The Story of the Shepherd Boy

The Story of the Shepherd Boy

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Deep within the enchanting rolling meadows, lived a shepherd boy. His life was mostly pure, simple yet virtuous. His main role was to look after his herd of ewes.

Their low murmuring and the murmuring of the wind among the lone tree on the hilltop were his constant co-dwellers. Day after day, guarding his wards instilled in him a notion of calm satisfaction.

However, there were occasional moments of solitude, when the shepherd boy would yearn for company. In one such instance from sheer monotony, the shepherd boy orchestrated a naughty plot.

Tales of predators preying on sheep had long been circulating in the hamlet. So, the boy decided to exploit this fear and played a joke on the villagers.

One day he dashed into the village shouting “Wolf! There is a wolf preying on my sheep!” The scared villagers ran up the hills for rescue but discovered no wolf.

The boy chuckled at the confusion on their faces. This game continued for a few days more. But, one day, a real wolf did charge at the herd. The shepherd boy dashed for aid screaming “Wolf, click here Wolf!” But this time, no one came.

Frustrated and alone, the boy fought against the wolf but managed to rescue only few of his sheep. Heartbroken, he returned to the village only to receive a lesson on honesty and the results of dishonesty.

His tale of this shepherd boy has been transmitted generations as a mediaeval parable to teaching the significance of honesty, the implications of dishonesty and the dangers of crying wolf. Moreover, it stresses how trust once violated, is hard to earn back. It's a story as appropriate today as it was in the past.

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