Narrative of the Young Shepherd

Narrative of the Young Shepherd

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Deep within the enchanting rolling hills, resided a boy named Shepherd. His life was unadulterated, and unsophisticated. His only responsibility was to care for his flock of ewes.

Their low murmuring and the whispering of the wind across the single tree on the peak were his main co-dwellers. Day in day, looking out for his charges instilled in him a feeling of tranquil contentment.

However, there were the occasional moments of isolation, when the shepherd boy would pine for fellowship. In one such instance because of sheer monotony, the shepherd boy conceived a troublesome plan.

Stories of wolves hunting on click here sheep had long been circulating in the town. So, the boy decided to leveraged this fear and played a joke on the inhabitants.

One morning he dashed into the village screaming “Wolf! There is a wolf that has taken my sheep!” The terrified villagers sprinted up the hills for rescue but saw no beast.

The boy giggled at the puzzle on their faces. This trick laughed for a few days more. But, one day, a real wolf actually charge at the grazing sheep. The shepherd boy raced for aid shouting “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one showed up.

Frustrated and alone, the boy struggled against the wolf but managed to rescue only few of his sheep. Devastated, he returned to the village only to receive a reprimand on honesty and the consequences of dishonesty.

His tale of this shepherd boy has been transmitted generations as a mediaeval parable to teaching the value of honesty, the consequences of lying and the dangers of crying wolf. Moreover, it stresses how trust once violated, is hard to earn back. It's a story as appropriate today as it was then.

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