There once was a boy who kept sheep not far from the village. He would often become bored and to amuse himself he would call out,
"Wolf! Wolf," although there was no wolf about.
There was once a young Shepherd Boy who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain near a dark forest. It was rather A boy has the job of protecting a flock of sheep from wolves. If a wolf comes, he is to ring a bell and cry out “wolf”, so that the men from the village will come with their guns. After a few days with no wolf, the boy is getting bored, so he pretends that a wolf is attacking.
The men come running, and praise the boy even when they find no wolf, believing his story of the wolf having run off.
The boy enjoys the attention, so repeats the trick. This time he is not praised – the men do not believe that there was a wolf. When a wolf really does attack, and the boy rings his bell and cries “wolf”, the men do not come, thinking that he is playing the trick again.