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But why, one may ask, should this little work of fiction engage our mind and attention, a narrative of the humble shepherd boy? Recall, after all that Prophet Mohammed was a shepherd: King David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd boy ; even Moses {Musa} was also a shepherd; and Jesus of Nazareth, a carpenter and later a missionary. Today, they are eminent persons in history. But why do we also recommend this text to adults, the great minds? You may not be convinced why this text, this dry meat, should request you to read it, you the sophist or Okankuzi, Okammuta, the king, the proletariat, the reader from all walks of life and philosophical persuasion, and even you, the mature learner as an instructional reading material.. Note that nursery literary texts are also literatures that can engage our attention and also sustain doctoral study in language education, language and literature, to mention no more.