Narrative of the Young Shepherd

Narrative of the Young Shepherd

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At the center of the enchanting rolling hills, lived a shepherd boy. His being was mostly pure, and unsophisticated. His main role was to care for his flock of ewes.

Their gentle baas and the murmuring of the wind through the solo tree on the hilltop were his only co-dwellers. Day after day, guarding his wards imbued in him a sense of tranquil contentment.

However, there were the occasional moments of click here solitude, when the shepherd boy would yearn for fellowship. In one such instance out of sheer boredom, the shepherd boy devised a mischievous scheme.

Stories of predators hunting on sheep had been around for a while in the village. So, the boy opted to exploit this fear and played a joke on the townsfolk.

One morning he ran into the village screaming “Wolf! There is a wolf preying on my sheep!” The terrified villagers rushed up the hills to help but discovered nothing threatening.

The boy chuckled at the confusion on their faces. This game laughed for a couple of more days. Yet, one morning, a real wolf actually attack the grazing sheep. The shepherd boy raced for aid screaming “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one came.

Frustrated and alone, the boy struggled against the wolf but could protect only few of his sheep. Heartbroken, he went back to the town only to receive a reprimand on honesty and the results of crying wolf.

The story of this shepherd boy has been handed down generations as a mediaeval parable to teaching the importance of honesty, the implications of dishonesty and the dangers of crying wolf. Moreover, it stresses how trust once lost, is tough to earn back. It's a story as relevant today as it was in the past.

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