Wolf, wolf, he shouted, help, come quickly, wolf.
Most of the villagers hurried to help him.
This time the boy laughed at them.
Ha, ha, there wasn't a wolf, he said,
what a good joke.
The villagers were very angry.
Lies are not jokes, they said.
Two days later, the boy woke up suddenly.
He had fallen asleep in the afternoon sun.
What was that big dark animal coming towards his flock?
Suddenly, it seized a lamb.
Wolf, screamed the boy, wolf, help, come quickly, wolf.
But none of the villagers came to help him.
He screamed again.
The wolf heard him and licked its lips.
I like lamb, it thought, but shepherd boy tastes much nicer.
When the shepherd boy didn't come home that night,
some of the villagers went to look for him, they found a few bones.