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The Shepherd`s Boy
The Shepherd`s Boy
[Hear Peter And The Wolf]
Opening theme from "Peter and the Wolf" Op.67 (1936), by Serge Prokofiev
(1891 - 1953).
There was once a young Shepherd Boy who tended his sheep at the foot of a
mountain near a dark forest. It was rather lonely for him all day, so he
thought upon a plan by which he could get a little company and some
excitement. He rushed down towards the village calling out "Wolf, Wolf," and
the villagers came out to meet him, and some of them stopped with him for a
considerable time. This pleased the boy so much that a few days afterwards he
tried the same trick, and again the villagers came to his help. But shortly
after this a Wolf actually did come out from the forest, and began to worry
the sheep, and the boy of course cried out "Wolf, Wolf," still louder than
before. But this time the villagers, who had been fooled twice before, thought
the boy was again deceiving them, and nobody stirred to come to his help. So
the Wolf made a good meal off the boy`s flock, and when the boy complained,
the wise man of the village said:
[See Wolf, Wolf: The sheperd boy who cried wolf.]
"A Liar Will Not Be Believed, Even When He Speaks The Truth."
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