The Story of the Shepherd Boy

The Story of the Shepherd Boy

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Deep within the captivating rolling meadows, resided a shepherd boy. His being was essentially untarnished, and unsophisticated. His primary duty was mainly to website tend to his flock of rams.

Their gentle baas and the murmuring of the breezes among the lone tree on the mountaintop were his main associates. Day after day, looking out for his charges imbued in him a sense of quiet fulfillment.

However, there were the occasional moments of loneliness, when the shepherd boy would yearn for company. In one such instance because of sheer monotony, the shepherd boy devised a naughty plan.

Stories of predators preying on sheep had been heard times and again in the village. So, the boy chose to exploit this fear and played a trick on the villagers.

One afternoon he ran into the village yelling “Wolf! There is a wolf attacking my sheep!” The terrified villagers sprinted up the hills to help but found no beast.

The boy giggled at the puzzle on their faces. This prank laughed for a few days more. However, one noon, a real wolf did attack the flock. The shepherd boy raced for aid screaming “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one came.

Frustrated and alone, the boy fought against the wolf but managed to protect only few of his flock. Devastated, he went back to the village only to be met with a lesson on honesty and the results of crying wolf.

The story of this shepherd boy has been passed down generations as a mediaeval parable to teaching the importance of honesty, the consequences of lying and the perils of false alarms. Moreover, it stresses how trust once broken, is hard to regain. It's a story as pertinent today as it was then.

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