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The Shepherd Boy & the Wolf. A Shepherd Boy tended his master's Sheep near a dark forest not far from the village. Soon he found life in the pasture very dull. All he could do to amuse himself was to talk to his dog or play on his shepherd's pipe. .
The Wolf & the Shepherd. A Wolf had been prowling around a flock of Sheep for a long time, and the Shepherd watched very anxiously to prevent him from carrying off a Lamb. But the Wolf did not try to do any harm. Instead he seemed to be helping the Shepherd take care of the Sheep.
The Shepherd and the Wolf. A Shepherd once found the whelp of a Wolf and brought it up, and after a while taught it to steal lambs from the neighboring flocks. The Wolf, having shown himself an apt pupil, said to the Shepherd, "Since you have taught me to steal, you must keep a sharp lookout, or you will lose some of your own flock."
Milo Winter (1919) A Wolf had been prowling around a flock of Sheep for a long time, and the Shepherd watched very anxiously to prevent him from carrying off a Lamb. But the Wolf did not try to do any harm. Instead he seemed to be helping the Shepherd take care of the Sheep.
The Wolf & the Shepherd. A Wolf, lurking near the Shepherd's hut, saw the Shepherd and his family feasting on a roasted lamb.
The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf. Aesop's Fables – Douglas Perkins – 2020. There once was a shepherd boy who looked after his master’s sheep. For several months of the year, he lived with the sheep in a valley near a dark forest not far from the village. It was his job to keep the sheep from running away, and to protect them from wild animals.
by Aesop. A Shepherd Boy tended his master's Sheep near a dark forest not far from the village. Soon he found life in the pasture very dull. All he could do to amuse himself was to talk to his dog or play on his shepherd's pipe.
A Shepherd-boy, who watched a flock of sheep near a village, brought out the villagers three or four times by crying out, “Wolf! Wolf!” and when his neighbours came to help him, laughed at them for their pains. The Wolf, however, did truly come at last.
Have children draw and color their choice of a shepherd, sheep, wolf or an illustration of the fable behind the fable page. View in projectable and printable PDF format. Visit the SHEEP , SHEPHERD , and WOLF lesson plans, printable activities and crafts for preschool, kindergarten and first grade.
The Wolf and the Shepherds is ascribed to Aesop’s Fables and is numbered 453 in the Perry Index. Although related very briefly in the oldest source, some later authors have drawn it out at great length and moralised that perceptions differ according to circumstances.
