Narrative of the Young Shepherd

Narrative of the Young Shepherd

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At the center of the captivating rolling hills, dwelt a boy named Shepherd. His life was mostly pure, and unsophisticated. His primary duty was to care for his herd of rams.

Their soft bleating and the rustling of the gales through the single tree on the hilltop were his only associates. Day in day, guarding his wards instilled in him a feeling of calm satisfaction.

However, there were occasional moments of solitude, when the shepherd boy would long check here for fellowship. During one such occasion out of sheer monotony, the shepherd boy devised a naughty plot.

Narratives of predators prowling on sheep had been around for a while in the town. So, the boy chose to leveraged this fear and played a joke on the villagers.

One day he ran into the village yelling “Wolf! A wolf is preying on my sheep!” The terrified villagers ran up the hills to help but found nothing threatening.

The boy chuckled at the dilemma on their faces. This trick laughed for a few days more. However, one morning, a real wolf did attack the herd. The shepherd boy ran for aid screaming “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. Devastated, he returned to the town only to be met with a scolding on honesty and the consequences of dishonesty.

The tale of this shepherd boy has been handed down generations as a mediaeval parable to teaching the significance of honesty, the consequences of lying and the perils of false alarms. Moreover, it emphasizes how trust once lost, is hard to earn back. It's a story as relevant today as it was then.

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