The boy who cried GOLD!

Regarding the title above, I am very sure you all have heard the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", and this story of mine is a slight depiction to that story itself. What if that boy, had been a little bit smarter? What if, the story had taken place in the near present, instead of the far past? What if that kid was a little smarter than what we could possibly conjure out of our tiny minds? I mean think about it; or better yet, why don't I just tell you the story that rose up in the oven I call, the brain.

One fine day, a shepherd's son, taking care of his dad's sheep, was just lying down beside a palm tree being so lazy, and bummed out without having anything to do. All that was there to be done, was to watch the sheep eat they hay, and go about "socializing" with fellow sheep. His mind was branching ideas, possibilities of having something to do.

This boy was mischievous, oh yes indeed he was. He could never sit in his little corner, and go about with the norms of life. He has to have the attention of the crowd, the applause of the people; and if not that, the mockery is just fine. At that point of time, he came up with a few ideas, some were really absurd, yet some were err, genius I think. Anyways, he tried out some of them, like throwing a firecracker in a herd of sheep, and watching them run around with no where to go. He even tried shaving off some wool from the sheep, and pretending to be Santa Clause. Believe me when I say, I find it weird for a 14-year old to be into Santa.

Time passed by and the kid still had a lot more to waste. He wanted to try out his biggest prank of all, he wanted to make himself known, whether in a good way or the latter. How did he achieve his stunt? Well, he cried out to the people in the rural town he was in, he cried out WOLF! A large group of the town’s people came running to see what had happened; only to find out that there was nothing there. All they saw was a kid asleep under a tree, with a herd of sheep in a gated area. They thought maybe it was somewhere, or maybe, someone else that was behind this stunt. So they left, empty-handed and confused.

As soon as the people of the town left, the kid stood up to see if the coast was clear. A few minutes later, that naughty little chipmunk did the same thing all over again! He cried out WOLF to the towns people all over again, but this time no one replied and they decided to let it be. The kid was shocked but he didn’t care. Little he knew that he was in a lot of trouble, not by the towns people, but by something a little bit more terrifying! The boy turned around and there were not one, but three wolves on the attack for his sheep. They were circling him and his sheep, getting ready for a good dinner.

Panic and fear was all that was running through the minds of the sheep, but what was going on in his mind? The kid, being mischievous; also is a smart kid. What was his naughty little brain cooking up? As the wolves circled closer, the boy was left with no choice but one. The boy screamed,

"GOLD GOLD GOLD!! Come people, I found GOLD!!"

The next thing that he could feel was a mild tremble from the ground, getting stronger by the second. The wolves felt the quake and started to take a few steps back. As soon as the pack saw the village running uphill, with greedy faces and big empty bags, they ran away. They ran away so fast that there were only a few villagers up front that were able to see them.

A few minutes later, the people of the village managed to make it up the hill to find the gold. They started running everywhere looking for the gold. And the boy, well, he was just laughing out loud. No one cared, no one had time to care, when there's gold to find. The boy laughed and took his sheep back to his place. He was the reason of such spectacle, and he just laughed for his good fortune.

For a kid, to actually have such critical thinking skills, can only exist in the time frame we live in now. We all have heard the original before. I don't know about you, but it really did make a mark in my morale. Never to lie in such situations whereby we hurt feelings, and never to play around with wolves. What if, we heard this version instead of that? Would it have made a difference? You tell me :)

-tHe uGLy rEtArD-