Nobody believes a liar / Liar cowboy / Boy who cried “Tiger”

Once a shepherd [মেষ পালক] boy lived in a village that stood in the feet of a hill. He took his flock [পশুর দল] to the hill-side for grazing [পশু চারণ] every day. The sheep kept grazing but the boy felt bored [বিরক্তি]. One day he thought of having fun at the cost of his fellow-villagers.

Standing on a high rock, the boy shouted at the top of his voice, “Wolf! Wolf! come to save me and my sheep.”

The villagers heard the shouts and ran to help him. But the boy laughed [হাসা] at them saying, “No wolf; I did it for fun only.”

The villagers felt peeved [বিরক্ত] and came back with an air of anger [ক্রোধ]. They decided not to be fooled [প্রতারিত] by him anymore.

One day as the shepherd boy was tending [তত্ত্বাবধান করা] his sheep, a wolf really came there. Now the boy shouted— “Wolf! Wolf!” as loudly [জোরে] as he could. But nobody came to help him.

The wolf killed many a sheep and when the boy tried to attack [আক্রমণ করা] him with his stick, the beast killed him too.

Moral:

1. “To tell a lie is a great sin.”

2. Liars are not believed even when they speak the truth.

3. Once a liar always a liar in others view.