JSC Story📖Class VIII

Story on Nobody Believes a Liar

Once there lived a cowboy in a certain village. He used to tend cows in the field near a forest. It was not far from his village. The boy was cert/ wicked. To make fun he often cried out, ‘Tiger! Tiger!” The villagers would come running to hero him. But when they came near, they found- no tiger and the cowboy simply laughed at them. Alter a few days, the boy again made the same fun. Again the villagers came him. They found no tiger there. In fact, the boy made fun of it.  Villagers became very angry and advised the boy not to make that kind of fun in future.

Unfortunately, one day a tiger really came and the being frightened started shouting ,  ‘Tiger! Tiger! Help! Help!” a tiger!!! But none really came to and help the him.The tiger killed a number of his cows and then killed the cowboy. So we should never make fun by telling lies.

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Once there was a cowboy. He kept a flock of cows near a forest. He used to tell lies and often befooled others by telling lies. One day he wanted to make a fun with the villagers. So he began to cry uttering ‘Tiger’ ‘Tiger’ just to make fun. The farmers working in the-held came to save him. When they came, the cowboy laughed. The villagers felt peeved and came back with an air of anger. They decided not to be fooled by him anymore. The farmers went back to their work.

In this way, he almost every day made fun and befooled the people working around him. Unfortunately, one day, the tiger really came there. Now the boy shouted and cried ‘Tiger’, ‘Tiger’; as loud as he could”. But nobody came to help him out. The farmers heard his cry but nobody came to rescue him. They thought that the boy was just making fun. However, the tiger killed the cowboy. The tiger attacked the boy. The boy struggled hard to save himself but within few minutes, the beast killed him.

So moral of the story, once a liar, always a liar.

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Once upon a time there lived a cowboy in a village. There was a forest near the village. The cowboy used to graze the cows in the field near the forest.  He was very naughty.  He used to befool people by telling lies. While grazing the cows, he almost shouted and said, “Wolf! Wolf! Help! Help!” On hearing his shouting, the easy and simple minded villagers rushed to the spot to help him.  When they went to the spot, they found no wolf. However, when the villagers approached him, the cowboy laughed at them and made fun. In this way, the cowboy made fun of the villagers twice in a row.

At this, the villagers were very dissatisfied with the cowboy and forbade him to indulge in such fun.  But one day a real wolf came to him and started killing his cows one by one. Then the cowboy was very frightened. When he found the wolf, he cried out as before and said, “Wolf! Wolf! Help! Help!” On that day the villagers also heard his shouting but no one came to help him because they thought the cowboy was making fun of them again.  Meanwhile the wolf killed many of his cows and then killed the cowboy.  In fact, the cowboy had to die prematurely on that day because of telling lies.

Moral: Nobody believes a liar.