The Wolf and the Shepherd’s Boy

In wantonness a shepherd’s boy

Alarm’d the neighbor’s with his cry;

“The wolf! the wolf!” And when they came,

Of their lost labor made his game.

At last the wolf when there indeed,

His real cries they did not heed;

He and his flock a prey were made,

And for his lies he dearly paid.

Those who are known to have deceiv’d,

When they speak truth, are not believ’d.