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Dutch · Beginner

De jongen die wolf riep

Adapted from The Boy Who Cried Wolf

By Aesop

A shepherd boy repeatedly tricks nearby villagers with a false wolf alarm, then cannot get help when danger is real.

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Illustration for the scene “The lonely shepherd boy”

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De eenzame herdersjongen

The lonely shepherd boy

Dutch

Een jonge herder paste op zijn schapen aan de voet van een berg, dicht bij een donker bos. Hij voelde zich de hele dag eenzaam. Daarom bedacht hij een plan om mensen bij zich te krijgen en iets spannends te beleven.

English translation

A young shepherd watched over his sheep at the foot of a mountain, near a dark forest. He felt lonely all day. So he came up with a plan to get people to come to him and have something exciting happen.

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