Narrative of the Young Shepherd

Narrative of the Young Shepherd

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Deep within the captivating rolling here hills, resided a young shepherd. His life was essentially pure, simple, and honest. His primary duty was mainly to look after his herd of sheep.

Their gentle baas and the murmuring of the breezes across the single tree on the hilltop were his main associates. Day in day, looking out for his charges instilled in him a notion of quiet fulfillment.

Yet, there were the occasional moments of isolation, when the shepherd boy would long for companionship. On one such day because of sheer tedium, the shepherd boy devised a mischievous plot.

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

One day he ran into the village screaming “Wolf! There is a wolf preying on my sheep!” The frightened villagers sprinted up the hills to help but saw no beast.

The boy chuckled at the confusion on their faces. This trick persisted for a few more days. But, one morning, a real wolf did come to prey the grazing sheep. The shepherd boy dashed for help, screaming “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one responded.

Frustrated and alone, the boy fought against the wolf but managed to protect only few of his flock. Heartbroken, he went back to the village only to receive a lesson on honesty and the repercussions of false alarms.

The tale of this shepherd boy has been handed down generations as a mediaeval parable to teaching the value of honesty, the implications of dishonesty and the dangers of false alarms. Moreover, it stresses how trust once violated, is hard to regain. It's a story as pertinent today as it was in the past.

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