The Boy Who Cried Wolf

このストーリーについて

The Boy Who Cried Wolf is one of Aesop's Fables, the ancient Greek collection of short animal and village tales. This VoiceSmiths retelling turns it into a full-cast audio story, with a bored shepherd boy, two worn-out villagers, a wise old shepherd and a sly, scary-funny wolf. It keeps the hard lesson but ends with the boy earning trust back.

読み聞かせのコツ

• Pause before the third cry of wolf and ask: will the villagers come this time? Why or why not?
• Talk about the difference between a funny joke and a trick that makes people worry or waste their time.
• Ask how Milo can win back the village's trust, and what he could do each day to show he has changed.

よくある質問

What is the moral of The Boy Who Cried Wolf?

A liar will not be believed, even when he is telling the truth. Because the boy raised false alarms twice, the villagers ignored him when a real wolf came.

Who wrote The Boy Who Cried Wolf?

It is one of Aesop's Fables, traditionally credited to Aesop, a storyteller said to have lived in ancient Greece around the sixth century BCE. The fables were passed down by word of mouth and written down by later collectors; this version is a VoiceSmiths retelling.

What age is The Boy Who Cried Wolf for?

It works best for children aged about 4 to 8. This telling is gentle: the wolf is more sneaky than scary, and nothing gory happens.