The Tale of the Shepherd Boy

The Tale of the Shepherd Boy

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At the center of the captivating rolling fields, lived a boy named Shepherd. His life was untarnished, simple, and honest. His only responsibility was mainly to tend to his flock of ewes.

Their gentle baas and the rustling of the breezes across the lone tree on the hilltop were his main co-dwellers. Day upon day, looking out for his charges instilled in him a notion of quiet fulfillment.

But, there were the occasional moments of solitude, when the shepherd boy would long for companionship. On one such day out of sheer tedium, the shepherd boy devised a troublesome scheme.

Stories of wolves preying on sheep had been heard times and again in the town. So, the boy opted to used this fear and played a trick on the townsfolk.

One morning he raced into the village screaming “Wolf! A wolf is attacking my sheep!” The frightened villagers sprinted up the hills for rescue but saw nothing threatening.

The boy chuckled at the dilemma on their faces. This prank laughed for a couple of more days. However, one noon, a real wolf did come to prey the grazing sheep. The shepherd boy dashed for help, shouting “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one responded.

Frustrated and alone, the boy fought against the wolf but could rescue only few of his flock. Heartbroken, he returned to the town only to be met get more info with a reprimand on honesty and the repercussions of false alarms.

The story of this shepherd boy has been handed down generations as a mediaeval parable to teaching the value of honesty, the consequences of lying and the dangers of false alarms. Moreover, it stresses how trust once lost, is hard to reclaim. It's a story as appropriate today as it was in the past.

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