【放羊的小孩】

 

　　一个牧童正赶着羊群走回村子，心想通过假装狼袭击羊群就能愚弄一下村民，这样就更好玩了。于是，他大喊道：“狼来了！狼来了！”人们听到喊声纷纷跑来，而牧童却冲着他们大笑，嘲弄他们的感受。之后，牧童再次如法炮制，这次村民又被骗了，因为根本没有什么狼。最后，有一天，真的来了一隻狼，牧童拼命大喊：“狼来了！狼来了！”此时，先前听过他叫喊的那些人再也不把他当一回事了。于是，狼悠閒自在地吃掉了所有的羊。

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【The Shepherd Child】

 

A shepherd boy was driving the sheep back to the village, thinking that it would be more fun to fool the villagers by pretending that the wolf attacked the sheep. So he shouted: "The wolf is here! The wolf is here!" The people came running when they heard the shout, and the shepherd boy laughed at them, mocking their feelings. After that, the shepherd boy did the same again, this time the villagers were deceived again, because there were no wolves at all. Finally, one day, a wolf did come, and the shepherd boy desperately shouted: "The wolf is here! The wolf is here!" At this time, those who had heard him cry before didn't take him seriously anymore. So the wolf ate all the sheep leisurely.