放羊娃在一個村莊附近放羊。突然，他高喊： “狼來了！狼來了！ ”可是，急忙趕過來的村民連狼的影子都沒有看到，等待他們的是放羊娃的大聲嘲笑。村民才明白自己是上當受騙了。放羊娃卻以此為樂，一次又一次地戲弄村民。最後，狼真的來了。放羊娃嚇得手足無措，隻能高喊救命。可是，被他愚弄的村民再也不會相信他的話了，沒有一個人來幫忙。肆無忌憚的狼悠閑地享用了一頓大餐。
人們是不會相信一個說謊者的，即使他說的是實話。誠信很重要。
A Shepherd-boy，who watched a .ock of sheep near a village，brought out the villagers three or four times by g out，“Wolf! Wolf!” and when his neighbors ，laughed at them for their pains. The Wolf， however，did truly e at last. The Shepherd-boy，now really alarmed， shouted in an agony of terror，“Pray，do e ahe Wolf is killi no one paid ao his or rendered any assistahe Wolf，having no cause of fear，at his leisure lacerated or destroyed the whole .ock.
There is no believing a liar，evehe truth.