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In Aesop's Fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" -- what consequences happened at the end?

Asked by Yellowdog (12216points) August 10th, 2018

Was it:

(1) The wolf ate the boy’s sheep because the villagers didn’t believe the boy.

(2) The wolf ate the boy

(3) The wolf ate the villagers and maybe the boy, too.

(4) Nothing. The boy just wasn’t believed. That’s all. Its a big non-story.

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seawulf575's avatar

(1). The boy was hiding in a tree while the wolf ate the sheep.

ragingloli's avatar

The boy was eaten.
The moral of the story is: Never tell the same lie twice.

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LadyMarissa's avatar

#4 except I wouldn’t describe it as “nothing” because he was known for the rest of his life as the liar that he was!!!

I heard that he got a job working for Fox News!!!

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SavoirFaire's avatar

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imrainmaker's avatar

None of these happened. There was no wolf in the surrounding region. Still the boy wanted to prove that he was telling the truth so he hid his sheep at a nearby place and cried foul that the wolf has eaten his sheep. Villagers were convinced by this and gave him some more sheep in consolation.

LostInParadise's avatar

According to Wikipedia, 1 and later 1 and 2.

Wolves have a bad rep in fairy tales. There are no lone wolves. They travel in packs. Wolves do not eat people.

Dutchess_III's avatar

I think the boy got eaten.

However, I also agree with @LostInParadise. I don’t think wolves eat carnivores/omnivores so they would’t eat us unless they were utterly desperate.

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gorillapaws's avatar

I always heard it told as #2.

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