The boy who cried wolf

Once upon a time, there lived a shepherd boy. Who's job is but to sit on the rock on the pasture, looking over his sheep. The job was boring and the day was long, and the sheep looked more like white rocks than living animals. And the boy was a smart one, and not at all evil, and he was not content with a life of looking and chasing sheep, of naming clouds and counting flowers.

And as like humans, sheep have a tendency of drifting away when they are busy, and to them, the grass is probably always greener on the other side. And the shepherd's job, of course, is to guide those lost sheep back to the pasture.

And while other shepherds spend their whole afternoon chasing the lost sheeps. The shepherd boy devised a smart plan to not do the needless running, and he decided to put the plan through the test. And soon enough, one of his sheep strayed away. With gusto and drama, the boy shouted at the top of his voice.

"Wolf, Wolf!", he called. And all around him the other shepherds came rushing, brandishing knives, forks and staffs. And the fools ran towards him, herding his flock towards him in the process. The fools were understandably unhappy when they realised there wasn't a wolf, but they decided not to pursue the matter and left the boy be. For it was but a trivial thing. All but one. One who decided that the boy not running needlessly is somewhat a threat to his very survival.

The boy, feeling guilt, apologized, and rarely did that again. Though he did so a few times using different guises to great amusement of the other shepherds, who found him witty and smart, who broke the monotony of life as a shepherd. All but the one of course.

And the boy was made to run needlessly against his wishes.

For that one guy, unfortunately, was the village chief.

-A not too accurate, nor too precise, and anti-climatic version of the events of my life.


And I'll try not to bore you with my daily life now, for its been long since i last blogged. Just had ice-cream at Udders @ Novena, and its worth every cent of the trip there.

And that pretty sums up everything.. haha.

till nxt time