This classic fable playfully explores the temptation in us all to exaggerate - and the risks attached! The story of a shepherd boy who repeatedly annoys his fellow villagers with his hoaxes, only to have the prank backfire when it comes true, is familiar as one of Aesop's fables. However, its origins go much further back than that, and versions of it are found in cultures throughout the world. In all the message is the same: nobody believes a liar.
There are 24 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2015 by Tiny Owl Publishing Ltd .
This book contains the following story:
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
There was a shepherd boy who liked to tease his fellow farmers by crying wolf when no wolf was there. The farmers would come running to help rescue the sheep, but when they arrived they would be met by the chuckling boy. But once a wolf did come to worry the sheep, and the boy cried out for help. But this time no-one came as the farmers no longer believed him, and the wolf killed all the boy's sheep.
