Molly loved to think about what to spend her money on.Īs she filled the pails with milk and went to market, she again thought of all the things she wanted to buy. Her job was to milk the cows, and then bring the milk to the market to sell. One day, Molly the milkmaid had filled her pails with milk. As he put his arm around him, he said, “Nobody believes a liar, even when he is telling the truth!”ĭon’t count your chickens before they hatch. “There really was a wolf here! The flock is gone! I cried out, ‘Wolf!’ but you didn’t come,” he wailed.Īn old man went to comfort the boy. When they went up the hill, they found him weeping. Alarmed, he jumped on his feet and cried out as loud as he could, “Wolf! Wolf!” But the villagers thought he was fooling them again, and so they didn’t come to help.Īt sunset, the villagers went looking for the boy who hadn’t returned with their sheep. Later, the boy saw a real wolf sneaking around his flock.
Later, the shepherd boy cried out once again, “Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is chasing the sheep!” To his amusement, he looked on as the villagers came running up the hill to scare the wolf away.Īs they saw there was no wolf, they said strictly, “Save your frightened cry for when there really is a wolf! Don’t cry ‘wolf’ when there is no wolf!” But the boy grinned at their words while they walked grumbling down the hill once more. “Don’t scream wolf, boy,” warned the villagers, “when there is no wolf!” They angrily went back down the hill. The boy was amused when seeing their angry faces. But, when they arrived, they saw no wolf. When the villagers heard the cry, they came running up the hill to drive the wolf away. To entertain himself, he sang out, “Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is chasing the sheep!”
Once, there was a boy who became bored when he watched over the village sheep grazing on the hillside. Lying breaks trust - even if you’re telling the truth, no one believes a liar.
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