Our story opens today on the US Acres barnyard where all of the animals are gathered for a meeting.

"Is everyone present and accounted for?" asked Orson.

"Yes." said everyone.

"You know, we're right in front of you." Lanolin said "You don't have to ask that Orson. There are only nine of us here."

"Well I was just making sure," said Orson "Listen, we have an emergency."

"Uh, can I run and panic now?" asked Wade.

"Wade, he hasn't even told us yet." said Lanolin "We have to hear what Orson has to say."

"What's the emergency, daddy?" asked Sheldon.

"As you know, this is wolf season." said Orson "And I've spotted some wolves nearby. These are desperate and ruthless creatures."

Secretly, three wolves were eavesdropping on Orson's meeting.

Orson walked over to a bell near the chicken coup "We need to protect our chickens. Without them, the farm goes out of business. If you see the wolves, ring this bell and everyone will come."

Secretly, Roy was thinking of something sneaky and childish, as usual.

"Okay everyone" said Orson "Return to your designated quadrents."

All the animals went back to their designated quadrants, but Roy snuck to the chicken coup to put his plan into action.

"WOLVES!" Roy started ringing the bell "THE WOLVES ARE HERE! THE WOLVES ARE HERE!"

Just then, Orson woke up from his nap "Oh no! Wolves are here!"

"OH NO!" Wade ran in a panic "Wolves! Wolves!"

Orson and the other animals raced to the bell to help Roy, but Roy was just laughing like crazy.

"We're here Roy!" said Bo "Where are the wolves?"

"There are no wolves!" Roy kept laughing "It was all a joke!"

"That wasn't funny Roy!" said Orson "This is a serious matter. You'd better not do it again."

"Yeah!" Lanolin angrily said "Or we'll make sure the farmer's wife gets a new feather duster."

Everybody stormed away as Roy continued laughing. Just then, Wade came out of a water pump.

"Are the wolves gone?" he asked.

"Wade there were no wolves," Orson told them.

"Uncle Roy was playing a joke" said Booker.

"Well some things we just don't joke about." Wade remarked.

"This reminds of the story of the Wolf who Cried Boy." Orson told Booker and Sheldon.

"Isn't it the other way around?" asked Sheldon.

"No" said Orson.

Meanwhile, the wolves were eavesdropping again.

"This is gonna be easier than I thought" the alpha male said to the other wolves. "Listen, once he does it again and no one believes him since he was crying us, we attack!"

"Right" said the other wolves.

At that same time, Roy was still laughing at the cruel prank he was playing.

"That was too much." Roy laughed "I think I'll do it again."

Roy rang the bell again.

"Wolves!" he shouted "The wolves are here!"

"There's the bell!" Orson ran to the bell. "Come on everyone!"

"AAAHH!" Wade shouted "WOLF!"

While Wade ran for cover (again), the other animals arrived to Roy, who was still laughing.

"Okay Roy!" said Orson "Where's the wolf?"

"Gotcha again!" Roy kept laughing.

"Roy don't you see how serious this is?" Orson said sternly "Wolves are predators and they are after the farmer's livestock."

"Yeah," Bo added "This isn't funny."

"You're not supposed to find it funny!" Roy laughed.

Everyone walked away while Roy kept laughing.

"Oh my god, that was so funny" he walked while laughing.

Little did Roy realize that he was walking right into the wolves, who had bagged all the hens out of the coop.

"That was so funny," he told the wolves "Orson was...and then Lano-"

He then saw who he was in the prescene of...the wolves.

"Oh no!" Roy gasped "You're the wolves!"

"Ding, ding, ding" the head wolf said sarcastically "Give the rooster a prize."

"OH NO!" Roy ran over to the bell "THE WOLVES! THE WOLVES! THE WOLVES ARE HERE! THE WOLVES ARE HERE!"

Meanwhile, Lanolin and Bo were working on the garden.

"Oh no" Lanolin sighed "It's Roy again."

"I think he's trying to trick us again." Bo stated.

"Well thank you Captain Obvious!" Lanolin spat at him.

Wade was running and screaming "WOLVES! WOLVES! WOLVES! HELP! HELP!"

Roy kept trying to call everyone to help get the hens back but no one came at all.

"Attention everyone!" he shouted through a megaphone "There's a pack of wolves in the barnyard! Repeat there are a pack of wolves in the barnyard! They've got the hens!"

But no one came at all.

"You're wasting your time baby" said one of the wolves "No one is coming. You've been crying us too many times."

Orson, Booker and Sheldon were sitting on a log near the barn, hearing Roy's calls for help, but they didn't buy it.

"What a waste of time" said Sheldon "We're not falling for his tricks!"

"Yeah," Orson said "Your uncle is just trying to waste our time as usual."

"Tell us the story of the Wolf who Cried Boy, daddy" Booker told Orson.

"Okay," said Orson. "Well..."

Once upon a time, there was a pack of wolves who lived in the forest. They lived in peace and tranquility in their little den. However, it was fall and that meant hunting season started. They had to watch out for hunters so they had to have one of them keep watch every night.

One particular wolf figured it'd be funny to play a joke on all of the other wolves.

"Hunter!" he yelled "There's a hunter coming!"

And so all the other wolves ran away. He enjoyed it so much that the next night he was on guard...

"Hunter!" he shouted "There's a hunter coming!"

And so he scared all the other wolves again. But the next night when he was on guard duty, he saw something right before his eyes. He saw a hunter in the woods.

"Hunter!" he shouted "There's a hunter!"

But no one came, they weren't going to fall for his tricks anymore. And so there was no one to help him when...

Orson finished "...when, when, when..."

"What's wrong pop?" asked Booker.

"Yeah, what's the lesson of the story?" Sheldon added.

"The lesson is that sometimes even a liar tells the truth!" Orson grabbed the chicks "Come on!"

Orson, Booker and Sheldon ran right to the garden past Lanolin and Bo.

"Lanolin! Bo!" he shouted "Come on! Roy might actually be telling the truth this time!"

"Roy?" she asked "Telling the truth?"

"That's very weird and uncharacteristic of him." Bo told his sister.

Roy kept ringing the bell when the wolves looked smugly at him.

"You're wasting your time pal," said the alpha male "We've got the livestock!"

"Yeah," said the third wolf "No one's coming. Now we'll just be on our wa-"

Just then, a rope was lassoed around the wolves and they dropped the sack full of chickens.

"What the?" the wolves gasped "What's going on?"

They turned and saw Lanolin tying the rope to the tractor, which Bo and Booker were driving.

"I've tied the rope to the tractor." Lanolin told Orson.

"I'll drop him off in the next county man." said Bo.

Bo stepped on the tractor's gas pedal and he and Booker zoomed with the wolves being pulled.

"All clear Wade!" Bo said as he passed the mailbox which Wade was in.

"It's alright" Wade opened up the mailbox "I already put a stamp on me. I might as well stay in here."

Roy finally stopped ringing the bell once the wolves were gone.

"Well, we hope you've learned your lesson Roy" Orson told Roy.

"Yeah," said Lanolin "When you lie, folks stop believing you about everything."

"I've reformed." Roy breathed deeply "I'll never lie again."

"You really mean that?" asked Sheldon.

"Not really" Roy answered.

Author's Note:

Well, the livestock is saved and Roy has learned his lesson...at least until next time. Now let's go back to see what Garfield is up to!