The Tale of the Shepherd Boy

The Tale of the Shepherd Boy

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Deep within the enchanting rolling meadows, resided a shepherd boy. His life was essentially untarnished, and unsophisticated. His main role was mainly to tend to his herd of rams.

Their gentle baas and the whispering of the gales across the solo tree on the peak were his main co-dwellers. Day upon day, guarding his wards inculcated in him a notion of quiet fulfillment.

But, there were occasional moments of loneliness, when the shepherd boy would long for fellowship. In one such instance out of sheer monotony, the shepherd boy conceived a troublesome plan.

Tales of predators hunting on sheep had been around for a while in the village. So, the boy chose to exploit this fear and played a trick on the inhabitants.

One morning he raced into the village yelling “Wolf! A wolf is that has taken my sheep!” The scared villagers ran up the hills for rescue but found no wolf.

The boy laughed at the dilemma on their faces. This trick persisted for a couple of more website days. But, one day, a real wolf did charge at the grazing sheep. The shepherd boy ran for aid screaming “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one came.

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

The story of this shepherd boy has been transmitted generations as a mediaeval parable to teaching the importance of honesty, the implications of dishonesty and the dangers of false alarms. Moreover, it emphasizes how trust once violated, is difficult to reclaim. It's a story as appropriate today as it was in the past.

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