Narrative of the Young Shepherd

Narrative of the Young Shepherd

Blog Article

At the center of the enchanting rolling hills, dwelt a young shepherd. His life was untarnished, and unsophisticated. His main role was essentially to tend to his flock of sheep.

Their low murmuring and the murmuring of the gales through the single tree on the peak were his constant co-dwellers. Day in day, looking out for his wards imbued in him a feeling of quiet fulfillment.

However, there were occasional moments of loneliness, when the shepherd boy would yearn for companionship. In one such instance from sheer monotony, the shepherd boy orchestrated a troublesome scheme.

Stories of predators hunting on sheep had been around for a while in the hamlet. So, the boy decided to leveraged this fear and played a trick on the inhabitants.

One day he raced into the village yelling “Wolf! A wolf is attacking my sheep!” The terrified villagers sprinted up the hills to offer assistance but saw no wolf.

The boy laughed at the confusion on their faces. This prank laughed for a few more days. However, one morning, a real wolf actually come to prey the grazing sheep. The shepherd boy ran for aid shouting “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one showed up.

Frustrated and alone, the boy fought against the wolf but managed to protect only few of his sheep. Heartbroken, he returned to the village only to be met with a reprimand on honesty and the repercussions of dishonesty.

His tale of this shepherd boy has been handed down generations as a mediaeval parable for teaching the importance of honesty, the implications of dishonesty and the perils of false alarms. Moreover, it emphasizes how trust once lost, is hard more info to reclaim. It's a story as relevant today as it was then.

Report this page