Don’t cry wolf …

Over ‘kopi-o’ and 'karipap' after Terawih prayers tonight, a friend asked me about the false sms attributed to Bernama.
He said such act of lying, in this instance via sms, was really bad.
"Whoever the prankster is should realise that it is not funny to tell lies," he said.
After another sip of the black coffee, he said: "You must remember the story of the shepherd boy who cried wolf."
Out of boredom, the boy had shouted "Wolf" several times, just to laugh at the people who came running to the hill to help him drive away the so-called wolf from his flock of sheep.
One day, a wolf did appear and started to eat the sheep!
The terrified boy shouted, "Wolf! Wolf!" but no one believed him this time, and the whole flock was lost to the wolf.
The moral of the story is that even when liars tell the truth, no one believes them.