Narrative of the Young Shepherd

Narrative of the Young Shepherd

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At the center of the mesmerizing rolling hills, lived a shepherd boy. His existence was pure, and unsophisticated. His primary duty was essentially to care for his flock of ewes.

Their low murmuring and the murmuring of the wind across the single tree on the mountaintop were his main co-dwellers. Day in day, looking out for his charges inculcated in him a sense of calm satisfaction.

But, there were occasional moments of isolation, when the shepherd boy would long for companionship. In one such instance from sheer boredom, the shepherd boy devised a mischievous scheme.

Narratives of wolves preying on sheep had been heard times and again in the town. So, the boy chose to used this fear and played a prank on the villagers.

One day he ran into the village screaming “Wolf! A wolf is attacking my sheep!” The scared villagers ran up the hills to help but saw no wolf.

The boy giggled at the dilemma on their faces. This game laughed for a few days more. Yet, read more one morning, a real wolf did charge at the flock. The shepherd boy dashed for aid shouting “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one came.

Frustrated and alone, the boy fought against the wolf but could rescue only few of his flock. Heartbroken, he returned to the town only to receive a lesson on honesty and the repercussions of dishonesty.

His tale of this shepherd boy has been transmitted generations as a mediaeval parable to teaching the value of honesty, the consequences of lying and the perils of false alarms. Moreover, it emphasizes how trust once violated, is tough to reclaim. It's a story as appropriate today as it was anciently.

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