Aesop's Fable: The Shepherd's Boy

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Most people believe the moral of the fable is " Never cry wolf, but

that is NOT the moral of the fable.

Personally, if you read it through, I think this fable explains why

it is Aspies tend not to trust NTs.

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The Shepherd's Boy

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:

" A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth. "