stopped with him for a considerable time.  This pleased the

boy so much that a few days afterwards he tried the same

trick, and again the villagers came to his help. But shortly

after this a Wolf actually did come out from the forest, and

began to worry the sheep, and the boy of course cried out

"Wolf, Wolf," still louder than before.  But this time the

villagers, who had been fooled twice before, thought the

boy was again deceiving them, and nobody stirred to come

to his help.  So the Wolf made a good meal off the boy's

flock, and when the boy complained, the wise man of 

the village said:

      "A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth."