The President who cried Wall!

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  [*=center]The Æsop for Children

[h=1]The Shepherd Boy & the Wolf[/h]

A President tended his peoples country, the United States not far Danger. Soon he found life in the Whit House very dull. All he could do to amuse himself was to talk to himself or play on his Twitter feed.​

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One day as he sat watching Fox News and the quiet country, and thinking what he would do should he see a Mexican, he thought of a plan to amuse himself.His staff had told him to call for help should a someone attack the country, and the people would jump in to help. So now, though he had not seen anything that even looked dangerous, he ran toward the people shouting at the top of his voice, "Wall! Wall!"As he expected, the people who heard the cry dropped their work and ran in great excitement to help. But when they got there they found the President doubled up with laughter at the trick he had played on them.A few days later the President again shouted, "Wall! Wall!" Again the people ran to help him, only to be laughed at again.Then one evening as the sun was setting behind the forest and the shadows were creeping out over the pasture, a Mexican really did spring from the underbrush and fall upon the People.In terror the President ran toward the people shouting "Wall! Wall!" But though the people heard the cry, they did not run to help him as they had before. "He cannot fool us again," they said.The Mexican killed a great many of the Presidents people and then slipped away across the border.​

Liars are not believed even when they speak the truth.​

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