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.
