Speak The Truth and Shame The Devil
A shepherd’s boy was tending his flock near a village, and thought it would be great fun to hoax the villagers by pretending that a lion was attacking the sheep. So he shouted out, “Lion! Lion! And when the people came running up, he laughed at them for their pains.
He did this more than once, and every time the villagers found they had been hoaxed, for there was no lion at all.
At last, a lion really did come, and the boy cried, “Lion! Lion!” as loud as he could, but the people were so used to hearing him call that they took no notice of his cries for help
And so, the lion had it all his own way, and killed off sheep after sheep at his pleasure.
Nobody believes a liar even when he tells the truth.
