Narrative of the Young Shepherd

Narrative of the Young Shepherd

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At the center of the mesmerizing rolling hills, resided a young shepherd. His existence was unadulterated, simple yet virtuous. His only responsibility was mainly to look after his herd of ewes.

Their low murmuring and the whispering of the wind across the solo website tree on the mountaintop were his constant co-dwellers. Day in day, looking out for his charges inculcated in him a feeling of quiet fulfillment.

However, there were occasional moments of loneliness, when the shepherd boy would yearn for companionship. On one such day because of sheer tedium, the shepherd boy orchestrated a troublesome scheme.

Stories of wolves preying on sheep had been heard times and again in the hamlet. So, the boy opted to used this fear and played a joke on the villagers.

One day he raced into the village yelling “Wolf! There is a wolf that has taken my sheep!” The frightened villagers ran up the hills for rescue but discovered no beast.

The boy chuckled at the dilemma on their faces. This prank laughed for a couple of more days. But, one morning, a real wolf actually come to prey the grazing sheep. The shepherd boy dashed for help, shouting “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one came.

Frustrated and alone, the boy struggled against the wolf but managed to protect only few of his sheep. Devastated, he returned to the town only to receive a scolding on honesty and the results of crying wolf.

His tale of this shepherd boy has been transmitted generations as a mediaeval parable to teaching the value of honesty, the implications of dishonesty and the dangers of crying wolf. Moreover, it stresses how trust once broken, is hard to reclaim. It's a story as appropriate today as it was anciently.

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