The Story of the Shepherd Boy

The Story of the Shepherd Boy

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Deep within the enchanting rolling hills, lived a boy named Shepherd. His existence was mostly unadulterated, simple yet virtuous. His main role was mainly to look after his flock of rams.

Their gentle baas and the whispering of the wind among the solo tree on the mountaintop were his only co-dwellers. Day upon day, watching over his wards inculcated in him a feeling of calm satisfaction.

Yet, there were at times moments of isolation, when the shepherd boy would yearn for fellowship. On one such day because of sheer boredom, the shepherd boy devised a troublesome plan.

Narratives of predators prowling on sheep had been around for a while in the town. So, the boy chose to leveraged this fear and played a trick on the villagers.

One afternoon he ran into the village yelling “Wolf! There is a wolf preying on my sheep!” The scared villagers sprinted up the hills for rescue but saw no beast.

The boy chuckled at the confusion on their faces. This trick laughed for a few days more. Yet, one noon, a real wolf actually come to prey the flock. The shepherd boy dashed for help, screaming “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one showed up.

Frustrated and alone, the boy battled against the wolf but managed to rescue only few of his sheep. Devastated, he went back to the village only to be met with a scolding on honesty and the consequences of false alarms.

His tale of this shepherd boy has been passed down generations as a mediaeval parable to teaching the value of honesty, the consequences of lying and the perils of false alarms. Moreover, it emphasizes how trust once lost, is hard to reclaim. It's a story read more as pertinent today as it was then.

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