伊索寓言：放羊的孩子与狼-The Shepherd’s Boy And The Wolf

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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 neighbours 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.

The moral of the story is: There is no believing a liar³, even when he speaks the truth.

 

Wordchecker

 

alarmed (adjective): worried

agony (noun): intense suffering

to pay heed (verb): to notice or pay attention

render (verb): to give what is needed

at leisure (noun): without difficulty

lacerate (verb): to rip or tear; to create deep wounds

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