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The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Level 3 · Fables · 寓言故事 · 40 vocabulary words

Source: 《伊索寓言》 · Aesop's Fables

一yī个gè孩子hái zi在zài山shān上shàng放fàng羊yáng,他tā觉得jué de没意思méi yì si,就jìu大声dà shēng喊hǎn:狼láng来lái了liǎo!狼láng来lái了liǎo!

A boy was watching sheep on the hill. Bored, he shouted: wolf! Wolf!

山shān下xià的de人rén听见tīng jiàn了liǎo,跑pǎo上来shàng lái帮bāng他tā,可是kě shì没有méi yǒu狼láng。孩子hái zi哈哈hā hā大dà笑xiào。

The villagers heard and ran up to help, but there was no wolf. The boy laughed.

第dì二èr天tiān他tā又yòu喊hǎn:狼láng来lái了liǎo!人们rén men又yòu跑pǎo上来shàng lái,还是hái shi没有méi yǒu狼láng。

The next day he cried wolf again. People ran up again, and again there was no wolf.

第dì三sān天tiān狼láng真的zhēn de来lái了liǎo。孩子hái zi大dà喊hǎn:狼láng来lái了liǎo!这zhè一yī次cì,没有méi yǒu人rén相信xiāng xìn他tā,没有méi yǒu人rén来lái帮bāng他tā。

On the third day a wolf really came. The boy cried for help, but this time nobody believed him, and nobody came.

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