Narrative of the Young Shepherd

Narrative of the Young Shepherd

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Deep within the enchanting rolling fields, lived a boy named Shepherd. His life was website essentially untarnished, simple yet virtuous. His main role was mainly to tend to his herd of rams.

Their soft bleating and the whispering of the breezes through the single tree on the mountaintop were his constant companions. Day in day, looking out for his responsibilities instilled in him a feeling of calm satisfaction.

But, there were occasional moments of loneliness, when the shepherd boy would long for company. On one such day out of sheer tedium, the shepherd boy devised a naughty scheme.

Tales of wild beasts hunting on sheep had been heard times and again in the village. So, the boy opted to leveraged this fear and played a prank on the villagers.

One day he raced into the village yelling “Wolf! A wolf is preying on my sheep!” The scared villagers rushed up the hills to offer assistance but found no wolf.

The boy chuckled at the puzzle on their faces. This trick laughed for a few more days. Yet, one morning, a real wolf did charge at the grazing sheep. The shepherd boy ran for help, shouting “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one came.

Frustrated and alone, the boy battled against the wolf but could protect only few of his flock. Devastated, he returned to the village only to be met with a scolding on honesty and the consequences of false alarms.

His tale of this shepherd boy has been handed down generations as a mediaeval parable to teaching the value of honesty, the consequences of lying and the dangers of false alarms. Moreover, it emphasizes how trust once broken, is difficult to reclaim. It's a story as pertinent today as it was anciently.

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