A bored young shepherd cries "wolf" in order to trick the townspeople into coming to his aid, but when a wolf really does appear one day, the townspeople ignore his pleas for help.
The tale concerns a shepherd boy who repeatedly tricks nearby villagers into thinking a wolf is attacking his flock. When a wolf actually does appear, the villagers do not believe the boy's cries for help, and the flock is destroyed. The moral shows how lying is not rewarded.
The book is about a boy who sits on the hillside reading books and watching the village sheep. After he finishes reading the books, he becomes bored and gets into trouble. He is about to learn a valuable lesson. This version is an interesting twist to an old classic