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 killing1 the

　　sheep"; but no one paid any heed2 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 liar3, even when he speaks the truth.