59.
THE OLD SHEEP AND THE YOUNG GOATS #Inspirational Moral
Stories
As a
shepherd was returning with his sheep, after they had finished grazing,
he saw
that a few wild goats had joined his herd. Feeling happy at this, he
locked
the goats along with the sheep. It rained the next day so the shepherd
couldn’t
take his flock out. Feeding the sheep only small handfuls of food, he
gave
much bigger quantities to the goats to please them. But when he opened
the
gate, the goats ran away. Unable to catch them, he shouted after them:
‘You
ungrateful beasts! I treated you far better than the others!’
‘That’s
the reason we’re leaving,’ the goats said. ‘We’re new while your
sheep
are old, yet you treated us better. And you’ll treat us like you treated
the
sheep when you have more new animals in your flock.’
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