1. T HE B OY W HO C RIED W OLF Katharine Kush

2. A liar will not be believed, even when telling the truth.

3. O VERVIEW OF O RIGINAL W RITING There was a Shepherd Boy who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain near a dark forest. It was lonely for him, so he devised a plan to get a little company. He rushed down towards the village calling out "Wolf, Wolf," and the villagers came out to meet him. This pleased the boy so much that a few days after he tried the same trick, and again the villagers came to his help. Shortly after this a Wolf actually did come out from the forest. The boy cried out "Wolf, Wolf," still louder than before. But this time the villagers, who had been fooled twice before, thought the boy was again lying, and nobody came to his aid. So the Wolf made a good meal off the boy's flock.

4. O VERVIEW OF C HILDREN ’ S W RITING There once was a shepherd boy who was bored as he sat on the hillside watching the village sheep. To amuse himself he took a great breath and sang out, "Wolf! Wolf! The Wolf is chasing the sheep!” The villagers came running up the hill to help the boy drive the wolf away. But when they arrived at the top of the hill, they found no wolf. The boy laughed at the sight of their angry faces.” Don't cry 'wolf', shepherd boy," said the villagers, "when there's no wolf!" They went grumbling back down the hill. Later, the boy sang out again, "Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is chasing the sheep!" To his naughty delight, he watched the villagers run up the hill to help him drive the wolf away. When the villagers saw no wolf they sternly said, "Save your frightened song for when there is really something wrong! Don't cry 'wolf' when there is NO wolf!” But the boy just grinned and watched them go grumbling down the hill once more.

5. O VERVIEW OF C HILDREN ’ S W RITING ( CONT.) Later, he saw a REAL wolf prowling about his flock. Alarmed, he leaped to his feet and sang out as loudly as he could, "Wolf! Wolf!” But the villagers thought he was trying to fool them again, and so they didn't come. At sunset, everyone wondered why the shepherd boy hadn't returned to the village with their sheep. They went up the hill to find the boy. They found him weeping. "There really was a wolf here! The flock has scattered! I cried out, "Wolf!" Why didn't you come?” An old man tried to comfort the boy as they walked back to the village. "We'll help you look for the lost sheep in the morning," he said, putting his arm around the youth, "Nobody believes a liar...even when he is telling the truth!”

6. R ESEARCH, F INDINGS, AND P OINTS OF I NTEREST The moral at the end of the Greek version is that 'the story shows that this is how liars are rewarded: even if they tell the truth, no one believes them. Teachers have used the fable as a cautionary tale about telling the truth but a recent educational experiment showed that reading “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” increased children’s likelihood of lying, while a book on George Washington and the cherry tree decreased it dramatically.

7. L IST OF C HILDREN ’ S B OOKS : O RIGINAL V ERSION The Boy Who Cried “Wolf” Retold by Ellen Schecter The Boy Who Cried Wolf. B.G. Hennessy The Boy Who Cried Wolf Tony Ross.

8. L IST OF C HILDREN ’ S B OOKS : A DAPTED V ERSION The Boy Who Cried Virus In this modern retelling of Aesop’s fable, a bored boy cries “Virus!” to get the attention of his parents. Until one day a virus really appears and erases all of his pictures, art, and video games. Luckily for the boy, his dad had a backup. The story is enhanced by the comical, computer generated illustrations. A fun story for the digital age (Amazon, 2011).

9. L IST OF C HILDREN ’ S B OOK : A DAPTED V ERSION The Dog Who Cried “Woof” Cleo finds out why she shouldn’t lie in this easy-to- read story that is based upon an episode of the Clifford PBS-TV series. After hearing the tale of Stinky the ghost skunk, Clifford and T-Bone are wary of entering the woods where the ghost is supposed to live. Cleo convinces hem there’s nothing to be afraid of. Then she pretends to see, and be, Stinky the ghost to scare her friends! Clifford and T-bone leave the forest, frustrated by Cleo’s pranks. But when Cleo really does need help, no one’s there! Cleo gets a taste of her own medicine and learns to always be truthful with her friends (Amazon, 2001).

10. O THER F ORMS OF M EDIA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_-UZ4ADjmY The Muppets retell the story. The boy is accused of overreacting, calling earthquake and tidal wave and getting the town in a frenzy, cries wolf and doesn’t believe him. He learned that overreacting will get you in trouble. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDyuyu9dDdY &feature=related Madeline’s version of the book through a sing-a-long.

11. T EACHING I DEAS Having students cut out the pages of the story and make their own book Found through http://www.schoolexpress.com/fws/cat.php?id=2525. http://www.schoolexpress.com/fws/cat.php?id=2525 Acting out another version (Leo the Longhorn) Found through http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview?LPid=18781. http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview?LPid=18781 Having students write their own version

12. T EACHING I DEAS Preview the books, talk about it, gauge interest; listen/watch the story; talk about the story; complete activity sheets Found through http://www.learningplace.com.au/deliver/content.asp? pid=49380. http://www.learningplace.com.au/deliver/content.asp? pid=49380 Children will use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the story of The Dog Who Cried "Woof!" with the original tale "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and discuss the important lessons that both stories emphasize. Found through http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=8 67 http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=8 67

13. R ESOURCES - B OOKS Barkly, Bob. The Dog Who Cried Woof. 2011. Broadway, New York. Coughlin, Chesley B. The Boy Who Cried Virus. 2011. Charleston, South Carolina. Hennessy, B.G. The Boy Who Cried Wolf. 2006. New York City. Ross, Tony. The Boy Who Cried Wolf. 1985. New York City. Schecter, Ellen. The Boy Who Cried Wolf. 1994. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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15. R ESOURCES – A UDIO /V ISUAL YouTube. (2010). The Muppets - The Boy who cried Wolf. Retrieved from http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_-UZ4ADjmY. YouTube. (2010). Madeline – The Boy Who Cried Wolf (Sing-A-Long). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=pDyuyu9dDdY&feature=related.