Narrative of the Young Shepherd

Narrative of the Young Shepherd

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In the heart of check here the mesmerizing rolling fields, resided a boy named Shepherd. His existence was pure, simple yet virtuous. His primary duty was essentially to tend to his flock of rams.

Their soft bleating and the murmuring of the wind among the lone tree on the peak were his constant co-dwellers. Day in day, looking out for his wards instilled in him a sense of calm satisfaction.

Yet, there were occasional moments of isolation, when the shepherd boy would yearn for companionship. In one such instance out of sheer boredom, the shepherd boy devised a mischievous scheme.

Narratives of wolves hunting on sheep had long been circulating in the hamlet. So, the boy decided to leveraged this fear and played a joke on the villagers.

One afternoon he raced into the village yelling “Wolf! There is a wolf attacking my sheep!” The scared villagers sprinted up the hills to offer assistance but found no wolf.

The boy chuckled at the confusion on their faces. This prank laughed for a few more days. However, one noon, a real wolf did come to prey the grazing sheep. The shepherd boy ran for help, screaming “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one showed up.

Frustrated and alone, the boy fought against the wolf but could protect only few of his sheep. Devastated, he went back to the village only to receive a lesson on honesty and the consequences of false alarms.

The story of this shepherd boy has been handed down generations as a mediaeval parable for teaching the value of honesty, the implications of dishonesty and the perils of crying wolf. Moreover, it stresses how trust once broken, is hard to earn back. It's a story as appropriate today as it was in the past.

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