Narrative of the Young Shepherd

Narrative of the Young Shepherd

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At the center of the captivating rolling hills, lived a shepherd boy. His life was unadulterated, and unsophisticated. His primary duty was mainly to care for his flock of ewes.

Their soft bleating and the rustling of the wind among the lone tree on the mountaintop were his constant co-dwellers. Day after day, guarding his charges instilled in him a feeling of quiet fulfillment.

However, there were at times moments of loneliness, when the shepherd boy would yearn for fellowship. In one such instance because of sheer monotony, the shepherd boy orchestrated a mischievous scheme.

Stories of wild beasts prowling on sheep had long been circulating in the hamlet. So, the boy chose to exploit this fear and played a joke on the inhabitants.

One day he ran into the village shouting “Wolf! A wolf is that has taken my sheep!” The frightened villagers rushed up the hills for rescue but found no beast.

The boy laughed at the puzzle on their faces. This prank laughed for a few days more. But, one morning, a real wolf actually attack the grazing sheep. The shepherd boy ran for help, screaming “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one showed up.

Frustrated and alone, the boy battled more info against the wolf but managed to rescue only few of his flock. Heartbroken, he went back to the village only to receive a scolding on honesty and the results of crying wolf.

His tale of this shepherd boy has been passed 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 relevant today as it was then.

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