Independent Reading Level: Grades 1-2
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Independent Reading level: Grades 1-3

In the book The Boy Who Cried Wolf by Aesop, there was a shepard boy who took care of sheep on the top of a hill overlooking a community of villagers. The boy worked all alone while all of the villagers worked together. One day, the boy had an idea to play a prank on the villagers. The boy went to the top of the hill and yelled for help, in order to have the villagers come to help him, he yelled, “Help! There is a wolf trying to kill my sheep!”. Of course, the villagers came to help, but there was no wolf. The boy did this several more times before the villagers caught on. One day, there was a wolf trying to kill the boy’s sheep. He yelled for help, but the villagers did not come because they believed that he was just playing another prank to get their attention. The boy lost all of his sheep to the wolf. ( )

Before starting this book, I can say that I’ve used that saying many times and this book was used as an example of how to behave and teach the importance of only asking for help when I really needed it. This book teaches a great less of “not to cry wolf” which means - no one will be available to help you when you actually need help. The little shepherd boy would “cry wolf” because he was bored. He would say his sheep were endangered. The whole town would drop what they were doing to help run off the wolves and gather the sheep. Never once was he in trouble. Then, one day there were three wolves that came after his sheep and he screamed for help and no one came to help him. This book is a must read for every elementary class because it teaches students the importance of not “crying wolf.” ( )