Question

read the source of the allusion. in the fable \the boy who cried wolf,\ a shepherd boy repeatedly tricks people in his village by falsely claiming that a wolf is coming to eat his flock. when a wolf actually comes and the boy cries for help, nobody believes him or comes to his aid. what is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below? isabelle warned her youngest son not to cry wolf while wrestling with his older brother. to play roughly to raise a false alarm

Explanation:

The shepherd - boy in the fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" repeatedly gave false alarms about a wolf. When Isabelle warns her son not to cry wolf, she means not to raise a false alarm like the boy in the fable.

Answer:

to raise a false alarm