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Archive for May 16th, 2004

The Prime Minister who cried Wolf

Sunday May 16, 2004 23:20

The story of the boy who cried wolf is one of Aesop’s fables I remember from my childhood.
It features a boy shepherd who cries “Wolf, wolf” one day when he’s bored. The villlagers all come running to help him and are angry when there is no wolf. Amused, the boy does this a [...]