The Story of the Shepherd Boy

The Story of the Shepherd Boy

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Deep within the captivating rolling meadows, lived a boy named Shepherd. His being was mostly untarnished, simple, and honest. His primary duty was to care for his flock of rams.

Their gentle baas and the murmuring of the breezes across the solo tree on the mountaintop were his only companions. Day in day, looking out for his charges imbued in him a notion of calm satisfaction.

However, there were occasional moments of loneliness, when the shepherd boy would long for fellowship. In one such instance from sheer monotony, the shepherd boy devised a mischievous scheme.

Stories of wild beasts prowling on sheep had been around for a while in the town. So, the boy decided to leveraged this fear and played a prank on the villagers.

One day he dashed into the village shouting “Wolf! A wolf is preying on my sheep!” The terrified villagers rushed up the hills for rescue but saw no wolf.

The boy laughed at the dilemma on their faces. This prank persisted for a few days more. However, one day, a real wolf actually charge at the flock. The shepherd boy dashed for help, shouting “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one responded.

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

The tale of this shepherd boy has been transmitted generations as a mediaeval parable to teaching the importance of honesty, the implications of dishonesty and the dangers of crying wolf. Moreover, it stresses how trust once violated, is hard to reclaim. read more It's a story as appropriate today as it was then.

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