The Boy Who Drew In The Mud and other parables

by Zachary Harper

  Part One

  There once was a shepherd in a small village where wolves in wool and violent bears roamed freely. He was a faithful yet aloof man, and wanted nothing more then to bring as many sheep to pasture as he could. He thought, “If I buy as many sheep as I can and bring them to pasture, soon I will be able to buy even more sheep, and it will not matter if the wolves and bears take some of my flock, for I will be keeping even more safe!” So he bought more sheep, and expanded his flock. When the wolves snuck in with their sheep skins, he did nothing; and when the bears charged in with their vicious claws, he did nothing – for he knew that for every sheep he lost, he could simply buy two more.