The Story of the Shepherd Boy

The Story of the Shepherd Boy

Blog Article

At the center of the mesmerizing rolling hills, lived a shepherd boy. His being was essentially untarnished, simple, and honest. His only responsibility was to look after his flock of ewes.

Their gentle baas and the murmuring of the wind across the single tree on the peak were his main companions. Day after day, looking out for his charges inculcated in him a notion of calm satisfaction.

Yet, there were the occasional moments of solitude, when the shepherd boy would long for fellowship. On one such day out of sheer boredom, the shepherd boy devised a naughty plan.

Stories of wolves hunting on sheep had long been circulating in the village. So, the boy decided to leveraged this fear and played a joke on the townsfolk.

One morning he raced into the village screaming “Wolf! There is a wolf preying on my sheep!” The frightened villagers rushed up the hills for rescue but saw no beast.

The boy chuckled at the puzzle on their faces. This prank continued for a couple of more days. Yet, one morning, a real wolf actually attack the grazing sheep. The shepherd boy dashed for aid shouting “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one showed up.

Frustrated and alone, the boy fought against the wolf but managed to rescue only few of his flock. Devastated, he went back to the village only to be met with a lesson on honesty and the repercussions of dishonesty.

His tale of this shepherd boy has been transmitted generations as a mediaeval parable for teaching more info the importance of honesty, the consequences of lying and the perils of false alarms. Moreover, it stresses how trust once lost, is hard to earn back. It's a story as appropriate today as it was in the past.

Report this page