The Shepherd and the Mogul

There was a Shepherd who seemed idle, tending his flocks, and brushing their hair, and feeding his sheep. He clipped their toes, and pet them, and would spend hours on the hill doing nothing, but watching his sheep. The Mogul came by and said, "Why are you so idle? There's no profit to this." The Shepherd replied, "I am not idle; I'm merely observing my sheep for any illness, or any injury, or whether they are hungry or calving young; or if there are any disputes between them so I can separate them, or any mischievous habits that could prove fatal. For, if I am not attentive to what they are doing, they shall get sickly and die, and be of no use to me."