从前,在一个遥远的小村庄里,住着一个小男孩。他每天都要去村外的山坡上放羊。这个小男孩非常调皮,总喜欢搞一些恶作剧。
有一天,他在山坡上感到无聊,突然想出了一个主意。“如果我大喊‘狼来了’,村民们一定会来救我,那该多有趣啊!”于是,他大声喊道:“狼来了!狼来了!快来救我呀!”
听到他的呼喊,村民们立刻放下手中的活儿,纷纷拿起工具跑到山坡上。可是,当他们气喘吁吁地赶到时,却发现根本没有狼的影子。小男孩看到大家慌张的样子,忍不住哈哈大笑起来。
“你为什么要骗我们?”村民们愤怒地问道。
小男孩却不以为然,笑着说:“我只是开个玩笑而已,没什么大不了的。”
几天后,同样的事情再次发生。小男孩又大喊:“狼来了!狼来了!”这一次,村民们虽然有些生气,但还是跑上了山坡。结果,还是没有狼,只有那个笑嘻嘻的小男孩。
然而,命运总是喜欢捉弄人。没过多久,真的有一只狼悄悄潜入了羊群。小男孩吓得脸色发白,赶紧大喊:“狼来了!狼来了!快救命啊!”
这次,村民们听到了他的呼喊,但却以为又是那个爱开玩笑的小男孩在闹着玩,谁也没有理会他。最终,所有的羊都被狼吃掉了。
小男孩伤心极了,他终于明白了一个道理:撒谎的人会失去别人的信任。从此以后,他再也不敢撒谎了。
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Once upon a time, in a small village far away, there lived a mischievous boy. Every day, he would take his flock of sheep to the hillside outside the village. One day, feeling bored on the hillside, he came up with an idea. "If I shout 'Wolf! Wolf!' everyone will come running to save me. That will be so funny!" So, he shouted at the top of his voice, "Wolf! Wolf! Help!"
When the villagers heard his cry, they immediately dropped what they were doing and rushed to the hillside with their tools. But when they arrived, panting and out of breath, they found no sign of any wolf. The boy laughed heartily at their panicked expressions.
"Why did you deceive us?" the villagers asked angrily.
The boy just shrugged it off, saying, "It was just a joke. No big deal."
A few days later, the same thing happened again. The boy shouted, "Wolf! Wolf! Help!" This time, though the villagers were annoyed, they still ran to the hillside. Again, there was no wolf, only the laughing boy.
But fate has its own way of playing tricks. Not long after, a real wolf sneaked into the herd. The boy turned pale with fear and shouted desperately, "Wolf! Wolf! Save us!"
This time, the villagers heard his cry, but they thought it was another prank by the troublemaking boy. No one came to help. In the end, all the sheep were eaten by the wolf.
The boy was devastated. He finally realized the lesson: lying people lose trust. From then on, he never lied again.
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