Narrative of the Young Shepherd

Narrative of the Young Shepherd

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At the center of the captivating rolling fields, resided a young shepherd. His life was mostly pure, and unsophisticated. His only responsibility was to care for his flock of rams.

Their low murmuring and the rustling of the gales among the single tree on the hilltop were his main co-dwellers. Day upon day, looking out for his wards imbued in him a notion of quiet fulfillment.

However, there were at times moments of loneliness, when the shepherd boy would long for fellowship. In one such instance from sheer boredom, the shepherd boy conceived a naughty scheme.

Stories of wolves preying on sheep had been around for a while in the hamlet. So, the boy chose to leveraged this fear and played a trick on the villagers.

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

The boy chuckled at the confusion on their faces. This game continued for a few days more. Yet, one morning, a real wolf did come to prey the flock. 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 sheep. Devastated, he went back to the village only to receive a lesson on honesty and the repercussions of false alarms.

His tale of this shepherd boy has been handed down generations as here a mediaeval parable to teaching the importance of honesty, the consequences of lying and the perils of crying wolf. Moreover, it stresses how trust once broken, is tough to earn back. It's a story as appropriate today as it was in the past.

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