"A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth."
“说谎者即使说真话也不会被人相信。
There was once a young Shepherd Boy who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain near a dark forest. It was rather lonely for him all day, so he thought upon a plan by which he could get a little company and some excitement. He rushed down towards the village calling out "Wolf, Wolf," and the villagers came out to meet him, and some of them stopped with him for a considerable time. This pleased the boy so much that a few days afterwards he tried the same trick, and again the villagers came to his help. But shortly after this a Wolf actually did come out from the forest, and began to worry the sheep, and the boy of course cried out "Wolf, Wolf," still louder than before. But this time the villagers, who had been fooled twice before, thought the boy was again deceiving them, and nobody stirred to come to his help. So the Wolf made a good meal off the boy's flock, and when the boy complained, the wise man of the village said:
从前有一个放羊的小男孩，他在一个黑森林附近的山脚下照料他的羊群。他一整天都很寂寞，所以他想到了一个计划，让他能得到一点陪伴和兴奋。他冲到村子里喊“狼来了，狼来了”，村民们出来帮助他，其中一些人和他一起待了相当长的一段时间。这使男孩非常高兴，几天后他又尝试了同样的把戏，村民们再次前来帮助他。不久之后，真的有一只狼从森林里出来，小男孩开始担心羊，男孩仍然喊“狼来了，狼来了”比以前还响亮。但是这次，村民们被愚弄了两次，以为孩子又在欺骗他们，没有人来帮助他。于是狼把小孩子的羊群美餐了一顿，当小男孩抱怨时，村里的智者说：