The good shepherd

This is one of my favorite stories.
A sheep found a hole in the fence and crept through it. He wandered far and lost his way back. Then he realized he was being followed by a wolf. He ran and ran, but the wolf kept chasing him, until the shepherd came and rescued him and carried him lovingly back to the field. In spite of everyone's urgings to the contrary, the shepherd refused to nail up the hole in the fence.

[Anthony de Mello]