ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The moral of the story is: There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth. The Shepherd’s Boy and the Wolf is one of the famous Aesop’s Fables. A “fable” is a short story, typically with animals as characters, telling a moral or lesson.

Detailed explanation-2: -When a wolf actually does appear, the villagers do not believe the boy’s cries for help, and the flock is destroyed. The moral of the story is that liars will not be rewarded; even if they tell the truth, no one believes them.

Detailed explanation-3: -This story is about a wolf who is always hungry. He always dreamt of eating some delicious meat and kept his eye on the flock of sheep and plans to eat them one by one. But one should never do bad to anyone or hurt anyone because, in the end, bad happens with the bad, and no evil can ever go unpunished.

Detailed explanation-4: -The fable. The tale concerns a shepherd boy who repeatedly fools villagers into thinking a wolf is attacking his town’s flock. When an actual wolf appears and the boy calls for help, the villagers believe that it is another false alarm, and the sheep are eaten by the wolf.