The Story of the Shepherd Boy

The Story of the Shepherd Boy

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Deep within the captivating rolling hills, lived a boy named Shepherd. His being was mostly pure, simple, and honest. His main role was essentially to look after his flock of rams.

Their low murmuring and the murmuring of the wind through the lone tree on the peak were his only co-dwellers. Day in day, guarding his charges imbued in him a feeling of calm satisfaction.

However, there were occasional moments of solitude, when the shepherd boy would pine for fellowship. During one such occasion because of sheer monotony, the shepherd boy orchestrated a troublesome plot.

Stories of wolves preying on sheep had long been circulating in the hamlet. So, the boy decided to leveraged this fear and played a prank on the inhabitants.

One afternoon he ran into the village shouting “Wolf! There is a wolf attacking my sheep!” The frightened villagers rushed up the hills to offer assistance but discovered no wolf.

The boy giggled at the confusion on their faces. This here game laughed for a few days more. Yet, one morning, a real wolf did charge at the grazing sheep. The shepherd boy ran for help, shouting “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one responded.

Frustrated and alone, the boy fought against the wolf but managed to rescue only few of his flock. Heartbroken, he went back to the village only to be met with a scolding on honesty and the consequences of dishonesty.

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

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