One day a boy went to visit his uncle with his father and when they arrived they found his uncle asleep under a tree in the field with his dog. The father asked his brother to come into town with him. But the uncle couldn't because he was a shepherd and had to watch his sheep.
"I will watch him, uncle" the boy said excitedly
Uncle: I don't know son, it is a dangerous job to watch sheep
Boy: I can do it it looks so easy
Uncle: There is a wolf in these parts who could eat the sheep, he could even eat you!
Boy: I am not scared
Father: Let us watch the sheep brother while we go into town.
Uncle: Ok son but the dog will not be able to stay with you, for he follows me everywhere I go.
Boy: It's ok uncle I can do it.
Uncle: While just in case as we leave the village we will tell the people you are watching my sheep and will tell wolf if you see him.
Boy: OK uncle, you can count on me.
The father and the uncle left to town making sure they told the people in the village that the boy would be watching the sheep for him.
The boy laid down under the tree like the uncle did for about ten minutes before he got bored and began to throw rocks into the field, then he chased some of the sheep, then he snuck up and them and scarred them laughing until he finally walked back to the tree that was at the top of a wall that looked down onto the village. Finally, the boy yelled, " Wolf, Wolf, Wolf" and all the village people came running with their pitchforks and shovels. When they got there the boy sat under the tree and the people asked: "where is the wolf, where is he?" The boy said he ran off into the tree line on the other side of the field. Some of the village people went and looked as the boy thought he would be in trouble for calling them all there. Then the villagers returned and said, " he must be gone, I cannot even find any tracks." As the villagers walked back to the village.
The boy sat there again after they left thinking of how funny it was to see them all come running and again yelled: " Wolf, wolf, wolf" and all the villagers came running. This time the boy was smiling as they asked where the wold was and he said: " he ran off". Then again after they left the boy yelled Wolf, wolf, wolf, and they came back as this time the boy could not stop laughing at them while he rolled on the ground pointing at them. Furious the townspeople left and the boy sat board trying to throw stones into a broken basket he found.
As the sun began to set he heard a noise in the distance and when he looked he could see a big wolf. He cried out to the people wolf, wolf, wolf. But this time no one came running and he started running as the wolf chased him down and ate him and all the sheep.
" You see the townspeople whether they came or not did not matter. It was going to be the boy yelling wolf that scarred the wolf off" But the wolf already knew where the boy was and that he was alone without the dog that sat under that tree and knew he could attack when the time was right.
You see there is always a wolf hiding in the bushes out of sight and it only matter is you see him first or if he sees you!"
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