Narrative of the Young Shepherd

Narrative of the Young Shepherd

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Deep within the captivating rolling hills, lived a boy named Shepherd. His life was mostly untarnished, and unsophisticated. His main role was to care for his flock of ewes.

Their gentle baas and the rustling of the gales through the lone tree on the mountaintop were his main companions. Day in day, guarding his wards instilled in him a notion of quiet fulfillment.

But, there were at times moments of loneliness, when the shepherd boy would long for fellowship. During one such occasion out of sheer tedium, the shepherd boy conceived a mischievous plan.

Tales of predators hunting on sheep had been heard times and again in the village. So, the boy chose to exploit this fear and played a joke on the villagers.

One morning he dashed into the village yelling “Wolf! There is a wolf that has taken my sheep!” The frightened villagers rushed up the hills for rescue but found no beast.

The boy laughed at the confusion on their faces. This game laughed for a few days more. But, one noon, a real wolf actually come to prey the herd. The shepherd boy ran for aid screaming “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one responded.

Frustrated and alone, the boy fought against the wolf but could protect only few of his sheep. Devastated, he went back to the town only to be met with a scolding on honesty and the repercussions of crying wolf.

The story of this shepherd boy has been transmitted generations as a mediaeval parable to teaching the value of honesty, the implications of dishonesty and the perils of crying wolf. Moreover, it highlights how website trust once violated, is difficult to regain. It's a story as appropriate today as it was anciently.

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