Little Bo Peep, The Innocent, As A Metaphor
Bob and I created the following metaphoric story as one possibility for our new painting, "Little Bo Peep, The Innocent, As Entrepreneur."
The Peep family have been in the sheep business for over 200 years. A nursery rhyme eventually evolved, and became famous around the world, telling the story of the innocent, Little Bo Peep. Her only crime in life was to lose her sheep, but there was no consequence as the sheep always "came home, wagging their tails behind them." The elders of the Peep family had always chosen one family member to represent the innocent "Little Bo Peep," attracting visitors from around the world to come visit their sheep business and see Little Bo Peep. Each adolescent young woman chosen to be the new Bo Peep, would reign for four years, until the age of eighteen. As a highly prized role, every young girl wanted to be the chosen to become Little Bo Peep.
Jane Peep, a sweet and innocent child, had always dreamed of becoming Little Bo Peep one day. On her fourteenth birthday, she was thrilled to be selected to take the place of her older sister and become the new Little Bo Peep. She took such good care of her sheep and became known as the best Little Bo Peep ever.
As Jane approached her eighteenth birthday, she became more and more tense with the thought of losing her treasured identity as Little Bo Peep. Jane had become very attached to her "angel" role and her new identity and refused to give it all up. Instead, she decided to move her flock away from her family and become independent, creating her own business as Little Bo Peep, The Entrepreneur.
Jane was so exited and happy with the success of her new business that she was not aware of the affect her business had on her sheep. The rams were angry and wanted to punish her for not keeping her feminine role as "caretaker" of the flock. On becoming aware of the type of business Jane had created, her sheep became nervous and upset and planned an escape.
