a story in progress

Once a upon time, there was a bored shepherd boy who entertained himself by crying 'wolf'. Nearby villagers who came to his rescue found that the alarms were false and that they'd wasted their time. When the boy was actually confronted by a wolf, the villagers did not believe his cries for help and in the end the wolf ate the flock.

Sounds kinda familiar?

Well it's taken from the fable tale of The Boy Who Cried Wolf or also known as The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf.

The moral behind the story is simple;

"Even when liars tell the truth, they are never believed. The liar will lie once, twice, and then perish when he tells the truth."

Even till now, I find that the moral behind this story is as practical and realistic as ever.It's not about some fairy tales with myths and magic.No dungeons and dragons.No princess or damsel in distress waiting to be rescued.Just a boy who lied too much until no one believe him anymore.

You might say, "Served him right!" or "He deserve it!"

But then again, a research conducted (for once this research is actually valid!) finds that an average human will lie up to three to five times a day. (mind you, this is only the average) it goes to show that, it's the very human nature itself to lie. The degree of far-fetch-ness of that particular lie however is highly subjective and it's up to individuals to assert it.

So do you still think the Boy who Cried Wolf got exactly what he deserved?

We might lie. (on a daily basis) The only thing that differentiate us from the Boy who Cried Wolf is that we aren't so dumb to repeat back the same lie over and over again till everyone grew so weary of it (or even realized the very fact that you are lying). Our lies are subtle,cunning and cynic in nature where as the lies from the Boy who Cried Wolf are just plain stupid,direct and out of creativity.

In conclusion...

There is no conclusion. (at least not for lies, for as long as men lives, so shall lies and deceit) But nevertheless, with each lie that we faced in life, I would like to think that we grow smarter and won't fall prey that easily to all those lies and deceit. (but in actually reality, it ain't happening-look at all those online scams for heaven sake. You think people would have been smarter by now then to be entice so easily to promises of cash and valuables.)

As for the moral behind these post?

It's up to your very own interpretations. But I would like to think of mines as, "If you have to lie, don't be as stupid as the Boy who Cried Wolf, think of lies that are more subtle rather then those that are obvious.And be prepare to reap what you sow.If you lie, be prepared for the consequences. May it be that people no longer trust you or so on. Just embrace yourself for it."