Narrative of the Young Shepherd

Narrative of the Young Shepherd

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In the heart of the captivating rolling fields, lived a boy named Shepherd. His life was untarnished, and unsophisticated. His primary duty was essentially to tend to his herd of sheep.

Their soft bleating and the rustling of the gales across the single tree on the peak were his constant co-dwellers. Day upon day, guarding his responsibilities inculcated in him a sense of quiet fulfillment.

But, there were occasional moments of solitude, when the shepherd boy would long for fellowship. During one such occasion from sheer boredom, the shepherd boy devised a troublesome plot.

Stories of predators hunting on sheep had been heard times and again in the hamlet. So, the boy opted to used this fear and played a prank on the inhabitants.

One day he dashed into the village shouting “Wolf! There is a wolf that here has taken my sheep!” The terrified villagers sprinted up the hills to help but found no beast.

The boy chuckled at the puzzle on their faces. This trick laughed for a couple of more days. However, one morning, a real wolf did charge at the grazing sheep. The shepherd boy raced for aid shouting “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one responded.

Frustrated and alone, the boy struggled against the wolf but managed to rescue only few of his sheep. Devastated, he went back to the village only to be met with 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 consequences of lying and the risks of crying wolf. Moreover, it highlights how trust once broken, is hard to reclaim. It's a story as relevant today as it was then.

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