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THE SHEPHERD BOY AND THE WOLF.
A shepherd boy, who watched a flock of sheep near a village, brought out the villagers three or four times by crying out "The wolf! The wolf!" and, when the neighbours came to help him, laughed at them for their trouble. 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 for fear, took it easily, and lacerated or destroyed the whole flock.
There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth.
