The Boy Who Cried Wolf
狼來了
A shepherd-boy, who watched a flock of sheep near a village, brought out the villagers three or four times by crying out, "Wolf! Wolf!" and when his neighbors came to help him, laughed at them for their pains.
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 of fear, at his leisure lacerated or destroyed the whole flock.
There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth.
一個牧童,在一個村子的邊上放羊,他三番四次地喊“狼來了”,村民聽到后都跑出來幫他,但其實狼并沒有來,牧童只是拿他們來開玩笑。
不過,狼,最后真的來了。這時,牧童真的著急了,他非常害怕地叫喊:“求求你們了,過來幫幫我吧,狼正在吃羊了”,但沒有人理他,更沒有人來幫他。結(jié)果,那只狼肆無忌憚對羊群大開殺戒,羊群一下子就全毀了。
這故事告訴我們:撒謊的人是沒人相信的,即使當(dāng)他說實話的時候。