Narrative of the Young Shepherd

Narrative of the Young Shepherd

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In the heart of the mesmerizing rolling meadows, lived a young shepherd. His being was unadulterated, simple, and honest. His main role was essentially to care for his flock of rams.

Their soft bleating and the rustling of the wind through the lone tree on the mountaintop were his constant co-dwellers. Day in day, guarding his wards imbued in him a notion of quiet fulfillment.

Yet, there were at times moments of solitude, when the shepherd boy would long for companionship. In one such instance because of sheer boredom, the shepherd boy conceived a naughty scheme.

Narratives of predators hunting on sheep had been heard times and again in the hamlet. So, the boy opted to leveraged this fear and played a joke on the villagers.

One afternoon he raced into the village shouting “Wolf! A wolf is preying on my sheep!” The terrified villagers ran up the hills to offer assistance but found no beast.

The boy chuckled at the dilemma on their faces. This game laughed for a couple of more days. Yet, one morning, a real wolf did attack the grazing sheep. The shepherd boy ran for aid screaming “Wolf, Wolf!” But this time, no one showed up.

Frustrated and alone, the boy struggled against the wolf but managed to rescue only few of his flock. Devastated, he returned to the village only to be met with a scolding on honesty and the consequences of crying wolf.

The story of this shepherd boy has been transmitted generations as a mediaeval parable to teaching the significance of honesty, the implications of dishonesty and the perils of false alarms. Moreover, it stresses how trust once violated, is tough to earn back. It's a here story as relevant today as it was anciently.

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