The story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf is that the shepherd boy was bored, and he chose to frighten the locals as entertainment when a wolf appeared. The locals tried several times to save the sheep and the boy from the wolf, but the boy only laughed. He was very amused that people are abandoning all their affairs and trying to help him. When the wolf appears at the end of the story, no one believes the boy anymore and does not save the sheep. Thus, because of his lies, the boy loses all the sheep.
The author wants to show children that it is never worth lying in life. Any lie is punishable and will only bring misfortune to the liar. The central theme of the story, in my opinion, is that people stop believing liars and no longer seek to help them in case of trouble. I think that this is the story’s central theme because this is the moment when the narrative ends. “He cried out aloud “Wolf! Wolf!” But alas! No one came to rescue his sheep” (Aesop). No one helps the boy save the herd from a real threat because he lied too much earlier.
This story is instructive for children and is recommended for reading. It demonstrates the consequences that lies can bring and teaches that if people have lied, they should be prepared to deal with what will happen in the end on their own. I want to ask my classmates: have they ever lied, and what consequences did their lies bring them? Naturally, every person in their life has ever faced the fact that they had to lie, and sometimes people, getting harmful consequences from this, decide that they should not have lied.
Reference
Aesop. (1867). The boy who cried wolf. Web.