The Boy Who Cried Wolf- Traditional Literature

The Boy Who Cried Wolf is a story that I feel every child should read or have read to them. It is the story of a boy who is told to tend to his father's sheep. Unfortunately, the boy did not originally realize just how boring this job was going to be. He decides to that he needs to do something to entertain himself and remembers something that his father had previously told him. His father had warned him that he should cry, "WOLF!" if he were to see a wolf, and the townspeople would come running. The boy tried this and it worked like a charm. The townspeople frantically surrounded him and asked where the wolf was. He couldn't even speak he was laughing so hard. Naturally, everyone was furious with him. The next day the boy was just as bored as before. As much as he wanted to, he knew that he should not cry out again. Against his better judgement, the boy found himself crying, "WOLF!" once again. The townspeople came and were more furious than ever before when they found no wolf. They vowed to not trust the boy anymore. Unfortunately, a wolf was waiting close by and saw all of this. As soon as the wolf saw his chance, he went to attack the sheep. The boy cried out as loud as he could, but nobody came running. He had lost all of their trust. This story does a wonderful job of showing young children the importance of telling the truth. They need to see that people will not believe them if they are caught lying.