The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs (Aesop's Fables) by Aesop

The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs (Aesop's Fables) Reviews

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  MischaS_

  Never cry wolf when there is no wolf.
  
  “A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.”
  
  I get it why I was so annoyed with Aesop when I was younger. Now that I'm older, I feel like I need to re-read the whole Aesop's Fable.
  
  It slightly reminded me of The Little Prince, when you are younger, it's a great story, but when you read it once you're older, it gets an entirely new meaning.
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  M.M. Strawberry Library & Reviews

  When I first heard of this tale, I thought it was Russian in origin since it was called Peter and the Wolf, and set in Russia. There was also an animated film/short of this made in maybe the 80s, it looked old to me when I saw it.
  
  I have since come to learn the story is much older than that, albeit with a few different details. In this version, Peter is not a dumbshit Russian village/farm boy, but a bored shepherd boy who makes up stories about a wolf for attention.
  
  After playing this dumb prank several times, no one believes the shepherd boy when he does see a wolf, and the wolf makes off with several sheep when the villagers are brushing off the boy.
  
  The moral of this story is pretty clear regardless of which version you read - if you're known as a liar/prankster, no one will believe you when you do tell the truth.
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  Safae

  people who often tell lies , are not trusted even when they tell the truth.
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  Joseph Adams

  A good lesson. Personally I would have just karate-chopped the wolves, but you should never abuse someone's attention.
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  K. Anna Kraft

  I have arranged my takeaway thought into a haiku:
  
  "Lighthearted liars say,
  'It’s victim-less,' not knowing
  The victim is them."
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  Ruqayyah

  “A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.”

  
  
  I remember hearing this story when I was about six or something, how it seeped deep and how I held it so closely. I remember reciting it back to other people countless times. Even now, due to the beautiful message within.
  
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  Shahamat Shakir

  The first two times when the boy cried wolf all the villagers came to help. He successfully gained the attention of the villagers both of the time. Finally, in his third attempt, a wolf did come out of the forest but no one believed him, and the wolf made a good meal out of the boy.
  So the moral of the story is, people who tell lies are not believed even when they are telling the truth.
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  Reeds

  At the end of the story, the wolf does come.
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  Gatha Lashkari

  Spent 2 minutes and Rs.200 to read this again, Bruh!
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  Wendy

  The boy learned a valuable lesson about 'crying wolf'.
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  Sarah

  I couldn't help myself; I had to read a classic Fable! Fables have always been a favorite childhood genre of mine.
  
  This one has especially always been a favorite, because I loath lying more than many other vices. This story is a simple, short story about a young boy(which can attend to a child's attention because of the age similarity), who shepherds sheep. To fool people, he falsely calls for help. This is something most children probably are familiar with doing, to get attention.
  
  All fables have morals, and this moral is a typical one
  
  It can be an interesting way to teach a misbehaving child a lesson, especially in a school setting (i.e. if a child lies, he has to read the book to the class, or to himself).
  
  On a lighter note, it's still a fun read to get some laughs about--sort of the feeling of "he had it coming," but still getting the point across.
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  Emily

  I didn't actually know that The Boy Who Cried Wolf was written by Aesop. Once again, my version has to be the only version in the history of Aesop's fables to not be called The Boy Who Cried wolf, but The Shepard Boy. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.
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  Navita

  A classic tale of what happens to liar when they decided to tell the truth
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  Marren

  Of course everyone knows the moral to the story. Read it to your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews...yes you get the picture.