Local Act 21: The Bastard Who Cried Wolf!

"There once was a shepherd boy who was bored as he sat on the hillside watching the village sheep. To amuse himself he took a great breath and sang out, "Wolf! Wolf! The Wolf is chasing the sheep!"

The villagers came running up the hill to help the boy drive the wolf away. But when they arrived at the top of the hill, they found no wolf. The boy laughed at the sight of their angry faces.

"Don't cry 'wolf', shepherd boy," said the villagers, "when there's no wolf!" They went grumbling back down the hill.

Later, the boy sang out again, "Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is chasing the sheep!" To his naughty delight, he watched the villagers run up the hill to help him drive the wolf away.

When the villagers saw no wolf they sternly said, "Save your frightened song for when there is really something wrong! Don't cry 'wolf' when there is NO wolf!"

But the boy just grinned and watched them go grumbling down the hill once more.

Later, he saw a REAL wolf prowling about his flock. Alarmed, he leaped to his feet and sang out as loudly as he could, "Wolf! Wolf!"

But the villagers thought he was trying to fool them again, and so they didn't come.

At sunset, everyone wondered why the shepherd boy hadn't returned to the village with their sheep. They went up the hill to find the boy. They found him weeping.

"There really was a wolf here! The flock has scattered! I cried out, "Wolf!" Why didn't you come?"

An old man tried to comfort the boy as they walked back to the village.

"We'll help you look for the lost sheep in the morning," he said, putting his arm around the youth, "Nobody believes a liar...even when he is telling the truth!"

Mesej yang cuba disampaikan dalam cerita nie cukup jelas..." Nobody believes a liar..even when he is telling the truth!'...but cuba kita tgk cerita nie dari perspektif yang berbeza...Budak lelaki nie buat salah kali pertama...dan ble orang kampung datang and sound dier, mereka memberi peluang kepada mamat nie untuk berubah..tidak mengulangi perkara yang sama...namun begitu, kerana mamat nie begitu celaka, dier buat lagi skali...dan akhirnya tak de orang yang percaya kata-kata kosong dier

So, apa yang aku cuba nk sampaikan kat sini adalah isu "giving chance". Ble people assume someone tu dh berubah, diorang letak "trust" diorang skali...coz diorang percaya on giving a second chance...tapi ble sumone mcm mamat sengal dalam crita diatas blew it up..they won't be another chance for him...coz dier dh sia-siakan chance pertama and suka2 hati jahanamkan the second one...ad pulak tu yg dh diberi 10-15 chances...but still..he blew it up...mmg betul orang tua2 cakap.." PELUANG HANYA DATANG SEKALI JE"..and what goes after that dh tak sama dgn the first one...sbb it won't come with trust anymore...aku nk pinjam satu quotation from sapa aku tak igt..tapi it sound more or less like this..

" IF EVERYONE DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE, WHO WILL APPRICIATE THE FIRST ONE ?"