New 'Boy Who Cried Wolf' Story
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My new and updated version.
...crouching nervously in the tall grasses, the little boy spied a animal in a distance, eyes gleaming eerily in the moonlight.
A wolf.
He drew back as the wolf approached. The village elders must be informed! The little boy ran barefoot into the village and cried "WOLF! WOLF!"
But the villagers were not impressed. The elders have insisted that there were no wolves in the vicinity, only harmless wild dogs.
The sheep that have mysteriously died due to fierce attacks? Diseases.
The howling at night? Villagers' own hyperactive imagination.
There were no wolves. Period.
The little boy cried and cried a stream of tears "but there are wolves! I saw them just outside, circling in. Why won't you believe me?"
He cried until his voice was gone.
The villagers will never hear the baseless, pointless cry of stupid useless boy - they only listen to the elders.
But the wolves were not detered by the elders' denial. Two days later, a baby disappeared.
Then some children vanished.
A few adults never returned from the night.
The elders finally spoke. There was a WOLF! In fact there were packs of them outside for weeks, and yet nobody noticed their presence?
Furious, they asked - where is the little boy who held the night watch?
He was dragged in front of the elders and interrogated for his negligence.
But he could not defend himself as he could no longer speak.
He could no longer cry because his tears ran dry.
The elders declare the little boy guilty, and the villagers vented their anger on him by stoning him to death.
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nice story. i like.
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the boy had only 33.4% of the votes...the elders had the rest which is a very strong mandate
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I like e story but i just pity tt boy.
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Thanks!Originally posted by stan.:I like e story but i just pity tt boy.
I wish that this story wasn't based on real history, but alas... -
Nice story
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Welcome to the 'Village' ...
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Where's the "Get out of my elitist uncaring face" part?
Mee siam mai hum?
Hip hop celebrations?
GST increase to help the poor?
Your story needs more touching up. -
The feeling sucks when u are being misunderstood by people.
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poor boy
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replace "small boy" with "working hack" and "elders" with "senior management"
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The boy is stupid lah, he should run away after he found out about the wolf. Safety first mah.
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Where should he run? How long can he run?Originally posted by Hogzilla:The boy is stupid lah, he should run away after he found out about the wolf. Safety first mah.
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The little boy wasn't misunderstood. He was completely ignored.Originally posted by Patrik:The feeling sucks when u are being misunderstood by people.
His feedback was later adopted by the elders anyway, who then turned on him as a scapegoat.
Note that he wasn't killed by the wolves. Ironically he was killed by the people he tried to protect.
He cried until he could no longer speak, he cried until his tears ran dry - but even if he could speak and could shed a tear, what difference does it make?
To understand his feeling, you need to know a popular Mandarin song from the 1970s called Hua Mei Niao (Oriole):
The lyrics (English translation):
I am an oriole, an oriole
Looks like on my body there are no feathers
An oriole with no feathers cannot fly, it cannot fly
I am an oriole, an oriole
Looks like on my body I am missing two legs
An oriole without two legs cannot escape, it cannot escape
It's not that I have no feathers on my body
It's not that I am missing two legs
It is because I am kept in a cage
Cannot fly, cannot escape
I am an oriole, an oriole
Stuck in a birdcage, I am so frustated
When I see the blue sky, I can only sing
One line at a time I sing -
Yes that was what I had in mind when I wrote the story.Originally posted by the Bear:replace "small boy" with "working hack" and "elders" with "senior management"
and you have the typical organisation -
Out of the village lah. For the rest of his life, be a quitter.Originally posted by Cystaire:Where should he run? How long can he run? 
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Out of a village surrounded by wolves? Or stay to be stoned by the people he tried to protect?Originally posted by Hogzilla:Out of the village lah. For the rest of his life, be a quitter. -
If you venture out, you might survive. If you stay, you will only sink together with the village.Originally posted by Cystaire:Out of a village surrounded by wolves? Or stay to be stoned by the people he tried to protect? -
But those little boys and girls who ran away are not part of this story, of course.Originally posted by Hogzilla:If you venture out, you might survive. If you stay, you will only sink together with the village. -
Orh. Is that it? Never mind.Originally posted by Cystaire:But those little boys and girls who ran away are not part of this story, of course. -
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What a twist of fate
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ah ha i thought i stumbled into speaker's corner
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reminds me of the story of the boy whom Redhill was named after....