The Tale of the Shepherd Boy

The Tale of the Shepherd Boy

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At the center of the captivating rolling hills, dwelt a young shepherd. His existence was essentially pure, and unsophisticated. His main role was essentially to look after his herd of rams.

Their gentle baas and the whispering of the gales among the lone tree on the mountaintop were his only companions. Day in day, watching over his charges imbued in him a sense of tranquil contentment.

Yet, there were the occasional moments of loneliness, when the shepherd boy would yearn for fellowship. In one such instance from sheer tedium, the shepherd boy conceived a mischievous plot.

Tales here of wild beasts hunting on sheep had long been circulating in the hamlet. So, the boy chose to leveraged this fear and played a prank on the townsfolk.

One morning he ran into the village shouting “Wolf! A wolf is that has taken my sheep!” The terrified villagers sprinted up the hills for rescue but discovered no wolf.

The boy laughed at the dilemma on their faces. This prank laughed for a few days more. Yet, one morning, a real wolf actually come to prey the grazing sheep. The shepherd boy raced for help, shouting “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one came.

Frustrated and alone, the boy battled against the wolf but managed to protect only few of his sheep. Heartbroken, he went back to the village only to receive a scolding on honesty and the consequences 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 perils of crying wolf. Moreover, it highlights how trust once violated, is hard to earn back. It's a story as appropriate today as it was then.

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