Part One · Boy Yells Wolf
Ben has sheep on a hill.
sheepwolveshonesty
Ben yells "Wolf!" for fun. Then a real wolf comes, and nobody hears him.
Ben has sheep on a hill.
It is dull. He is sad.
"Wolf! Wolf!" yells Ben.
The men run up. No wolf!
Ben laughs. The men are mad.
He yells it again. No wolf!
Then a wolf comes!
"Wolf! Wolf!" yells Ben.
No man comes.
The sheep run. The wolf goes.
An old man helps Ben.
"Do not fib," he says.
A free Grade 1 story from the Peabody library, Level 4. It has 12 short pages and about 61 words, so it reads in a few minutes.
At reading level 4, Peabody's practice works on phonics (sounding words out), first sounds, sight words; the level page says what is in each.
Tell the truth.
A man named Aesop told this in Greece, long ago.
More like this: Aesop's fables for kids · moral stories for kids
To print it or save it as a PDF, tap the ⓘ button above the story, then “Print this story”.
This is a first reader, so it also prints as a little book or on one page: print this book. For more like it, see beginning reader books, decodable readers.
For grown-ups: Peabody has no ads, not one, and nothing to sell your child. The Kids Pick, an independent kids' directory, rates its games 90/100. See what other free kids' sites load · Grown-ups, sign in · Already have a profile?
