The boy who cried wolf

The theme of this childhood story is don't lie because when you are telling the truth people will not believe you. In this story a boy is crying wolf to scare people and to be funny.The boy is taking advantage of all the people who run to his side at the sign of danger.He thinks its funny to make people believe that the dangerous wolf has come.By him doing this too many times, the village no longer believes him and won't come to his rescue and when the wolf really does come and eats all the crops the young boy learns a valuable lesson that dishonesty will lead to distrust.