Braniest! Please help. please. Which sentence best states the central idea of "The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf"?


A boy afraid to be alone pretends a wolf is attacking the sheep because he is bored and lonely.


The fable teaches that if a person lies once, no one will believe what he or she says.


A boy pretends a wolf is attacking the sheep, but then is not believed when a wolf does attack the sheep.


The fable is about a boy who does not like to tend sheep so he lies about a wolf attack.