Parables of Wisdom
The Boy Who Lied
झूठ बोलने वाला लड़का · જૂઠું બોલનાર છોકરો
A bored shepherd boy finds a game that is not a game at all
- 3 min full story
- 2 min children's telling
- For all ages
Kishan is bored watching the village sheep on the hillside, so he plays a trick on the villagers. It is great fun, until the day he needs them to believe him.
What it teaches Truth Trust Satya
The opening of the children's telling
In a little village, a boy named Kishan looked after the sheep. Every morning he took them up the hill to eat the green grass. Every day the sheep ate grass and slept. Nothing ever happened, and Kishan felt bored.
One day he had a silly idea. He shouted, "Wolf! Wolf! A wolf is coming!" The people in the village dropped everything and ran up the hill to help. But there was no wolf. Kishan just laughed. "I was only joking!"
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To carry into the day
Trust is built one true word at a time.
To talk about together
Why is it hard to believe someone who has told lies before?
Retold for JainStory from the traditional narrative and checked against published Jain sources. Details vary between tellings.