Gasman wrote:The British Colonial administration, in order to educate Cypriots about the damage that goats can inflict on nature and to encourage settled farming, produced a documentary film in the early 1940's.
Goats are stubborn animals and they tend to act the way they like within the liberty and freedom that the shepherd provides for them. As the documentary goes to pains to point out, this selfish stubbornness can in fact mean the end of the goats themselves.
There is a traditional Cypriot story regarding these magnificent animals, that makes a similar point and it goes as follows:
"Two stray goats were grazing on two different sides of a river bank. Upon seeing each other, both started to think that the other side should have better and more grass. They both approached to the only available narrow bridge to cross. The bridge was wide enough to fit only one, but they both entered the bridge simultaneously and met in the middle. The fast flowing wild waters of the river beneath was a concern to both, but none allowed the other to pass first. Stubbornness turned into antagonism and both fell into the river and drowned."
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