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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 5482793" data-attributes="member: 18280">"Once upon a time, there was a shepherd who was charged with watching a flock high upon the mountain passes.  And, as the hours passed by, he was lulled by the sun and the sound of the wind, 'til he fell asleep.  When he awoke, it was to discover that two of his charges -- an ewe and her lamb -- had been taken by a wolf."Woe is me! said the shepherd.  For this is the fault of the wolf."But the sheep were not fooled, for the shepherd had been set there to be watchful among them."Woe is me! said the shepherd.  For this is the fault of the sun and the wind, for lulling me from watchfulness!"But the gods were not fooled, for the sun is the sun and the wind is the wind, and neither bright rays nor pleasant breeze steps between a man and his duty."As the shepherd thought of these things, he at last hung his head.  Woe is me, he said, for the fault is mine.  And he guarded the remainder of the sheep faithfully until it was time to return them to their pens.  Then he took his bow and his quiver, and sought the wolf among the high pastures, until either he or the wolf or the world were ended."Still he searches for his foe in the high places, and you can see him yet in the night sky.  Those bright stars form his belt."For duty done faithfully is honour, and to fail in one's duty is to fall from grace."The old priest smiled sadly at his charges."Do you understand this story?  Or must I be more blunt in its telling?"</blockquote>

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