The Goatherd and the Wild Goats

The Goatherd and the Wild Goats is a moral fable by Aesop. The story depicts a goatherd who brings wild goats into his flock, offering them better care than his own goats. Eventually, when a storm hits, the wild goats abandon him and return to the mountains. The moral of the story is a warning against favoritism, highlighting that those treated well without merit may prove ungrateful and unreliable in tough times.

• Children

								
One cold stormy day a Goatherd drove his Goats for shelter into a
cave, where a number of Wild Goats had also found their way. The
Shepherd wanted to make the Wild Goats part of his flock; so he
fed them well. But to his own flock, he gave only just enough
food to keep them alive. When the weather cleared, and the
Shepherd led the Goats out to feed, the Wild Goats scampered off
to the hills.

"Is that the thanks I get for feeding you and treating you so
well?" complained the Shepherd.

"Do not expect us to join your flock," replied one of the Wild
Goats. "We know how you would treat us later on, if some
strangers should come as we did."

It is unwise to treat old friends badly for the sake of new
ones.
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