The Tale of the Shepherd Boy

The Tale of the Shepherd Boy

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Deep within the captivating rolling fields, lived a young shepherd. His life was mostly unadulterated, simple, and honest. His only responsibility was essentially to care for his flock of sheep.

Their gentle baas and the murmuring of the breezes through the lone tree on the mountaintop were his only associates. Day after day, guarding his wards inculcated in him a notion of calm satisfaction.

Yet, there were occasional moments of isolation, when the shepherd boy would long for fellowship. On one such day from sheer tedium, the shepherd boy devised a mischievous plot.

Stories of wild beasts hunting on sheep had been heard times and again in the town. So, the boy opted to leveraged this fear and played a joke on the inhabitants.

One afternoon he dashed into the village shouting “Wolf! There is a wolf that has taken my sheep!” The frightened villagers ran up the hills to offer assistance but saw no beast.

The boy laughed at the dilemma on their faces. This prank laughed for a few more days. But, one noon, a real wolf did charge at the flock. The shepherd boy dashed for help, screaming “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one came.

Frustrated and alone, the boy battled against the wolf but managed to protect only few of his flock. Heartbroken, he went back to the town only to receive a scolding on honesty and the repercussions of crying wolf.

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 dangers of crying wolf. Moreover, it highlights how trust once violated, is hard to regain. It's a story as appropriate today click here as it was then.

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