Narrative of the Young Shepherd

Narrative of the Young Shepherd

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At the center of the mesmerizing rolling hills, lived a young shepherd. His existence was mostly untarnished, and unsophisticated. His main role was mainly to care for his more info herd of ewes.

Their gentle baas and the rustling of the gales across the lone tree on the hilltop were his main co-dwellers. Day upon day, looking out for his charges inculcated in him a notion of quiet fulfillment.

But, there were at times moments of loneliness, when the shepherd boy would yearn for company. During one such occasion because of sheer boredom, the shepherd boy devised a naughty plot.

Narratives of wolves hunting on sheep had been around for a while in the village. So, the boy chose to leveraged this fear and played a trick on the townsfolk.

One afternoon he raced into the village yelling “Wolf! There is a wolf that has taken my sheep!” The terrified villagers rushed up the hills to offer assistance but saw no wolf.

The boy giggled at the dilemma on their faces. This trick continued for a few more days. But, one day, a real wolf did attack the herd. The shepherd boy raced for aid screaming “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one responded.

Frustrated and alone, the boy fought against the wolf but could rescue only few of his sheep. Heartbroken, he went back to the town only to be met with a scolding on honesty and the repercussions of false alarms.

The story of this shepherd boy has been transmitted generations as a mediaeval parable to teaching the significance of honesty, the implications of dishonesty and the risks of crying wolf. Moreover, it stresses how trust once lost, is tough to regain. It's a story as appropriate today as it was in the past.

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