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Loading... The Boy Who Cried Wolfby B. G. Hennessy
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I think the ending of this is very gentle (i.e. a cop out). The boy is totally supposed to get eaten! But the illustrations are great and I think this is one of the best morality tales out there (especially if the boy gets it in the end). ( ) This is a fun retelling of classic traditional literature - the moral of the story, always tell the truth. A boy in need of excitement, and not finding it from his sheep, runs into the village crying wolf. The adults come running and find no wolf. The third time there really is a wolf but the adults do not believe him and therefore do not come to his aid. The illustrations are bright and playful. Many scenes are from the view point of a fly, all you see of the adults are their legs running by. Happy story, but I think the added side dialog between the boy and the fly takes away from the story, I must be a purest! The Boy who Cried Wolf is a book written by B.G. Hennessey which entails of a young shepherd. The young boy currently desires to teach his sheep tricks, but his sheep seem uninterested. As a result, he cries Wolf to bring himself excitement. This draws the attention of the townspeople who come to his rescue. Nevertheless, the boy calls wolf once again and soon discovers that his sheep have been captured. I believe that the young shepherded brought danger to himself because he was unable to stay occupied. One moment the boy is bored and the next he is running for his life as he tries to escape danger. I believe that this book is great because it teaches students important lessons such as character. Often times when we call things into order they begin to happen if we aren't careful. I would recommended this book because it is amusing and teaches powerful lessons that can be applied to life. no reviews | add a review
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A boy tending sheep on a lonely mountainside thinks it a fine joke to cry "wolf" and watch the people come running--and then one day a wolf is really there, but no one answers his call. No library descriptions found. |
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