Trust

'Save save - the wolf came, the wolf came' was shouting loudly. Hearing the sound of shouting, the people of the village ran towards the sound with sticks in their hands. They were going on saying 'Don't you be afraid, we are coming to save you!' ,

When he reached the source of the voice, he saw that a shepherd was standing with the goats.

'Huh? Where is the wolf?'

Seeing them the shepherd started laughing out loud.

'Ha ha ha ha... Wolf ? Ha ha ha I was kidding! How to run run

Everyone is coming! Ha ha ha, it's fun!' The villagers got very angry at his joke. a man said,

'It's a laughing matter for you, right? We were all worried about you and you're just making things up here?

'Come on, Rama Bhaiya, we wasted our time in vain by coming to this point.' said the other man standing nearby. The villagers left.

The shepherd used to live with his mother in a small house in the village and

Jaya used to graze his sheep on the other side of the village, near the forest. He often wondered what a boring job it is to feed sheep. That's why • He used to try new ways to entertain himself every day. Spreading the fear of the wolf was his new hobby these days. One day again the shepherd cried out loud, 'The wolf has come! Oh someone save me!'Some people again ran to his voice. Then the shepherd laughed a lot and

The villagers snorted.

He joked a couple of times more but now no one in the village trusted him. People were tired of lying again and again. Suddenly one day again the people working in the fields heard the voice of the shepherd -

'help Help ! The wolf came, the wolf came! help. Somebody listen.' But nobody paid attention. among themselves they were saying,

'It has got used to troubling us. It has misunderstood us.' There the shepherd's voice was slowing down. come closer to the wolf

Seeing his swoon was tied.

Sensing the difference in voice, some villagers became alert and reached the pasture. By then the wolf had attacked the flock. Seeing the villagers coming, the wolf ran away.

The shepherd was sitting on the tree in a panic. Somehow he saved his life but lost his beloved sheep. The people of the village took him down from the tree and brought him home. He had realized his mistake. Because of lying again and again, no one trusted him.