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The Boy Who Cried Wolf

A shepherd boy was in• * charge of tending a flock of

sheep. Every morning he took

the sheep to a meadow near

his village. Every evening he

brought the sheep back home.

All day long he watched thesheep to make sure theywere not harmed or didn't

wander off and get lost.

One day the shepherdboy began to complain. "I am bored," he said. "There is nothing to

do but watch these silly sheep eat grass. Nothing different ever

happens." As he watched the sheep munching on the tall green

grass, he had an idea. What fun it would be to fool the villagers.

He would pretend that a wolf was attacking the flock of sheep.

"Wolf! Wolf!" he shouted. The villagers came running with

pitchforks and clubs to drive off the wolf. When they arrived there

was no wolf. There was just the naughty shepherd boy laughing hishead off.

Again and again, the shepherd boy called wolf. Again and again

the villagers came. Each time there was no wolf.

At last, one day, a hungry wolf crept up on the flock. When theshepherd boy saw the wolf, he began to shout, "Wolf! Wolf!"

He shouted and shouted, but no one came.

The villagers thought the boy was up to his oldtricks, so they ignored his calls. The wolf killedsheep after sheep before the boy finally droveit away.

The shepherd boy finally learned that no onebelieves a liar even when he is telling the truth.

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The Boy Who Cried Wolf1. What was the shepherd boy's job?

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3. What trick did he play on the villagers?

I4. Why didn't the villagers come when a wolf really came to kill the sheep?

5. What lesson did the shepherd boy learn?

6. What do you think will happen to the shepherd boy? Why?

fliiiiic ifWhy do you think people sometimes tell lies?

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shepherd

pretend

ignore

1. a very small town

2. to make believe

3. to pay no attention to

4. a person who takes care of a flock of sheep

5. a person who is not truthful

6. to take care of

7. to chew on something

8. a group of animals of one kind herded together

9. to move from here to there with no purpose

Whgif is it CdlletifWrite the correct name for each group of animals below.

gaggle herd flock

pod school swarm

1. a of chickens 3. a of whales

2. a of fish

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village

flock

wander off

tend

munch

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urs-not

1. not happy

2. below ground

3. see before

pre-before

_happy 4. before the game

_ground 5. not comfortable

uoder-below

_view 6. below the road

_game

comfortable

_pass

Write a sentence using each new word you made.

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2.

4.

5.

6.

Make an X on the word in each group that does not belong.••

village state

city town

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yell

whisper shout

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eagle kite

jet dog

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Make an X on the pairs of words that mean the same.

over-under

full-empty

large-big

wept-cried

give-take

raced-hurried

deep-shallow

work-rest

wee-small

front-back

noisy-quiet

leap-jump

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Circle the correct words.

1. Grandmother is going to teach me how to

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clothes for my doll.sow sew

2. While we were picking wild black.buries berries

we saw abear bare

cub.

3. Mynew knew

T-shirt has a picture of adough doe

and a baby fawn.

4. He got a splinter in hishe'll heel

when he stepped on that old

bored board

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