AA SShheepphheerrdd BBooyy tteennddss hhiiss mmaasstteerr’ss SShheeeepp eevveerryy ddaayy.. HHee ttaakkeess tthhee SShheeeepp ttoo aa hhiillll
nnoott ffaarr ffrroomm tthhee vviillllaaggee.. TThheerree tthhee SShheeeepp eeaatt tthhee ggrraassss..
Boy: We’re here. Go ahead and eat.
Sheep: BaaaBaaa
WWhhiillee tthhee SShheeeepp eennjjooyy tthheeiirr mmeeaall,, tthhee SShheepphheerrdd BBooyy lliieess ddoowwnn oonn tthhee ggrraassss aanndd
llooookkss uupp aatt tthhee sskkyy..
Boy: What a beautiful day! It’s so peaceful here.
TThhee SShheepphheerrdd BBooyy iiss aalloonnee oonn tthhee hhiillll.. HHee hhaass nnootthhiinngg eellssee ttoo ddoo..
Boy: I’m getting bored. There is no one to talk to. And there’s nothing to do.
What can I do for fun
TThhee SShheepphheerrdd BBooyy iiss ffaammoouuss ffoorr ppllaayyiinngg ttrriicckkss.. SSuuddddeennllyy,, hhee ccoommeess uupp wwiitthh aann
iiddeeaa..
Boy: Ah ha! I got it! I will play a trick on the villagers. It will be fun.
TThhee SShheepphheerrdd BBooyy ggooeess rruunnnniinngg ddoowwnn tthhee hhiillll ttoo tthhee vviillllaaggee..
Boy: A Wolf! A Wolf! It’s a wolf! Please help me! Please save my Sheep!
Villager: What! Did you say ’a Wolf’
Boy: Yes, please help me!
Villager1: Where’s the Wolf I’ll help.
Boy: Follow me!
Villager2: I’ll help, too.
Villager3: Wait for me!
TThhee tthhrreeee vviillllaaggeerrss ffoollllooww TThhee SShheepphheerrdd BBooyy uupp tthhee hhiillll.. TThheeyy aallll ccaarrrryy ssttiicckkss
ttoo ddrriivvee aawwaayy tthhee WWoollff..
Villager3: Where is it
Villager2: Yes, where is the Wolf
Villager1: Did it go away
Boy: Perhaps.
Villager1: Did you really see it
Boy: Perhaps.
Villager1: You’re not sure
Boy: Perhaps.
Villager3: What are you saying
Boy: Ha!Ha!Ha! There is no Wolf! I was just bored.
Villager3: What! You tricked us
Villager2: We come here for nothing
Villager1: How can you play such a terrible trick You should be punished!
TThhee tthhrreeee aannggrryy vviillllaaggeess rreettuurrnn ttoo tthhee vviillllaaggee.. TThhee SShheepphheerrdd BBooyy jjuusstt kkeeeeppss oonn
llaauugghhiinngg..
Boy: (chuckle)Ha, ha, ha. I can’t stop laughing. How funny they looked!
AA ffeeww ddaayyss llaatteerr,, TThhee SShheepphheerrdd BBooyy ggeettss bboorreedd aaggaaiinn..
Boy: What a boring day! What can I do for fun this time I know. I’ll play the
same trick one more time.
TThhee SShheepphheerrdd BBooyy aaggaaiinn rruunnss ddoowwnn ttoo tthhee vviillllaaggee ssccrreeaammiinngg..
Boy: Please, help me! It’s a Wolf! It’s really there! I’m not fooling you!
Villager1: Are you sure this time
Boy: Of course. I saw it with my own two eyes.
Villager2: How big was it
Boy: It was very big. Bigger than you.
Villager3: you better be telling the truth.
Boy: Would I lie again
Villager1: Okay, let’s drive away the Wolf.
AAggaaiinn tthhee tthhrreeee vviillllaaggeerrss rruunn qquuiicckkllyy uupp ttoo tthhee hhiillll,, bbuutt tthheerree iiss nnoo WWoollff..
OOnnllyy tthhee SShheeeepp aarree tthheerree ppeeaacceeffuullllyy eeaattiinngg tthhee ggrraassss..
Villager1: Where is it, boy Where’s the Wolf
Boy: I don’t know. It was here before.
Villager2: Be careful everyone. It may be hiding behind a tree.
TThhee SShheepphheerrdd BBooyy ccaannnnoott hheellpp llaauugghhiinngg..
Boy: You are all so foolish. There is no Wolf.
Villager1: What! You tricked us again
Boy: Yes. I’m sorry, but I was too bored.
Villager2: You said it was a big Wolf.
Boy: I just made it up.
Villager1: How can you do this to us
Boy: But it was just a joke. You understand, don’t you
Villager3: You will be sorry someday.
Villager2: If you keep lying, no one will every believe you.
Villager1: From now on stop lying.
Boy：All right. I said I was sorry.
Villager3: Let’s go everyone.
TThhee tthhrreeee vviillllaaggeerrss aarree eevveenn mmoorree aannggrryy tthhee sseeccoonndd ttiimmee..
Boy: What fun! They were all fooled again. Ha, ha, ha. I will try it again
later.
A few days pass and The Shepherd Boy is on the hill. As usual he is lying down
on the grass looking up at the sky. He hears a strange cry.
Wolf: A-whooo!
Boy: What’s that! It sounds like a Wolf. I’m so scared. What shall I do
JJuusstt tthheenn aa bbiigg WWoollff jjuummppss oouutt ffrroomm bbeehhiinndd aa ttrreeee aanndd ssttaarrttss eeaattiinngg aallll ooff tthhee
SShheeeepp.. TThhee SShheepphheerrdd BBooyy rruunnss ddoowwnn tthhee hhiillll ttoo tthhee vviillllaaggee..
Boy: Wolf! Wolf! Everyone come quickly! Please! Help me! All my Sheep are
dying!
Villager1: Oh, hi there, boy. Playing tricks again today
Boy: No, I’m not!
This time I’m really telling the truth!
Villager1: Sure. You can’t fool me again. Go along, boy.
Villager2: What’s the matter, boy
Boy: A Wolf really came today! Please come with me!
Villager2: I don’t believe you. Go along, boy.
Boy: No! Please believe me!
Villager3: I won’t be fooled three times. Go along, boy.
Boy: Boo-hoo! Now no one believes me. All my Sheep will be killed.
MMOORRAALL
NNoo oonnee bbeelliieevveess aa lliiaarr eevveenn wwhheenn hhee tteellllss tthhee ttrruutthh..
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