The Story of the Shepherd Boy

The Story of the Shepherd Boy

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Deep within the enchanting rolling fields, lived a shepherd boy. His life was essentially pure, and unsophisticated. His only responsibility was essentially to look after his flock of ewes.

Their gentle baas and the rustling of the wind through the single tree on the peak were his constant co-dwellers. Day in day, looking out for his wards instilled in him a feeling of calm satisfaction.

But, there were the occasional moments of loneliness, when the shepherd boy would long for fellowship. In one such instance because of sheer monotony, the shepherd boy orchestrated a troublesome plot.

Stories of wild beasts prowling on sheep had been heard times and again in the hamlet. So, the boy decided to leveraged this fear and played a trick on the townsfolk.

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

The boy laughed at the dilemma on their faces. This trick persisted for a couple of more days. Yet, one day, a real wolf did come to prey the flock. The shepherd boy ran for aid shouting “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one responded.

Frustrated and alone, the boy struggled against the wolf but managed to rescue only few of his sheep. Heartbroken, he returned to the village only to be met with a reprimand on honesty and the results of dishonesty.

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 risks of false alarms. Moreover, it emphasizes how trust once broken, is hard to earn back. It's a story as appropriate today as it was anciently. click here

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