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3 unusual facts about The Boy Who Cried Wolf


Elim Garak

At one point, Doctor Bashir told him the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and upon hearing the moral ("no one believes a liar when he is telling the truth"), Garak insisted that the true moral was "you should never tell the same lie twice".

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

The story dates from Classical times but, since it was recorded only in Greek and not translated into Latin until the 15th century, it only began to gain currency after it appeared in Heinrich Steinhowel's collection of the fables and so spread through the rest of Europe.

"Marge Gets a Job" - An episode of The Simpsons episode which includes this story as a plot element.



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