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31 A man argues
32 The deer misjudges
33 The dying farmer
34 The baby goat
35 The pigeons choose
36 The big trees
37 A mean dog
38 The selfish horse
39 A boy cries wolf
40 The fox outwits the crow
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39. A Boy Cries Wolf
Once there was a foolish boy
Whose job it was to guard some sheep
In case a hungry wolf might come
To pounce upon them in their
sleep.
The owners told him:
If a wolf
Should come, be sure to give a cry
So we can come and save the
sheep
And give that wolf a swift
goodbye.
The foolish boy grew bored one night,
And cried out
Wolf! Wolf!
just for jokes,
And farmers came from far and
wide,
But left disgusted by his hoax.
But then at midnight that boy spied
A savage wolf about to strike,
Wolf! Wolf!
he screamed, but no one came
And sheep and shepherd died
alike.
MORAL: Those who enjoy making fools of others often make fools of themselves.
from the book Prayers and Fables and the forthcoming book Aesop's Best: 80 Fables in Verse by William Cleary
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