FABLKS. 



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THE SHEPHERD'S BOY AND THE WOLF. 



A Shepherd's Boy, while attending his flock, 

 used frequently to divert himself by crying out, 

 "the Wolf! the Wolf!" The Husbandmen in the 

 adjoining grounds, thus alarmed, left their work 

 and ran to his assistance, but finding that he was 

 only sporting with their feelings, and bantering 

 them, they resolved at last to take no notice of his 

 alarms. It was not long, however, before the Wolf 

 really came, and the Boy bawled out " the Wolf! 

 the Wolf!" as he had done before: but the men 

 having been so often deceived, paid no attention to 

 his cries, and the sheep were devoured without 

 mercy. 



APPLICATION. 



THE man who would go through the world with 

 reputation and success, must preserve a religious 



