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French · Beginner

Le garçon qui criait au loup

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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La solitude du jeune berger

The lonely shepherd boy

French

Un jeune berger gardait ses moutons au pied d'une montagne, près d'une forêt sombre. Il passait ses journées seul et s'ennuyait. Pour avoir un peu de compagnie, il a eu l'idée de faire venir les gens du village.

English translation

A young shepherd tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain, near a dark forest. He spent his days alone and bored. To have a little company, he thought of getting the people from the village to come.

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