The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Once upon a time, there lived a shepherd boy who was bored watching his flock
of sheep on the hill. To amuse himself, he shouted, “Wolf! Wolf! The sheep are
being chased by the wolf!” The villagers came running to help the boy and save
the sheep. They found nothing and the boy just laughed looking at their angry
faces.

“Don’t cry ‘wolf’ when there’s no wolf boy!”, they said angrily and left. The
boy just laughed at them.

After a while, he got bored and cried ‘wolf!’ again, fooling the villagers a
second time. The angry villagers warned the boy a second time and left. The
boy continued watching the flock. After a while, he saw a real wolf and cried
loudly, “Wolf! Please help! The wolf is chasing the sheep. Help!”

But this time, no one turned up to help. By evening, when the boy didn’t return
home, the villagers wondered what happened to him and went up the hill. The
boy sat on the hill weeping. “Why didn’t you come when I called out that there
was a wolf?” he asked angrily. “The flock is scattered now”, he said.

An old villager approached him and said, “People won’t believe liars even when
they tell the truth. We’ll look for your sheep tomorrow morning. Let’s go home
now”.

Moral
Lying breaks trust. Nobody trusts a liar, even when he is telling the truth.
Elephants and Friends
A lone elephant wandered the forest looking for friends. She came across a
monkey and asked, “Will you be my friend, monkey?” “You are too big and
cannot swing on trees as I do. So I cannot be your friend”, said the monkey.

The elephant them came across a rabbit and asked him if she could be his friend.
“You are too big to fit inside my burrow. You cannot be my friend”, replied the
rabbit.

Then the elephant met a frog and asked if she could be her friend. The frog said
“You are too big and heavy. You cannot jump like me. I am sorry, but you cannot
be my friend”.

The elephant asked a fox, and he got the same reply, that he was too big. The next
day, all the animals in the forest were running in fear. The elephant stopped a bear
and asked what was happening and was told that a tiger has been attacking all the
animals.

The elephant wanted to save the other weak animals and went to the tiger and
said “Please sir, leave my friends alone. Do not eat them”. The tiger didn’t listen
and asked the elephant to mind her own business. Seeing no other way to solve
the problem, the elephant kicked the tiger and scared it away.

She then went back to the others and told them what happened. On hearing how
the elephant saved their lives, the animals agreed in unison, “You are just the
right size to be our friend”.

Moral
Friends come in all shapes and sizes!