This book is part of the Usborne First Reading series. Find out more at the end of this ebook. Wolf Based on a story by Aesop Retold by Mairi Mackinnon Narrated by Lesley Sims Illustrated by Mike and Carl Gordon Reading Consultant: Alison KellyThis story is about the villagers r “a > & 2 ‘. ae Wr): e F 205 Sam lived in a little village in the mountains. 5He watched them from morning until evening. ae & This way, mutton brain... [== Then he took them home again. 9 ..up the hill to a grassy meadow. = _ £> b Ze Here we —* are again. aes = > aEvery day was the same. ee Same old i wr mountains, same ) ts old trees... x Sam was lonely and he Allhis friends ere down was so bored. in the village. 10 11 He tried talking to the sheep. 6. And how are you today? But they didn’t have much to say. 13) ee“Nobody ever comes up One day, he had an idea. here,” moaned Sam. | could make something He ran down the hill to the village. What's the matter? be “A wolf!” he shouted. “A wolf has come out of the forest!” 16 7Everyone ran up the hill —— with him. My shece! aga Puffing and panting, they reached the meadow. SO { a. a 3 All that way, “a . ~ for nothing. ew ad se ey tat MA (om. ar ". Of course, there was oil The sheep. were quietly a , no wolf. 5 eating their grass. x, ty a “Nc” + tee a. ~ 20 _ 221, «eTee The villagers were angry, but Sam just laughed. A few days later, Sam was bored again. He ran down the hill to the village. What's the A matter now?, “A wolf!” he shouted. “A wolf has come out of the forest!” uitye 25him. We'd better : me 7 ea “But most ran up the hill” " eee ame, LISEC. ny ee | mea = ae 27 oo : a ae ~ ge Siete Sdcceall The sheep were quietly eating their grass. Puffing and panting, they reached the meadow. Everyone was very angry, no wolf. but Sam just laughed. 28 29 Of course, there wasA week later, Sam was bored again. He ran down the hill to the village. Help, help! There really is > 4 him this time. Just a few ran up the hill. 31 Puffing and panting, they The sheep were quietly reached the meadow. eating their grass. ey a => {ph Se ew : BZ Eg P en ®, Now everyone EMS ~ You think you're ‘so Clever... cn a ' . cb x ; Of course, there was was furious. Sam no wolf. laughed and laughed. 32 33Puffing and panting, they The sheep were quietly reached the meadow. eating their grass. You think you're so clever. aw : : Now everyone Of course, there was was furious. Sam no wolf. laughed and laughed. 32 33 A few days later, a wolf Sam was terrified. He ran DID come out of the forest. , 8. down to the village as fastNobody believed him. Sam begged them to s come with him. You have to at Do you think We're so stupid? Jian v B | aa Lb MB ines woit ‘Die e 4 This time, they just ce laughed at him. 37 7 In the end, Sam had The wolf had killed some to go back up the hill of the sheep. all alone.Sam stayed in the meadow Finally, the villagers until it was dark. came to find him. 40 “Why didn’t you believe “You always told lies me?” he asked. before,” they said. “I’ve learned my lesson. Never again,” said Sam. 42 43