The Story of the Shepherd Boy

The Story of the Shepherd Boy

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Deep within the mesmerizing rolling fields, resided a young shepherd. His being was mostly unadulterated, and unsophisticated. His primary duty was mainly to tend to his herd of sheep.

Their soft bleating and the whispering of the gales among the lone tree on the peak were his main co-dwellers. Day in day, watching over his responsibilities inculcated in him a notion of quiet fulfillment.

Yet, there were at times moments of loneliness, when the shepherd boy would long for company. During one such occasion because of sheer monotony, the shepherd boy orchestrated a troublesome plot.

Stories of predators hunting on sheep had long been circulating in the town. So, the boy chose to leveraged this fear and played a joke on the inhabitants.

One morning he ran into the village yelling “Wolf! There is a wolf that has taken my sheep!” The terrified villagers rushed up the hills for rescue but found nothing threatening.

The boy chuckled at the confusion on their faces. This trick persisted for a few days more. Yet, here 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 showed up.

Frustrated and alone, the boy fought against the wolf but could rescue only few of his sheep. Devastated, he went back to the town only to be met with a reprimand on honesty and the results 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 consequences of lying and the perils of crying wolf. Moreover, it stresses how trust once violated, is hard to reclaim. It's a story as pertinent today as it was anciently.

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